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Miss Oatmeal, Fresno, CA Age and Occupation: 25, Medical Device Sales Representative Fiance's Age and Occupation: 28, Police Officer/Captain in the US Army Engagement Date: February 16, 2010 Wedding Date: May 2011 Venue: Private Residence, Fresno About Me: I am a toast-loving, list-making, occasionally crazy California girl getting dangerously close to marrying her crime-fighting, patient, man's man fiancé. I’ve never left our hometown of Clovis, CA, I love Anthropologie so much it almost hurts, appreciate promptness, love that our 4lb. Chihuahua, Murphy, smells like Fritos, am irritated by windshield wipers that move too fast for the amount of rain, love me some cold weather, have an unhealthy obsession with boots, and wholeheartedly think that my family is everything. Mr. Oatmeal is, oddly enough, my brother's best friend. He's also the best thing that's ever happened to me, and together we are planning a vintage chic, backyard, spring wedding with a few nontraditional touches while trying to keep up with our crazy lives.
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Wood Hunting

January 11th, 2011 @ 10:15 am by Miss Oatmeal

What could that title possibly mean? Exactly what it says. Maid of Honor Oatmeal and I spent the better part of a Sunday afternoon driving around in a seriously sweet ride, scavenging for wood. You see, her family owns a ranch. A very large ranch. And on this ranch there was a pile of wood that was about to be burned. So guess who got to benefit from that, in the hopes of making signs such as these?

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{Brent Van Auken Photography via: Ruffled}

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{Amanda Perkins Photography via: Style Me Pretty}

After visiting with a couple horses, we headed out to the infamous pile, got a little dirty, and found some prospects.

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That’s Boo. He was hungry for some fence.

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Some more horses whose names I can’t remember.

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Miss Oatmeal, left. MOH Oatmeal, right.

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Wood!

After collecting our super cool (read: free) finds, we headed back to the shop to do a little damage. So it turns out, using a saw is real hard. But we are troopers and made it work, seeing as MOH Oatmeal’s Facebook status update in the middle of our activity was as follows: “Wedding projects for Miss Oatmeal sometimes include power tools. We should probably have some sort of supervision.” Indeed.

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That’s Muscles up there with the hammer in her hand.

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I was literally putting my entire body into this effort and still had to take periodic breaks.

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And by breaks, I mean hand the saw over to someone else.

And that, my friends, was our adventure. So I bet you thought you were going to see the finished product. Nope. I haven’t even gotten that far yet. I still need to buy sandpaper, paint, and paintbrushes to get to that point. Until then, I’ll just leave you with this:

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This was actually a lot funnier in person because Bubba* was going crazy.

*Bubba = dog**

**dog = female

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15 Responses to “Wood Hunting”

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Mrs. Meerkat
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Mrs. Meerkat (message)  3,216 posts, Sugar bee

Love the sign! We are doing one that is more European style with locations we have traveled to and distances.

 
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missmouse29
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missmouse29 (message)  2,998 posts, Sugar bee

Sweet finds!
We plan on re-purposing a lot of the scrap wood we have on our property for signage as well.

The circular saw is my friend when it comes to cutting though. My muscles are too puny for hand saws!

 
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Mrs. Locket
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Mrs. Locket (message)  2,837 posts, Sugar bee

I think the problem may have been the saw lol! It doesn’t look like the right kind for cutting wood, but I could be wrong. What a great find though! You won’t believe how many times I tried to get Mr. L to pull over on the side of the road to search through discarded piles of wood. I guess he was smart to stop me each time because I had enough stuff taking space in our place.

 
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pvaulter718
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pvaulter718 (message)  2,116 posts, Buzzing bee

That saw looks like it has been rusty for about 10 years… You are a braver woman than Iam! Oh well, just think of how proud you’ll be of the hand-made finished product! Go Team Oatmeal!

 
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Miss Oatmeal (message)  221 posts, Helper bee

@Mrs. Locket:Oh yeah,you’re right. Totally the WRONG tools for the job. We got impatient and didn’t want to wait :)

@pvaulter718: I’m pretty sure that saw had been sitting in that workshop on her ranch for at least 37 years. Don’t worry though, no one was hurt! haha

 
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Lilacgal
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Lilacgal (message)  380 posts, Helper bee

That wood looks like it will be perfect for your sign plans…and for FREE!!! SWWWEEEETTT!!!
Can’t wait to see how your project turns out!

 
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Miss Elephant
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Miss Elephant (message)  6,182 posts, Bee Keeper

Great finds, even better since they were free!

 
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mrsbowieii
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mrsbowieii (message)  692 posts, Busy bee

Those signs are adorable. Your arms may be sore but I’m sure when we see the finished product it will be well worth it.

 
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Mrs. Glasses (message)  2,741 posts, Sugar bee

Wow, talk about hands on! That’s an intense project! Can’t wait to see the finished project.

 
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Laura *You Stir Me*

awww that SMP picture of the signs is from my wedding!!! so glad it has inspired you! DIY crafty weddings are the best and it looks like you’re on the right road - have fun!!!!

 
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Megrit (message)  478 posts, Helper bee

How lucky to have all that free wood! Good luck with your projects!

 
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I loved signs like these, and had every intention of making them, but…well, I ran out of time. I’ll live vicariously through yours!

 
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Miss Oatmeal, Fresno, CA Age and Occupation: 25, Medical Device Sales Representative Fiance's Age and Occupation: 28, Police Officer/Captain in the US Army Engagement Date: February 16, 2010 Wedding Date: May 2011 Venue: Private Residence, Fresno About Me: I am a toast-loving, list-making, occasionally crazy California girl getting dangerously close to marrying her crime-fighting, patient, man's man fiancé. I’ve never left our hometown of Clovis, CA, I love Anthropologie so much it almost hurts, appreciate promptness, love that our 4lb. Chihuahua, Murphy, smells like Fritos, am irritated by windshield wipers that move too fast for the amount of rain, love me some cold weather, have an unhealthy obsession with boots, and wholeheartedly think that my family is everything. Mr. Oatmeal is, oddly enough, my brother's best friend. He's also the best thing that's ever happened to me, and together we are planning a vintage chic, backyard, spring wedding with a few nontraditional touches while trying to keep up with our crazy lives.

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