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Tuesday, July 24, 2012

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Monday, July 23, 2012

Church Attendance

I found this church attendance sign at a yard sale on Saturday.

It's got a split down the center, missing pieces of wood to hold the words/numbers in and is generally a wonky piece. I could buy all of it for $5.00.

I really bought it for these...

Numbers!

Zero to nine!

Eight of each!

I nearly bought the numbers and left the sign there but figured that would be a tad on the stupid? silly? side.

I can think of uses for the numbers that include a hole puncher and raffia, ribbon or lace.

But the board itself?

What would you do with it?

Thursday, July 19, 2012

Discarded wood porch posts are amazing additions to the outdoors! I was fortunate in having access to seven and a half free wooden posts that Mr D cut in half, giving me six halves to place around the yard. I love the look all of them!

These came from a local church that Mr D & co replaced with vinyl and I immediately claimed them. This was a project we both worked on.

This single half post came from son L when he replaced an old shop/garage with a new one. It's topped with an old wooden finial.

These came from Mr D's sister. They had an old, abandoned house on their property that got torn down.

I had a vision for them, though they were stored for several years before I figured it out! This one is topped by a de-electrified outdoor light.

There are two of these along side a path in the back, topped by finials from old lamp pieces.

These run along the south side of the house and are topped with simple wooden balls I bought at HD and aged with time.

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Wooden posts are hollow in the inside center and part way up from the bottom.

Hammer some kind of sturdy stake in the ground - this is part of a fiberglass fence post. Just place the post over whatever you're using. And no, it's not sturdy - it's for looks only!

For the finial, I used a small enough piece of board to fit inside the hollow post, drilled a hole in it and screwed the finial to it and plopped it in the post.