The Lone Star State....

i may live in oklahoma but texas is where my heart is.... so i was super pumped when i got this order!!! in fact...if you've ever been to my house you might have noticed a "few" texas stars here and there. by a few i mean like 30..uhh...that's downstairs (yes...i just went and counted..lol) yikes...i didn't even go upstairs...oh wait...i almost forgot the one by my front door!! :) well anyway...i got a call the other day from a gal in texas. she just happened to be on of my amazing SISTER-in-laws. (i have 4 so i have to be careful.....lol jk..jk..i love them all dearly!!!) she had been looking for a texas flag "picture" to hang above her couch at her farm house. so she decided to put me to the test to make just what she was looking for so i tried....( i hope she likes it?!?!) :/ i just happened to have a star...some old wood...a piece of rusty tin....courtesy of my oldest son, he found it one day brought it home and said "mom i thought you could use this (that seems to be a reoccurring line..lol) and some paint of course....and wah lah...here ya have it a tin texas flag framed with old barn wood! now the only problem is that i am attached to it so she may never get it!!

Redneck Barstool :)

so i'm pretty excited about this one...because it brings back wonderful memories of my daddy! in fact i'm pretty sure that's where i got my "garage sale" blood from :) my sweet daddy was always finding something for me at a garage sale. (i miss that guy!)

several years before my daddy passed away he picked up 3 old tractor seats for me at a garage sale. when he brought them to me he said "i figured you could use these." well he was exactly right...and i think he would love the end result!!!!

i didn't realize that this is actually a pretty popular thing until watching "american pickers" the other night. (which btw is one of my FaVoRiTe shows!!!!!!!!) they walked into an antique shop and there sat about a dozen of these cute little tractor seat barstools and i hollered out "they stole my idea"...lol it's perfect for my game room...around the pool table. i have two more waiting to be finished...one will be yellow and the other red. i realize that it's not a style for everyone but it fits me to a T!!