Repurposed White Picket Fence - Wedding Isle Decor!

A while back, one of our neighbors was re-doing their fence and had tossed their old fence to the curb.  Thinking I could do something with it and seeing as it was free, I tossed a dozen or so sections into the back of my friends truck and took it home!  It sat, for a long time.  Come fall, Dev and I ripped most of the pickets off and covered them for winter.  Once spring hit, we were back at it - much to Devin's disappointment.  We sorted trough the good pieces and the bad (they were throwing them out for a reason).  

Then we planned out a design and began assembling.  We did pieces of three, held together by 2 pieces placed along the back and we put in a longer piece to act like a stake in the ground so they would be upright during the ceremony.  

Then Devin found amazing paint that covered well, and was not too expensive, and painted all the pieces front and back.  Not having a functioning basement or yard made this a fun project - our side yard and side of our house became our painting area.  Thankfully - the dollar store down the street had a ton of shower curtains that I clipped to sections of the fence we didn't disassemble - worked well!!

A few rounds in:
 containment of paint is key when renting!

Mr. Wade hard at work painting!

Our repurposed fence didn't look half bad once
painted!  Some were short/tall - but it looked okay overall!

Once Mr. Wade was done with his part in helping to assemble and paint, it was my turn to take over on the crafting side!  I knew they would all be different because of the nature of the craft (no two bows are ever alike) and also because I was quickly running out of supplies and had already exceeded my "decorations" budget.  So, I had decided to do some big bows on some and some smaller burlap ties on the others and supplement with a mason jar full of flowers.  It turned out well (once I figured out how to tie a bow - they are not professional!).

The burlap/lace on the mason jar
isle pieces was not the same for all of them,
but it seemed to work out and look nice!

Clearly I never really did figure out how to
tie a bow!  

Once we set them up at the farm, I was so pleased with how they turned out!  They ended up costing us about $30 in total to make, $35 if you include the cost of the flowers.  I loved them, they really set the scene, and I received many many compliments on them after the ceremony.  For the cost, the work and the look - I would still add this touch to the wedding if I had to do it all over again!