Sailing,sailing ..........

I have been wanting to make a driftwood sailboat for months now and the other day Myah and I were trying to think of something crafty to do together and this idea popped into my head. It was such a simple project and actually went together very easily and quickly.  It was the perfect little addition to our decor, I can see this as something I will be doing more of!! We had collected the driftwood from our vacation and the twig came from Myah's favorite park. 

The sails were made out of an old linen pillow case that had ripped and I had held onto for this very purpose.

The blue ticking  flag we made by just cutting a tiny triangle from this old laundry bag that I picked up at a sale for $1.   My hubby drilled a small hole in the bottom piece of wood so that the stick would sit in there firmly, I actually had a little wiggle room so I ended up heating up the hot glue gun and using that to attach the stick and the sails. 

I attached a little bit of some tiny rope that I had, I frayed it before I used it, to give it the not so perfect look that I was going for. 

The finished product!!! Myah was so proud and I love that it was something we made together. 

It looks so sweet up on our shelf in the kitchen with our family photos from Seaside.  Now I am going to have to hunt down some more driftwood, this was just too much fun!!!

I just love my 8 & 6 votive holders.  1986 was the year Mark and I started dating, he graduated and if you flip them around, he was born in '68.  And I love the #8 anyhow because that has always been Dayton's jersey number and it turned out to be Myah's this year too!  And the #6 is just as sweet, the day we received our little Myah in China was 6-6-06.  I know, I really go overboard with things having meaning in our home but I can't help it!