a yardstick flag tutorial... ♥

i'm really excited to share this project with you!
it's really neat, and something new...

this came to me late at night a couple weeks ago

(probably when i ate too many whales)

(i'm addicted to these things guys)

(thanks to my cousin :)

this is super easy to make

the only thing my hubby did for me, was cut the yardsticks in half

and he drilled the holes too

(even though he has taught me to do both of those things myself)

(i just don't jump at the chance to use "big man" tools)

(i'll stick with a glue gun & corner rounder :)

(thanks)

but girls! i know the guys at Home Depot will cut stuff for you...just ask!

the rest is cake ...

i just have a special place in my ♥ for yardsticks

i built these crates last year 

and ever since then, i'm sweet on yardsticks ...

so i know my yardsticks guys...

i know Home Depots are orange (blah)

Lowe's are navy blue (yay!) 

(these are the ones i like to buy at 69 cents each)

and Walmart's are a really pretty light blue (cuteness)

but beware, they are much thinner and not always straight ...

(right? a crooked yardstick is not really a good thing)

for this project i stuck with my fav's ~ Lowe's since they are the thickest

and since the numbers & lines printed on the sticks are a little indented

helping them have that "whitewashed" look 

nuf talkin'  ...  come on! let's make stuff ♥

what you need

♥ 3 yardsticks

♥ small screw eyes (see picture below)

♥ white acrylic paint

♥ Mod Podge

♥ pretty scrapbook paper

♥ fabric strips, lace, twine, ribbon 

♥ mini clothespins

(or whatever your heart fancies :) 

we used the chop saw to cut the yardsticks in half ~ right at 18 inches

mark the point where you will screw all the eyes in ...

they should be all in the same place on every yardstick

ours were about a 1/3 of the way in from each side

drill the holes carefully! hubs used his very teeny smallest drill bit

don't forget on each end ... top & bottom

using white acrylic paint, i brushed it on moderately

then with a rag i wiped it off

(the left side is after i wiped off the excess)

last thing before the pretty part

is to screw those eyes into the holes you drilled 

now the pretty part ♥

cut strips from your scrapbook paper just wide enough to cover the bottom half of the yardstick ... 

we don't wanna hide those cute numbers & lines

use the Mod Podge to adhere them in the sections where the "stars & stripes" would be

i used strips of white muslin, lace and more lace ♥

... thread them through the holes of the screw eyes

attaching all the yardsticks one underneath the other

last thing was to punch small stars out of brown kraft paper ~ clip them inside of the tiny clothespins, stuck on with hot glue 

so pretty ... no?!?!

i love this so much ♥

it's hanging right inside my foyer 

with this little vignette shelf i got at a garage sale last weekend for $5 

(chipper chicken ... any FOTB fans out there? heehee:)

Happy 4th of July all !!

i'm going to enjoy my family and be thankful for our freedom and our country

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much loves ♥

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