Red, White, and Blue

June/July is one of my favorite times to decorate! I love the colors red, white, and blue. In fact, when I was in my teens-early 20's, they were my bedroom color pallet. (Along with cow print!) There is something just so gosh darn fun about Americana! 

Since the 4th of July is so early in the month, I don't have any problem getting the decorations out halfway through June. I leave them up all the way through July, too. Here in Utah, the 24th of July is Pioneer Day, the day we celebrate the persevering pioneers who arrived in the Salt Lake Valley in 1847. Several years ago, I made this ox and wagon to add to my patriotic display:

 

I was so excited to get it out again! But, life threw me a curve-ball. I can't find my big box of July decorations. I don't understand how it could be lost. All decorations are in a box marked with the specific holiday and should be on a shelf in the storage room. I don't get it. It's just...gone. The box must be under the stairs, but if that's the case, ain't NO way I'm diggin' it out! Could be an unruly clan of burly spiders living under there! I can totally see it now: the blue-faced leader will come charging at me, seeming to shout, "You will never take our land!" There could be bloodshed!

WHOA. I got waaay off subject there. Sorry. 

Anyhoo, until Hubby has time to find my box, these pictures of my new stuff will have to suffice:

Uncle Sam's Hat

USA Red

USA White

I Finally Did It...

Welcome to my new blog!

I know, I know. It's 2017 and I'm just now starting a blog! Why, you ask, did I wait so long? A few reasons. 1. I was scared. Who is going to want to read what little ol' me has to say? 2. I thought I'd be fine without a blog of my very own. 3. What if I didn't have enough "content" to justify a blog?

Well, I am still scared, a certain event proved I did need my own blog, and we'll just have to see if I can come up with enough content.

Anyhoo, back to that certain event I mentioned. Some of you know I have been making "creations" with wood stuff for a few years now. (How and Why will be a later post.) I have been "pinning" photos of my creations on Pinterest and Facebook. When I pin to Pinterest, there is no way to link to a source, so my photos are out there with no way to be attributed to me. This wasn't a really big deal to me, I just thought it was cool if people liked and repinned things I had done.

That is, until, I was scrolling through Pinterest the other day and saw one of my pictures on a design website's post entitled,

THE MOST BEAUTIFUL 101 DIY PALLET PROJECTS TO TAKE ON.

http://homesthetics.net/beautiful-101-pallet-projects-take/

(My creation is #80.)

I was stunned, elated, excited and flattered! Something I made was recognized! BUT, who would ever know it was MINE? Now, I'm not saying that the website did a bad thing. They did try to site the source. If you click on the source link, it takes you right to the picture. If they could have given me credit, they would have. Lesson learned. Point taken. Live and learn. Hindsight. My bad.

Well world, I am giving you a source from now on! I am taking credit for my mistakes hard work! Here it is:

I call it, "The Beginning."