Daily Crafting

Today is another one of those days where I have to cross things off my never-ending To Do list so I can feel a sense of accomplishment. Yesterday it was the dishes and dinner, and today it's spray painting our ghetto dining room chairs. 

No, really, they are. Thanks to some abandoned chairs (and yes, they truly were) around campus, I started our chair collection. Then just last month when my mom and sister were visiting, we dropped by the surplus sale they have every few months and found some matching chairs. So now I have a set of 4. Hooray! But now to clean them up and bring them out of 1978 (that's what the tag on the bottom said). 

Here's a bit of a product placement (non-sponsored, shucks), but I have to say that Rustoleum brand spray paint is the best in my opinion. Trust me, I've used my fair share of spray paint being an industrial designer. Whether it's been sprayed on polystyrene, bondo encrusted foam, metal, wood, or whatever random material, Rustoleum beats Krylon hands down. The stuff I'm using on these metal chair frames is the Hammered line that leaves a really neat finish and covers up any dinks that may be left behind from years of lovin'. It also doesn't require primer, which gives it an A+ in my book.

Next step in finishing the chairs

What to write?

I know it's been 2 months since I posted, but I'm always at a loss for what to write. I envy those bloggers that can post daily or even weekly with captivating and fascinating posts. That's probably why some of them get paid to do so...I'd pay them to read what they have to say most of the time. 

Since posting last, we've finished the semester and officially started summer. The weather had been very typical spring up until last week, with all the back-and-forth temperatures (rain, hot, cold and blustery, pleasant). This weekend it decided to be blistering. Welcome summer! And welcome A/C! :) 

This past weekend we were at the Provo Farmer's Market for their opening day. We had a booth and met a lot of really nice people. Many people stopped by our booth and said they had also taken a bookbinding class. Some even took it from the same teacher, and that was pretty cool. We were across from a booth name My Cutie Pies, that made mini cupcake-sized pies that were delicious. We were also just down the sidewalk from the neatest Swedish fiddle guy that made some really cool music. Even when we don't make any sales, I love being at the farmer's market to see the great skills and talents of local artists and later this summer, to get some amazingly fresh and affordable produce. 

If you haven't been to a farmer's market, you should go to one this summer. Most of them are at the end of week, sometimes Thursdays and Saturdays. And buy a snow cone. New favorite thing of mine. Yumm....