SunFlowers

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About 15 years ago I made this Sunflower sign for my daughter. It was in my era of using antique box wood to paint on. I got a lot of the wood boxes from the wineries that no longer used them because plastic boxes were lighter and easier to store. My husband cut the boxes up and I sold hundreds ( maybe thousands) of garden signs and other things. Some boxes if they were in good shape I painted the whole box and sold it that way. My daughter bought a charming farm house up in the boonies and she loved this sign so it lived in her yard until I brought it home last year. (and I hung it up and forgot it) All the paint had faded and the smooth wood was now almost falling apart, part of the sunflowers are broken and the wire I used on it is rusty. BUT, my daughter loved it and didn't want a new one, she wanted that one touched up and back in her yard.... She is visiting me for a few days and pointed to the sign and said I want you to fix that.... so I did. She is leaving today and the sign will go with her. The paint is drying and before she leaves I will spray it with a sealer to protect the new paint and hopefully slow down the demise of the wood. Primitive is what I like to do. And I'm proud of my daughter that loves that sign. I'm going to miss her when she goes home... I imagine this will not impress most here on myLot but it was a labor of love.