Mother's Day Chair

 My mother has wanted an Adirondack chair for a couple of years, but we could not find the right chair at the right price.

While we were out shopping at a new-to-us antique place, she found what proved to be the almost perfect one.

Not too small, not too big.

The right price.

 

I jumped in with the offer to buy and repaint it for Mother's Day.  

My mother did not raise a dummy.  

This would relieve the pressure of finding a suitable gift in a couple of weeks.

 This is the chair - white.

Mother wanted green.

Daughter can do that.

I sanded down the loose paint.

It had been previously painted red, pink, and green in successive layers.

At this point Chucks questioned whether it needed painting.  Why not just wax it?

Haven't I trained him well?

Mother wanted green.

Daughter can do that.

 I selected Rust-Oleum Satin Oregano and painted two coats plus a third coat on the arms, seat, and back.

Then followed with two clear coats.

Overkill, yes.

It looked rather neat in the two-toned green under and distressed white above.

BUT . . .

Mother wanted green.

Daughter can do that.

  Dry and ready to load for the trip over to Mother's for her surprise.

Our surprise?

She was not home. 

So we left a message on the answering machine to look on the patio.









Mother was right - it was the perfect-sized chair for her patio.

Even though Mother wanted green.

And daughter did do that with gritted teeth.  (All that beautiful distressed white - all gone!)

Several hours later a phone call.  Mother has discovered the chair and loves it.


Maybe I could just add a little white to distress it!

Azalee was terribly upset when she discovered that the chair had gone missing from her favorite napping spot.  So sorry, Azalee, but I have managed to check off the Mother's Day gift early this year.

If you have the time, check out Mema Had One Antique Shop on Facebook. Find page here. It was where we found the chair for Mother and a special something for Chucks and I which I will show in another post.

See y'all!




I WILL BE OVER AT FUNKY JUNK TONIGHT, APRIL 26, TO HONOR DONNA'S TEDDY.

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A Special Mother's Day Card

Lizzie and Jo

This is one of my favorite pictures of my grandmother and my mother.  Whoever took it (I suspect it was my grandfather - he had a wicked sense of humor!) made it appear as if they were leaving the bar behind them - the Papst sign headlining them.  Lizzie and Jo are walking down Broad Street - my mother just out of high school.

I chose this picture as the feature on my mother's card for this Sunday.  She is not feeling well and has cancelled most of our original plans so the day will be a quiet one.  I hope the humor will cheer her up.

First I scanned and printed two copies of the picture on a 110 lb. antiqued paper. One copy I cut out using my scrappy-happy scissors with the old photo edge blade.  The other copy I carefully trimmed around Lizzie and Jo to remove the background.  (Some are saying Photo Shop, Donna, but I do it the old-fashioned way.)

Supplies:

*Inkadinkadoo background script stamp for the front and back of the card

*7 gypsies stamp set

*Prima stamp set

*Stampabilities black and gold ink pads

*Paper Studio cream card and envelope

*The Mind's Eye double-sided paper

*Narrow black ribbon

I stamped a gold background for the cutout and added a clock face (my grandfather was a jeweler who worked with clocks),  a portion of a French bill (my grandfather's family was French), and  adhered the two figures.  I made two small banners for the inside - one with three stars (there were three children) and the other "beautiful" (for obvious reasons).

 

I added birds in flight and a crown for each of them, cut out the square and adhered it to the card (already stamped with the script).

For the inside left, I made a pocket from the double-sided paper (French text on one side with polka dots on the other).  I scalloped the edge and turned to the front with a ribbon tie.  I used glue strips to adhere the pocket to the card and stamped on some birds.  (There are never enough birds!)  

Here is the finished inside.  There is the copy for Mother to keep in its pocket.  The two banners hang from a brad on the right side.  

Here is the finished outside - back and front.  On the back of every card, I use some stamp that relates to the card and sign it "distressed donna".  I used to sign them "distressed by donna". but dropped the "by". I really did not think anyone would notice, but after the first time I signed the new way, three aunts called wanting to know what was wrong!

The card slips into its envelope (I nearly tore my grandmother's leg off - wouldn't that be a surprise!).  We are ready for Mother's Day.

See y'all!

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