Buffalo Girls, won't you come out tonight?

FINALLY!  

It only took 6 attempts, several tools, most of them completely inappropriate for the job, and a few tears, but it's finally done.  I'm really pleased with the final piece, but boy, oh boy, did this test my tenacity!  

It looks simple enough, which is why I thought it would be a complete breeze.  I guess I needed to be brought back down to earth and reminded that I really don't have a clue what I'm doing with most of my power tools, LOL!!!  Oh well, I'm learning, and that's really the most important thing, right?

Here it is:

I dug through my scrap wood, game pieces and rulers and old belts to get the patchwork stripes.  There was quite a lot of trial and error to get this worked out. In fact, the first go round, the wood scraps I put together ended up being too wide, which didn't give enough contrast for my taste.  I knew when I took the first picture that I was going to distress the light blue board, cuz that's just how I roll, lol!

That's all I have for today.  Hoping to get a lot done tomorrow.  I hope, I hope, I hope.