This last Saturday, my
nieces Amanda and Jessica volunteered to help me change up the look of
my fence in hopes of again making it something both I would find fun to
photograph my clients on and something my clients will want to have as a
background. With the American flag theme I think we've accomplished our
goal. The fence started out with a pastel garden-like theme. Painted
partly in an "English old world style" and partly in a "French style;"
the background worked for senior sessions. But I wanted more!
It started with the girls painting over the original background.
Then
we used a chalk line to create the horizontal lines of the stripes of
the flag. Here Amanda is using a level to make certain the stripes are
horizontal while Jessie holds the far end of the chalk line. (Aren't they handy?)
Then
Amanda painted the stripes with a roller while Jessie painted the blue
rectangle for the stars. Amanda had made a star template and along with
me, helped to paint back the stars in white. I think it turned out
pretty cool! Now, I know many of you are going to count the stars...and
yes, there ARE 50 United States and therefore 50 stars on the current
American flag. But...we didn't want to crowd the stars. At one point we
had placed what would have ended up being 68 stars on the flag...which
would be like a 2085 version of the flag instead of the 38 star 1876
version that now adorns my fence.
Here
are the girls showing off their hard work and creativity! "Rustic
Americana" I call it! Oh, and here's me getting in on the act! (That's
right, I'm wearing an American flag shirt!!)
By
the way, when the weather warms up, I'll be hosting an entire day of a t-shirt/flag art making project and family portraits after in your new
creations! Perfect right before 4th of July, don't you think?!
Thank you Amanda and Jessie for helping! Your hard work is greatly appreciated! I love spending quality time with you girls, and I know you enjoyed the gyros at
Josef's GyroKabob!
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