Hello! Hope everyone is doing well! We are coming to the close of school with our preschool graduation this week and then next week is the last week. I am so ready for some vacation time! I would love to get some more projects done! Lauren and I plan to work on updating the blog this summer and there are other exciting things in the works! Stay tuned!
I have been wanting to make a flag like this for a long time. I figured since Memorial Day is next Monday here in the states and 4th of July is coming soon, this was a good time. I originally was going to use pieces of molding, but that never happened so I decided to use some pickets I already had. Another free project!!
We had gathered some pickets from a neighbor a couple of years ago when he took down his fence. I have used them for a potting table and also a little side table. I wasn’t using the small table anymore, so I took it apart and used the pieces.
Steve removed the nails from each of the pieces, than I gave each one a good scrubbing.
I painted 4 pickets antique white and 3 pickets grey. I didn’t cover them too thoroughly, just enough to freshen them up.
I took one of the squares from the table that was taken apart and painted it blue. After the paint dried, I sprayed a little bit of turquoise over the top and then sanded it down.
These pieces also came from the table and they were attached to the back to hold all the pickets together.
Here is the front with the blue square attached.
Here is my bottle cap collection! My girls and I have collected these for years while taking walks around the neighborhood. We have an alley behind us and there are always treasures to be found. The girls and I picked out caps with blue, gold, silver and a little bit of red. We tried to get them all different and then placed them on the blue square in random order. I used my nail-gun to attach them.
All done! This was such a simple project to put together and I love how it turned out!
I don’t really decorate with red, so I tried to keep this as neutral as possible.
I hope you all have a wonderful Memorial Day weekend and have some time to relax! Here a couple of other posts you might enjoy!
HOME ON THE CORNER 
Congratulations! This post will be featured this week at My Flagstaff Home!
Jennifer
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Wow! Thanks so much! It’s always fun to be a feature!
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What a clever idea to decorate with the bottle caps. It looks super original and vintage . Great repurposing too Pamela. Can this be the perfect DIY project? I would bet on it.
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I love this idea! What a great reuse for bottle caps. Thanks so much for sharing at Vintage Charm.
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Now I need to come up with more ideas for the caps. I have so many! Thanks for coming by!
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Showing this to my hubby – He’ll love it and want to make one! Thanks for sharing on the Pleasures of the NW’s DIY party! http://www.pleasuresofthenw.com/diy-party-no-7-lets-get-creative/
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I would love to see his when he is done! Thanks for coming by!
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That’s a great way to up cycle (twice 🙂 )! People would pay a lot for these, I’m sure, if you found a place to sell them! Thanks for adding this post to the Family Joy Linkup!
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Thank you so much! I have plenty of wood! I could make more!!
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That is sooooo creative. I love it! Thanks for sharing at My Flagstaff Home.
Jennifer
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Thanks Jennifer! Have a great weekend!
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What a darling idea, Pamela! I love flag decor and this is so unique.
Thank you for sharing this week at Brag About It link party on VMG206 (Mondays at Midnight). I plan to feature you next week!
~ Megin of VMG206
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Thank you so much for coming by and thanks for the feature! You just made my day much better!!
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