Painted Rustic Wooden Flag

July 4th is my most favorite holiday of the year. It is a non-gift giving day where we celebrate our great nation and it's Independence and get together with family and friends. In my very tiny humble opinion, there is no place like New England for July 4th Celebrations. Nothing fancy or elaborate but everyone has a BBQ or party to throw or attend, and the night always ends with fireworks by the water. The day usually involves games, the beach, water sports, sitting around and talking, sparklers, food, badminton, bocce ball, horse shoes and of course some beverages! Ever since moving away I try to make it home for this holiday but it does not always happen. I try to make the best of it where ever I am, but the vibe and the feeling from the entire community and town is just not the same as it is in my home town.

Now, I am sure there are other parts of the country that have their own traditions and have awesome celebrations too. This is just my observations based on 2 locations only!

I have been wanting to make another sign lately and July 4th has been on my mind. When I don't make things for a while I get cranky and irritable..... So today, the boys were watching a movie because they had been playing outside and it is way to hot out for all day play. I decided not to watch Despicable Me and I went into the garage and found a scrap piece of cedar from an old fence we removed. I had to use that size because my garage is a complete mess and I was not about to get a saw set up.

This is my ugly board, complete with dirt and grass stuck to it... It has a total transformation in about 30 minutes.



So, I sanded my board and then brushed it off. I measured it and it was just over 5" wide. Perfect, 5 stripes just over 1" with red, white, red, white and red. I marked it off with painters tape and got out an old can of red milk paint that was from my kitchen island project. I used a foam brush because that is what was handy, and dry brushed it on.

This shows a few steps.







Here are all 3 stripes in red. I left a spot for the blue area just based on how I thought it would look. Not really measuring, just eyeballing it.

By the last picture above, you see where I am going with this? Right?

After letting the red dry slightly I did the same for the white stripes, using a small sample can of BM paint in Snowfall White. I used that on my kitchen cabinets too.



The blue area I dry brushed in the only dark blue I had, leftover from the boys headboard project.



The stars I did by hand, just placing them where I thought they would look good and using a small craft brush. They are not technical stars - more like starfish - but they were fast and easy to do!





I like it leaning on the wall and may just leave it there. I had origianlly planned to put eye hooks in the top and hang it somewhere. Maybe I'll make another sign for that!

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