{"id":4635,"date":"2023-09-20T22:57:38","date_gmt":"2023-09-21T03:57:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jenniferlangart.com\/?p=4635"},"modified":"2023-09-20T22:58:16","modified_gmt":"2023-09-21T03:58:16","slug":"from-texas-with-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jenniferlangart.com\/index.php\/2023\/09\/20\/from-texas-with-love\/","title":{"rendered":"From Texas with Love"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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I made this cigar box for my aunt in Germany.\u00a0 I wanted to make a very Texas scene for her and one of the first things that comes to my mind are the blue bonnets and paintbrushes.\u00a0 Then of course a barn with a Texas flag on it is a very Texas thing.\u00a0 We’re proud of our flag.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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I made this cigar box for my aunt in Germany.\u00a0 I wanted to make a very Texas scene for her and one of the first things that comes to my mind are the blue bonnets and paintbrushes.\u00a0 Then of course a barn with a Texas flag on it is a very Texas thing.\u00a0 We’re proud […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4645,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"zakra_page_container_layout":"customizer","zakra_page_sidebar_layout":"customizer","zakra_remove_content_margin":false,"zakra_sidebar":"customizer","zakra_transparent_header":"customizer","zakra_logo":0,"zakra_main_header_style":"default","zakra_menu_item_color":"","zakra_menu_item_hover_color":"","zakra_menu_item_active_color":"","zakra_menu_active_style":"","zakra_page_header":true,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[169,31],"tags":[49,148,221,222,171,219,160,197,220],"class_list":["post-4635","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cigar-box-collection","category-hot-off-the-easel","tag-acrylic-paint","tag-art","tag-barn","tag-blue-bonnets","tag-cigar-box","tag-crayons","tag-miniatures","tag-texas","tag-wildflowers"],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3876,"url":"https:\/\/jenniferlangart.com\/index.php\/2023\/08\/23\/houston-oil\/","url_meta":{"origin":4635,"position":0},"title":"Houston Oil","author":"jenniferlang","date":"08\/23\/2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Houston, Texas was built on oil.\u00a0 Well, technically it was built on a swamp, but it's oil that brought life to this town. 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