Park It Here

And this title has NOTHING

to do with actually

parking!

haha

It's all about where you

park

your

rear!

I have always

been a crafter of some sort

since I was a teen.

I tried to involve my

oldest grandson in things

I did since he was living with

me. So one day when I decided

to paint his mom's old rock'n

chair I left him help.

We were basically just playing around.

We just went wild with the 

paint, doing different colors, shapes

and designs. 

Caleb had his own rock'n chair that

was solid wood where this was not

so I did not think I needed to hand it 

down to him. But what to do with this

colorful chair. 

Working with Phil, a young 

photographer in Photo Services for 

the state of TN., he got me into a fund

raising project.

He saw a pic of this chair and 

asked me what I was going to do

with it and then suggested that I

donate it to 

Kids on the Block

(no, not New Kids on the Block)!

Kids on the Block 

http://starsnashville.org/programs-and-services/kids-on-the-block/

Great program.

Take a look at the link and 

read about how it got started.

But I will tell you it is about

puppets that are used to teach

children about life.

Anyway...I am happy to report that the 

chair brought in $80 the night

of the event. 

I was so excited about doing something 

like this that I continued for

several years.

Kids have one big fund raiser a year

and it is centered around chairs,

that event is called Chair..ish 

the Kids.

(chairs, stools....places you park it)

The next year I did a stool.

Hand painted.

Jack and the Beanstalk.

No clue what this brought in.

The next yr. was a painting I called

 Chair...ish 

the 

Light.

The next year was Chair...ish

the Peace

Chair..ish

the Memories on 

Grandmas Porch

I painted from a pic

I saw somewhere..

but if reminded me of the 

times I spent on my grandmas

porch sitting in chairs like this.

The next year I did photography and to

show that I will need to go

through my files to locate those

pics. Maybe a post of that 

later. Thanks for 

introducing me to Kids,

Phil.

Next....not in works with 

Kids but just cause

I liked and wanted to paint...

Hanging in my mom's den.

Mom has a rock'n chair like this.

This was going to be a project for

Kids but I never got it entered.

At the time I was doing this I

started dealing with the fibro and 

life was going wild.

Kitchen chair that my daughter

was getting rid of and sat

of the side of the road...

which I picked up of course!

First step...prime it...

paint it black....

and then off I went.

But once it was painted and the 

Kids event was over what shall

I do with this.

It sat for yrs in my craftroom

and my daughter recently ended

up with it in her apartment.

Not sure I told her where that

chair actually came from...

LOL

think I shall share that.

I got this chair at a yard sale I think 

for about $3, but no more then $5.

Isn't it crazy how much chairs cost new?

I used it in my photography of

senior pics for a long time just like 

this ..

It gave the pics the natural 

type look I guess...you know

not fresh and clean looking.

This pic below is my nieces

senior pics. She is using the 

chair also but I will give

you a hint....

this pic is what caused me to 

do the photograph pic for 

the kids fund raiser that one 

time.

Anyway....After awhile I decided to

paint it.

But I wanted a pop of color.

RED

I think my mom gave me this

material so I decided to use it.

I also had a stool I used in these

photo shoots, using it in the natural

color....but decided to also paint

it. 

Another pop of color.

Both pieces are stored in my shed,

have not been shooting photo ops the

last few years.

So peddle

ON!!!

Thanks for stopping in,