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Tuesday, April 10, 2012

Door wreath alternative...

Hi Everyone! This weekend I was in one of my grain (storage) bins looking for something else, when I came across this picket fence welcome sign I had made a few years back that didn't sell. So I brought it inside and made some chances to it.

I almost forgot to take a picture of it before I started working on it. I remembered after I started sanding the birdhouse. It did say welcome on it, but the paint needed to be touched up so I sanded it and then repainted it and the pickets. And this is what I ended up with.

I painted just the face of the pickets white and repainted the birdhouse the same green color.

Then hand-painted the Welcome and the flower on the birdhouse.

I decided it needed a little bird so I cut one out and painted it blue. Then added a sprig of apple green pip berries.

And here it is hanging on my back door.

I like how it's been refreshed and the bird and berries were much needed additions. I think I might have to keep this one. But I will probably end up taking it to the craft fair at the end of the month. Well, now I must head to the lumberyard so I can pick up some lumber for the supports for the benches I'm making today. Thanks for stopping by.

Monday, April 9, 2012

Spring wreath....

Hi Everyone! I hope you had an enjoyable weekend and a great Easter. I spent the weekend working on projects and getting ready for the fair at the end of the month. And I have projects to share with you! But first, I want to show you the flowers I got for my aunt Marge. My parents had Marge and Uncle Bill up Saturday night for dessert to celebrate Aunt Marge's birthday.

I just love daisy's. They make me smile. And don't you just love this color of purple?

So now onto one of the projects I finished.

Now that my saw is fixed, I've been trying to get caught up on all the things I started working on before it quit working. And this was one of them. I made this little picket fence out of paint sticks and a piece of 1x2" board. I cut the paint sticks into pickets and glued and nailed them to scrap pieces of 1x2" boards. Then painted it white and added a bit of antique medium.

Then I added them to a grapevine wreath with green and cream pip berries.

Then I added a couple of dragonflies and a butterfly that I painted.

I think it turned out kind of cute. And I'm hanging it on my front door until the fair. Now I just need to build a couple of wreath holders for the wreaths I've made. Tomorrow is my day off and I have several benches to build so I'm hoping for a very productive day! I hope you have a productive week! Thanks for stopping by.

Monday, March 26, 2012

Spring....

Hi Everyone! I hope you had a great weekend. I spent Sunday outside getting the mower ready, picking up sticks and 2 1/2 hours mowing the yard.

It already needs to be mowed again. I had to mow it on a really high setting because parts of it had grown so much it would have clogged the mower. If we avoid the rain that's in the forecast, then I'll be out mowing it again tomorrow to get it down to the level it should be at.

I still can't believe it's March and we're mowing. It was in the 80's today, so not heard of for this part of the country at this time of year. Last year it was cool/cold until almost June. My nephew was here helping me build last June and we were in the shop in sweatshirts with the furnace running.

I put this bird house condo out and took down the other one that is normally here. It needs repainted. So I will do that and then put it back up where this one normally resides.

My early tulips are almost done.

The day lilies are growing.

And so are the vinca vines. They are not perennials in this part of the country, but they are in this flower bed. I planted them once and they have come back every year. It's in a bed right up by the house and I think they hibernate up under the siding and take warmth from the house.

I even managed to get a sunburn. I did laundry and put them out on the clothes line to dry. I love putting clothes on the line to dry. They smell so fresh and save on electricity.

I did manage to get one project done.

I made this little fence. And my mom gave me the little bird. I couldn't decide what color to paint him, so I left him natural.

Isn't he cute!

I added the dowel pieces so it would stand by itself.

Sunday, March 18, 2012

Time to paint the fence....

Hi Everyone! I hope your Sunday has been a good one. I was out in one of the grain bins today looking for something when I came across this picket fence and birdhouse that I had made pre-blog. (So no building photos). In fact I had made several of them for one of my first craft fairs and this is the only one that's left. So I decided to do a little remake on it and take it to my upcoming fair.

This is what it looked like before I started this morning.

I cleaned it up and gave it a quick sanding.

Then I painted it in ASCP in Old White.

I haven't sanded it yet or applied wax in these first pictures.

I repainted the birdhouse because the red and blue of the flag were a little faded. I painted it in ASCP in Louis Blue.

And here it is after sanding and wax.

It looks so much better after the little makeover. Now it's all freshened up and ready for spring and summer. One more before picture.

There really wasn't anything wrong with it, just a difference in style and taste.

Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Garden art....

Hi Everyone! Happy Wednesday evening! I'm sorry I've been MIA the last few days but you know how life sometimes gets in the way of blogging! My allergies have been keeping me down and out. And it didn't help when I mowed the yard on Monday. As some of you may know, I live on a farm and it takes me 3 hours to mow the yard (just the main yard around the house and near the road) and that's on a riding John Deere mower! I couldn't imagine if I had to push the mower. And I've been busy with the puppies. One sweet girl puppy has gone on to her forever home. She left on Sunday with a very nice young man. I think she's going to have a good home with him!

So I wanted to show you one of the things I made earlier for the flower garden. It's made from recycled boards that were cut to look like they came from a picket fence. And you all know how much I love bird houses.....

The pictures just don't do it justice. But I really like how it turned out. It looks old and that's the look I was going for. Well, thanks for stopping by.

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