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Nautical Pallet Flags

Courtney Carmean — Thu, 20 Mar 2014 05:00:05 +0000

The following review is part of the Jo-Ann Fabric And Craft Stores®National Craft Month campaign. I received compensation for this however, this is my personal, honest opinion based on my experience.

It’s NATIONAL CRAFT MONTH y’all! Did you know? Honestly every month is craft month around here…..but this is NATIONAL craft month!

I am sharing my Nautical Pallet Flags today as part of Jo-ann Fabric and Craft Stores® National Craft Month campaign. One of the hot trends this Spring is all things Nautical. And I have to say, I am falling for it! Like hook, line, and sinker ; )

Nautical Pallet Flags

Supplies:

-Rustic Pallet 11×11

-Frogtape

-Americana craft paint

-Paint brushes

-Sandpaper

I wanted to transform my wood pallets into nautical flags replicas. So I did some searching around and found some images of flags that I liked. I decided to stick with basic Americana colors for my flags.

All three pallets got started with a coat of white craft paint. It acted as a “primer” and an easy way to paint on the white areas.

Then it was time to tape off the pallets and create the actual flag designs. By the way, I love this painters tape!!! I used the blue and red craft paint to finish off the pallet flags. I tried to pick flags that would be easily replicated onto the pallets.

I wanted the flags to look old and weathered so I busted out the sanding block and got to work. I gave all the pallets a really good sanding.

I did end up spraying the pallets with some clear spray paint I had on hand to protect them. They were super easy to hang with the cross pieces of wood on the back of the pallets. You could add a picture hanger to it or just rest it on a couple nails.

I made three pallet flags because I love decorating in threes, just feels right. It also gave me the opportunity to make three different kinds of flags, each one different but coordinated.

I absolutely love these pre-made pallet signs! Jo-Ann stores has a variety of them now, in different sizes and shapes. They make doing a project like this a breeze! I have a ton of ideas for these, there are endless options!

Jo-Ann makes Spring crafting easy during National Craft Month with a $5 off $25 or more purchase coupon and a Spring crafting inspiration website. Seriously they have made it so easy for you! crafting inspiration to get you going and a coupon to make it happen!!!

I think these Nautical Pallet Flags would make great decorations to transition from Spring to Summer as well.

Are you loving the nautical trend right now?

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GIVEAWAY ALERT!!!

My Spring Craft Stash Giveaway is ending tonight at 12am CST TONIGHT!!! There are a bunch of super easy ways to enter and there is an awesome box of craftiness up for grabs!

Wood Flag Wreath

Courtney Carmean — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 07:00:47 +0000

The 4th of July is only a couple weeks away and while I already have a ton of patriotic items around my home, I just can’t seem to stop creating more! Today I’m sharing my Wood Flag Wreath.

I found this awesome wood pallet like form at a local craft store called Beverly’s. It looked just like it was a mini pallet with a wire hanger attached to the back. When I saw it I immediately thought I could make an awesome flag decoration out of it.

The first thing I did was grab the wood stain and started staining the wood. I then let the stain completely dry.

It was time to start the painting process. I used some Frog Tape to make off where I wanted to paint certain colors.

I started with the “stars” area of the flag, using white craft paint to start. I also began to paint the white stripes too, especially because I knew the white would need more coats to cover the stained wood.

Once I had a couple coats of the white craft paint in the “stars” area and the paint had dried, I cut out some vinyl stars with my Silhouette. I placed 9 stars evenly over the area (Obviously I took some creative license). I painted over the stars with more of the white paint, this way if I had any paint bleeding it would be white.

After the white paint was dry I painted over the “star” area with a dark blue craft paint. I hit all the remaining “stripes” with some dark red paint. When all the paint was dry I removed all of the vinyl stars and painting tape. It looked so bright and pretty….but I really wanted it to have an old distressed look. So I used some sandpaper and steel wool and gave the whole thing a really good distressing.

When it was all done I hung it on my door and stood back to enjoy it. I absolutely love how it turned out!!!

To me it looks just like an old pallet turned into a beautiful flag wreath, just without all the messy work.

I am a huge fan of door wreaths and changing them out for the different seasons and holidays….I also love to take a different spin on what a door wreath actually is. Long gone are the days of only round wreaths made out of greenery!!! Don’t get me wrong, I love those too!

I may now have too many patriotic wreaths at my disposable!!! I’ll have to figure out where this one will end up!!!

Linking up to these great link parties!!!

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I recently rounded up all of my projects of 4th of July’s past!!! Come check out my 4th of July Round Up for lots of red, white, and blue-spiration!!!