Starting some Adirondack Chairs for a wedding gift

My sister is getting married in one month and I have decided to build a pair of Adirondack chairs to give to her and her fiance. I have never built any before but they look easy enough, cant be to hard!
I hear of people building and selling the Adirondack chairs. I wouldnt mind selling a few if I could make a decent profit on them but I will have to find somewhere to sell them. This weekend my girlfriend and I went to the local flea market and there were some nice Adirondack chairs there that were selling for $75 for the most basic single design. They were all completely unfinished and would need some sort of finishing before they could be sat outside in the weather.
Sounds like if I primed and painted them I could sell them for at least $150 each. It doesnt take alot of materials to build one and shouldnt take to much time, especially when you could get a system going and good pattern.
We will see.....

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MAKING THE PERFECT GIFT WITH CHINA siss birthday

For Birthdays and Special occasions I like giving hand made gifts.

Sometimes its a candle that George made, sometimes its something I made.

For my sisters Birthday this year I made her a gift using vintage china.

 

My sisters birthday runs very close to Mothers day so we celebrated

with everyone over a lovely dinner at her home.

 

 

My sisters name is Holly and she does read my blog so everyone plz say HI!

Thats her below with Scooby, aka my bro in law.

 

 

She likes Halloween as much as I do and she also enjoys being creative with her baking.

 

She especially enjoys making cupcakes, so I chose to make her a cupcake display platter.

 

 

I used a gorgeous vintage pink floral plate made in England and a modern glass pillar candle holder.

Both purchased second hand. I adhered the two together with a 2 part epoxy.

 The same kind of glue worked for the plate on plates I display in my kitchen.

 

 

Sometimes I love the design on the edge of a plate but the center is too plain, too scratched up, or simply too boring to use on the wall so I find a smaller complementary plate and glue it in the middle.

 

 

Neat huh! Yard Saling is my favorite place to find single pieces of beautiful china

and a lot of other great finds.

 

Last weeks garage sales brought this little table and ornate frame to me to be repaired and painted.

 

 

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