High Chair Re-Do!

I had been wanting a wooden high chair for awhile and I finally found this one at the Mt. Airy yard sale. For anyone that doesn't know, it's a huge yard sale at the carnival grounds with so many vendors/sellers. Last year was my first time going and it really is a major event! Cars and people everywhere! I found these awesome wooden crates that would have been perfect for newborn sessions. But I was disappointed in how much they were asking for them. Like $45 or something. No thanks. So when we went back this year I didn't have high hopes of finding anything for cheap. Then I saw the high chair with the little sticker that said $5! I was so excited! I knew it would be perfect for cake smash sessions.

I knew I wanted to keep the new paint color pretty neutral. Although I was really tempted to go with a bright yellow or red. Maybe next time. I'm no paint expert but this is what I used 

It's a twofer! I researched a bit about the best way of doing this. And the one thing everyone said was "don't skip the sanding"! So even though I wanted to, I didn't. I'm not even sure if I used the right type of sandpaper. I found some in our garage that said medium grain so I went with it. And it actually worked really well to smooth out the edges and the splintery seat. Then while Max napped I got down to business. The paint went on so easy and I'm so happy with the results. I think I might rough up a few spots to give it a more vintage feel. Yes?

I can't wait to use it tomorrow for a little lady who is turning 1. I will post the photos from her session on my photo blog and link it up here :)

The Inevitable Truth

Ugh. I've been avoiding this post for awhile now so I'm just gonna come out and say it. I have failed. With a big fat F. I now have the utmost respect for anyone who has started and completed a project like this. I did not want this to be just another resolution that started strong then got forgotten and swept under the rug. But just like childbirth, breast feeding and having a newborn...I was completely naive to the reality of it. It seemed so easy. Take a photo every day for a year and upload it to this blog. Maybe if I had allowed myself to use other cameras (not just my professional one) I would have had a better chance of success. I don't like to carry it around with me everywhere I go. For one I'm always slightly paranoid something would happen to it. And more than that it was just a big clunky heavy extra thing to carry when I'm already loaded down like a pack mule taking Max anywhere. Once I started missing a lot of consecutive days I figured I had a choice to make. Fake it and just take a bunch of photos one day and say I took them the other days. Or just come clean (with myself mostly) and admitt I was done. So here we are. I don't want to delete this blog so I've decided to use it as a way to document this crazy life. I love reading all kinds of blogs but for some reason the ones about family, marriage, kids and homes keep me coming back. There are so many exciting things coming up for Jesse, Max and I (home ownership, traveling, baby number 2???) and I want to share them with the world. So on to the next thing :)