by Kay~Kacey on 10/9/2012
Fabulous, fun, fantastic wedding! After the wedding, a trolley took the wedding party to Forest Park for photos. Such fun. Cold, but fun. Here are just a few shots from the trolley trip. I’ll post some of the silly family nonsense on Facebook later.
First up the beautiful bride. I know. Just beautiful, right?
This next one just cracked me up. They were laughing trying to get that perfect kiss photo.
Oh, and I have to show you the back of her dress. Just so lovely…and seeing that ring on Michael’s hand makes me smile…
Of course we got a pointing photo!
I think I did a good job staying out of the photographers’ way, while still managing to capture some great photos of the kids.
Congrats, Mr. and Mrs. Allen. Love you guys. Hope you’re having a fabulous time in St. Thomas.
by Kay~Kacey on 10/6/2012
Today is the day! Michael and Lauren are getting married! Very excited.
Another female in the family! Yay!
Michael and Lauren, I wish you much happiness as you begin your journey together. Depend on each other. Support each other. Look on the bright side of things. Learn to laugh when life gets messed up. I love you both.
by Kay~Kacey on 10/4/2012
So, in order to try out the Annie Sloan chalk paint before I tackle painting the new farmhouse table that SuperGuy made…I decided to try it out on a chair.
Icky old chair that I use in the basement to stand on to reboot my uverse backup…quite often I may add. But my uverse problems are another whole story…
So I sanded the chair down a bit.
Then I painted it with Annie Sloan Provence chalk paint. What a pain to paint all those rungs and spindles!
I painted two coats of the provence blue-green-ish color. Then I had to take just a bit of a break, don’t you know…
Next, I painted old white over the provence color.
Then I used a damp rag to wipe away a bit of the old white to reveal the blue underneath. I tried to hit up places that would normally wear a bit on a chair.
I thought it looked pretty good when I finished…
Should have stopped there. I’m just sayin’. Then I waxed it with clear wax, then….BIG mistake…I used a bit of the dark wax to make it look a bit “older” or antiquey…it just looked dirty…no matter what I did. I was so disgusted, I didn’t even take a photo. Now I’m going to sand it back again and repaint the white. Sigh. Well, at least I’m making my mistakes on this chair and not the table…
