The best job ever and the coolest friends that I ever had were when I worked at a restaurant called the Heartthrob Cafe. It was in downtown St Paul, Minnesota and was so fun! Today we had a get together to catch up and reminisce. This is one of the many good things about facebook, finding people that you wished you never lost contact with. So, today my post is the buttons that I made for this event. We had 'flair' that was a lot more fun and cool than a restaurant chain that I will not name here. We danced and sang birthday songs. The girls wore poodle skirts and we did all of this while wearing in line skates. We were a crazy family and honestly this was one of the best times in my life. Ahhh...memories. In the time spent there somehow the button machine came into my possession. In honor of our gathering, of course I had to make pins. Here are also two murals that I painted at the restaurant. Let me tell you they were tricky! The murals are on glass and when
Today, my project isn't entirely finished. This one has taken longer because it is/was and unfinished Adirondack chair and it needs to be put together. The chair is going to be a gift for my mother-in-law. She loves to garden, so I thought it would be appropriate to paint flowers all over it. The base coat took almost as long as the actual design. It took three coats for a good background and needed to dry in between coats. I like to use either American Accents or Painters Touch both by Rustoleum for Adirondack chairs. The paint is latex and easy to clean up and the finish is really great. Tomorrow, it will be finished and I will post the final product. This chair was purchased last summer for 19.97 on clearance at Jo Ann Fabrics. More money than I usually spend, but that is a great price for an item like this. 
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