DIY: Nautical Flags

I painted this on Sunday and I'm so proud of it!! I was feeling inspired from a pin I saw on Pinterest:

I didn't have any canvases but I did have little square pieces of wood that I used instead. They looked like this before I painted them:

You can see the outlines of the different flags I had in mind.

First I did all the pink sections of the flags. I ordered some Preppy Plates from Rue La La a few weeks ago and they're pink and navy so I figured I'd go with a pink and navy color combo for my bathroom!

Blue was the next step! As y'all can see, the natural wood was light to begin with so it's still peeking out at this point!

Finally I did the white. Getting all those clean lines was SO HARD. I'm not really very artistic. I can paint in lines like nobody's business, but when it comes to real artistic talent (and really patience) I'm a little lacking.

I ended up hot gluing all the panels together to create 1 piece. I figured it would be easier to hang, etc. I glued 2 rods to them for support. (Tip: the "rods" are two shoe stretchers that come in shoes when they come out of the box! I didn't have anything else so I had to get a little creative in finding support!)

I hung it up in my bathroom and was so proud! Then I realized that I hung it upside down...

MUCCCCCH better, now it spells "Katie" instead of "Eitak" upside down!

This craft was SO EASY as long as you have the little wood pieces. I got them at Hobby Lobby for $.90 apiece. I might Modge Podge over the paint so that it lasts longer but that'll be for another day!

Good luck crafting away! I hope I've inspired some of y'all!!

xxKatie 

P.S.: Be sure to enter the Lemon & Line giveaway!!

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