Happy 50th Mom and Dad

Tomorrow is my mom and Dad's 50th wedding anniversary! I know, what an amazing milestone for two people to reach. I am traveling out to NJ to my sister's for the par-tay tomorrow and I am bringing this with me!

I am very excited to give this to them. We are going to use it as a center piece for the food table.

Here is the crazy couple in their youth.

And this is the happy couple just starting out on their honeymoon! 

They went to the Poconos and they used that camera! Amazing how things come back around. My mom gave me the camera because she knows I love old cameras and she thought this might have more sentimental value. She's right. It was my mom's dad's camera. 

See, her dad is the only grandparent I knew growing up. All my other grandparents died either shortly before or shortly after I was born. And both my parents are only children so I have no aunts and uncles on their side. It defiantly makes me hold onto my sisters more closely.  I guess that is why I love big families.

I can not even imagine what that lens has captured.

I can't wait to see them and share with you what my lens captured at the gathering.

Have a great weekend and give your husband or wife a big kiss and celebrate your journey.

If you are having some rough patches, still celebrate and give that person a kiss, it just might start mending that bridge.

Love isn't always easy, nor does it always feel sweet and mushy.

It is a daily choice to love.

It is the best choice.

Thanks Mom and Dad for making that choice every day.

Always being renewed,

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5 minute makeover - Spray paint a vinyl chair!

Don't blink too quick or you just might miss the dramatic change that a little spray paint created!

So I got this chair at the Goodwill for $10! I know! So fun ANNNNNDDDDD it's a rocker……which makes the fun factor triple in my opinion.

It was in pretty good shape but the color was not speakin' to me.

I was originally gong to recover it in white vinyl (how amazing would this look all shiny and stuff!) but then realized that I would not be able to recreate those cool lines in the back if I did that. Those lines are molded into the vinyl. I would love to figure out how they do that.

I got to prepping it by just giving it a good cleaning and for some reason spray paint came to mind..maybe it was the fumes of the cleanser, hmmmmm….that made me jump to fumes of spray paint but spray paint it I did! 

Wanna see?

Oh, how I love this chair white! 

All I did was remove the side arms, set them aside for a good Hemp Oil revival, wrap the legs in a plastic trash bag and spray away.

Prep is key:

clean clean clean your piece

give the vinyl a light sanding, yes you can do this with vinyl 

Use a good primer and do 2 coats

Do several light coats of your final color so there are no drips

I just think this chair looks so much more classic and fabulous in white

Would you ever try to spray paint a chair? 

Have you ever spray painted a chair?

Always being renewed,

Please see the link party page to see where I link arms with those blissfully beautiful bloggers that host every week. So gracious they are along with these other sweet ladies!

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