Outdoor JOY!

 

 I have to say it's been a surprisingly, enjoyable blog break this past month.  The break was prompted by a sermon series our pastor is doing on the Beatitudes.  We were encouraged to practice fasting from a legitimate pleasure for the sake of pursuing righteousness.  I chose to give up blogging for a month and substitute that time with a study of the book of Ecclesiastes.  It's been a profitable month and I realized, while blogging is fun, it easily consumes my time so I'll continue to monitor that. That said, I'm back with a project I completed for the front of my home.  The number buckets were created this summer so I wanted something to replace the flowers for Christmas.

I have a ton of these old fence boards so after cutting them to size, I used flat white paint to dry brush them.

I chose a font I liked and printed the letters out.  I then cut them out and traced around them using a sharpie.

Red, acrylic paint was used to fill in the letters.  I wanted to mimic the dots on the buckets so using an eraser I added the black dot border.  Since I used acrylic paint, I did give the boards a few coats of clear sealer.

 To complete the project I cut some branches and sprayed them silver and added some white lights.  The glowing 'orbs'?

These are just those cheapo light globes with part of the white lights tucked inside!  I could only find two at GW (.99 each) but plan to collect more to use throughout my garden this summer for lighting.  Total cost of this project was the $2.00 for the globes as I had everything else.

Linking to these parties this week . . .

The DIY Showoff   http://diyshowoff.com/

Knick of Time Tuesday http://knickoftimeinteriors.blogspot.com/

Marvelous Mondays http://www.jamscorner.com/

Uncommonly Yours http://www.uncommondesignsonline.com/

Nifty Thrifty Tuesday http://linda-coastalcharm.blogspot.com/

Cedar Hill Ranch http://cedarhillranch.blogspot.com/

Savvy Southern Style http://savvysouthernstyle.blogspot.com/

Ivy and Elephants http://ivyandelephants.blogspot.com/

From My Front Porch to Yours http://frommyfrontporchtoyours.blogspot.com/

The Brambleberry Cottage http://thebrambleberrycottage.blogspot.com/

French Country Cottage http://frenchcountrycottage.blogspot.com/

The Charm of Home http://thecharmofhome.blogspot.com/

At the Picket Fence http://www.atthepicketfence.com/

While He Was Napping http://whilehewasnapping.blogspot.com/

Funky Junk Interiors http://www.funkyjunkinteriors.net/

Sisters of the Wild West http://www.sistersofthewildwest.blogspot.com/

Under the Table and Dreaming http://www.bystephanielynn.com/