For about 8 months, hubby and I have been undertaking a mammoth-sized project. Well, it was mammoth-sized to us anyway. If you are a member of my extended family, then you will most likely recognize where we got the idea from. Anyhow, here's the quick story behind it for all of you who aren't members of our biological family. When I was little, my grandma made one of these little rocking chairs for each of her kids' families. As a child, it was one of the most precious, prized toys in our home. At least to me anyway. I have many fond memories of family movie nights, reading, rocking back and forth as far as I could go (nearly killing myself), all sitting in that chair. So, thank you Grandma! And because I loved it so much, hubby and I took a pattern from it (yes, it's still around at my parents' place and in great condition). So far, we have made and given away seven little chairs to our family. We're also going to make one for each of our children when we have them. Including our little angel in heaven. His chair will remain in our room with his teddy bear and blanket to keep it warm. Here are a few pictures of some of the chairs we have made so far along with some of my nieces and nephews who received them. Hubby cuts the pieces of the chair, stains them, and laquers them. I hand paint them and burn a message into the underside of the seat. Some people have suggested that we could sell them if we came up with our own cartoon designs to paint on the back. I'm not sure if there would really be an interest in purchasing them. What do you think? Maybe we could do this to fundraise for our adoption?
7 comments:
Those chairs are adorable. Thats awesome that you two can make them together. As for my peaches, I dont really have a recipe, just peaches, sugar and water. They are delicious! Hurray for Brigham City Peaches!
I think they are cute and it would make a good fundraiser if you could keep costs down.
I would buy 1.
Lurker here to say that I would totally buy one for my daughter, especially if you could custom order it because she has a unqique name so it's impossible to find something pre-made for her. Way to go!
Hey if you need any help in the art department you know you have a very talented family that can do stuff like that! And all of them are so cute! You guys are awesome at that stuff!
I really like how you are going to do one for Gavin and set it up in a special place with his teddy bear and blanket. So special.
The offer is still open if you want to just join together and try and sell crafts online. I figured I would still put together the blog and see where it can go. Let me know so we can post something if you want! Or if you just want to help advertise...heck, yeah, I'd love all the help that I can get! And again, I love the chairs and am convinced that they would sell!
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