last time we were at my moms she gave it to me for my kids. (which i am so thankful for, i love family heirlooms) anyways she had mentioned that between garran and i, she was sure we could come up with a new way to paint it. garran and i have been talking about it for some time. i was thinking it would be cool to some how incorporate my mom and grandmother into the chair. we have talked about painting some kind of tree on the seat with family names or doing something more modern like painting it a solid color and doing circles on it with names in the circles. i have been going to all kinds of websites for ideas. i just have not seen anything that has really inspired me. so i know there are some crafty people out there that read this blog. so i am asking for your help. if you have any ideas or know of any good websites, i would love to know about them.
this picture really has nothing to do with my project. kael just really loves being in pictures...ie center of attention. so i snapped this of him drinking his juice. he is such a ham!!
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I have this same problem. Our rocker is sanded part way. My latest idea was to decoupage pics of each person who has used it and apply them onto the backrest. Holding me up now is the thought of seeing my mom's pic who is no longer with us. Then being sad whenever my kids sit there and I will miss her. What do you think?
I got stuck in that chair one time..
My first thought was the deco, but I think I like the tree idea. You could put the tree on the seat with the names of family members on the leaves and then put a twig across the top of the backrest with leaves that have your kids names. It'd be easy to paint over the names to even it out as your family grows. There's just be some empty leaves up top now. Then, your kids' names could get bumped to empty leaves on the seat and your grandkids could move to the top. Or something like that...
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