Old Glory Picket Fence

Sometimes, you just gotta go with what inspires you even if you're not so thrilled with where the inspiration comes from or your not sure where it's going to end up! That's what happened with this project.

 I picked up this little piece of picket fence at a garage sale for $1.00.  I loved it, and I was sure I wanted to use it, maybe more than once.  I kept it out in my craft room where I could look at it and be inspired to know just what to do with it.  Every time I looked at it, I thought it should speak to me.  But no.  It remained silent. Stubbornly silent. As time went by, it's silence became highly annoying to me.  Off to Pinterest I went to see what I could do with a piece of fence for the 4th of July.  This is what I found:

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Now if you click on that source link above, you'll find out that it takes you to "Flag Patterned Fence Swag" by none other than Martha Stewart.  I was disappointed in Pinterest.  Really?  All of the great craft blogs out there and you served me up a reliable stand by?  But, I had indeed fallen in love with this look and so, I was going with it.  Of course, I thought I could do it better.  I know, it's brazen of me to think that, and probably some kind of an abomination to even put it in print, but there ya go.

  I was going to do a tutorial on this project but then I thought, "Hey!  With the click of  a button, I can make Martha do it!" So if you want to know how to make this, just click HERE .  Now that is some serious blog power!

I don't guess I'll have my own magazine, TV show or fan club anytime soon......but I've got a blog and some awesome followers and a few ideas of my own.

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