PATTERNS AND TONES

Hey Baby, it's the 4th of July  and what could be more appropriate than digging out your patriotic paper to decorate and celebrate the birth of our country? To be honest, ephemera for the 4th of July is harder to find than most holidays. I've only seen one other patriotic Hallmark Plans-a-Party pack which was not a honeycomb at all but contained just a standard 8" American flag with a stand.  Earlier this year I did come across a few patriotic honeycomb ornaments in the shape of eagles, cherries and a log with an axe in it but they were in such a sad state of deterioration I decided not to purchase them. But that is it! In the past 10 years I've been collecting these paper pleasures, I have only been able to russell up these 2 Hallmark centerpieces I have listed here today.  We begin with none other than Uncle Sam's lovely red, white and blue stovepipe hat. This Hallmark Plans-a-party centerpiece titled "Patriotic" was originally lis...