craft: flag pallet

I started this project back in Utah before we moved to Arizona, 6 months ago. I found old pallets (I think there was 2 of them) and had my hubby tear them apart. That was incredibly hard! I've heard that if you get the wood a little damp it's not quite so hard to pry the boards loose. Where was that little gem the first time. Dangit. Next time.

I bought spray paint when we moved into our rental and stored the paint for about 6 months before I painted the entire board white. Never. Never. Never buy the cheap spray paint. Not worth it. AT ALL. I didn't have any painters tape, so I improvised. I used duct tape and made stripes.

I had some vinyl stars from a friend back in Utah, but I only had her cut out 5 stars. Five?! Who does that? I cut out more stores out of paper. Glued them to the board and sealed them. The vinyl is coming off already, so I need to figure something else out. Sheesh.

My hubby had a VERY HARD time that the stripes weren't even and there weren't as many stripes as the real flag. He also didn't like that there wasn't 50 stars and that mine were different sizes. I'm super excited to display this and my wreath for the month of July!