When Mum and I went to Lewes recently, Mum, in her full on Obsessed Grandmother role (which is kind of cute actually, but don’t tell her I said that), bought this tiny chair for Amber, my sister’s little girl.
To be fair to my lovely mum, Amber is the first grandchild and is very very adorable and squishy. Here she is, recently-ish.
We had the idea that I could paint Amber’s name onto the chair, and it could live at Granny’s house for when Amber visits, and be her Special Very Own Chair. (Grandpa has one, so why not?)
Then the original plan grew, (after a bit of a tantrum from me because I couldn’t make the name look right), and Mum suggested I write Amber Sunshine, since that’s her name.
Then I thought, YEAH! Sunshine!
And it all came together in a very pleasing way.
Here’s a picture of me next to the chair to give an idea of scale.
Hope Amber likes it. Mummy and Granny will love it at least! If Amber even sits on it for more than two seconds I will be mucho surprised.
Oh, and it IS magic, cause I made it. 😉
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Oh it IS magic–I'd like one of those chairs and the little person to go with it–will you tell my kids that??
Thats such a cute idea its really pretty just like the little lady herself
Ooooh – such a bright beautiful chair for an adorably sweet little girl… everyone should have a chair like that!
xo
Kristin
p.s. I love Amber Sunshine's name – If my mom had her way I would have been named Sunshine 🙂
I think you just found another medium to paint! I love that chair and the colors too! It reminds me of a chair that we had at my grandparents. It was small and blue and shared by all the children so it was not personalized even though we each felt it truly was ours.
i love it, tara! it's magic and more – bought and made with love… vicki 🙂
Love the chair. Glad to see you had more success than when I did mine 😉 I can't believe how grown up Amber's looking, so cute!
This is adorable and I'm sure the equally adorable 'squishy' amber sunshine will love it too.
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Tara this chair IS pure magic – it is adorable! I just love how it came out, the colors and sunny pattern, everything is sheer perfection!
You have such a great creative eye for design – I clearly need your talents here in Dublin! 🙂
Oh wow Amber has grown so much since we last saw a pic… very cute chair, I bet she will love it! x
Adorable and oh, so cheerful! Now we need a pix of her sitting in her own, special chair.
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This special chair will most definitely get moments of adoration. Maybe not a good long sit but I reckon she'll pose on it, grin a bit and proceed to empty nannies cupboards, unfold all the ironing and demand biscuits….. Wait…. I've just got this confused with my own daughter LOL
I looooove your idea. Finding little things like this to repaint are so hard though. I was looking for a little stool and table for my baby to draw on with me (I know, cute right?) but there's nothing out there which is good value. Thrift stores are aware and you can't get bargains anymore. Or am I looking in the wrong places?
Btw did you do it in acrylics and then varnish it? I wanted a nontoxic paint because of gnawing issues (plus with second on the way even if she doesn't chew on it I suspect her bro/sis will) but acrylic seemed realllllly flakey from past experimentation and not up to the job of children. It was all down to how good the varnish was and that's the stuff I struggled to get.
Thank you all for the big (little) chair love!