About a hundred years ago (3 months to be exact), I told you I would post pictures of the rocking chair that I helped make for a charity auction. It took me a while to wrestle the SD card from my son, whose camera I borrowed for the snap. But here they are, nonetheless.
We went with an ILLINOIS theme, since we are in ILLINI country here.
These were taken out in front of the school before the auction.
I also took "before" pictures of this rocker when it was a lowly rummage sale find,
but I seem to have lost them.
Let me just testify that it. was. ugly.
I sanded every inch of it, then primed it well.
Then the paint...
And then, decoupage.
It took forever to finish it!
At least it seemed way longer than the set of 4 dining room chairs I did last summer,
but then I got to take a breather between each of those.
Since this went to someone other than myself, I still have moments of panic that the decoupage will peel up at some point. I have a teensy bit of perfectionism when it comes to artwork.
This rocking chair was auctioned off for charity. I forgot now how much it went for, but I was happy.
After all, the labor was cheap. I had the 6th graders cut out words and decoupage them onto the chair.
I think they did a great job!
I'm going to link this post up to Tatertots and Jello and a few of the other parties in my sidebar. Please stop by and see the other great projects featured there!
14 comments:
What a great chair!!
LOVE the chair. You did a great job! I'm guessing the lucky winner LOVES it!!!
I love it!! You did awesome!!
This is a beautiful chair! It shows how chairs can be reformed!
kim
You know I'm loven' just about everything about this chair. Most important that it's outside and the sun is out today. Yipeeee.
Super Cute!
Awesome idea, Jami! Nice job.
So impressed!
That is super cute! It would look great on someone's front porch.
That is one funky chair!! I love the colour-combination and the print - it's a very original use of decoupage technique on an everyday item.
Wow - that turned out great! Decoupage is a lot of work, but I love the results.... good job! And thanks for your kind comment on my blog earlier! :o)
That is too cool! I wish I could do things like that! I don't have a crafty bone in my body, ack!
Thanks for the comment, Jami! Great job on the chair... I would have never thought of anything like that. So creative and awesome!
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{Heather}
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That is really neat! I bet my son would like something like that with a Dallas Cowboys theme.
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