Summer Swing Photoshoot

The romance of a swing covered in fresh flowers

just can't be equaled.  It conjures up lazy days

filled with laughter and fun.

Add a darling little girl, whose eyes just sparkle

with the joy of life, and nothing could be sweeter.

This photoshoot was to celebrate Gracie's second birthday.

Her mother had decided she wanted to take photos with

a flower covered swing and behind my sister's property

in Texas there is a gorgeous wooded area with

several wooden swings hanging.

You can see how pretty the setting is with a pond

in the background.

The task at hand was to cover the chain sides

of the swing without spending a fortune in 

real flowers.  

We started with some fake greenery and silk

forsythia that my sister, Jean, had in a vase.

We wired those on, only going up as far as

we thought the camera would need to go for

photos.

Then using $30 worth of fresh flowers, I wired the

fresh ones onto the chain in small clusters.

For the project, we had purchased one bunch of 

cream colored roses, two - three bunches of baby's

breath and two bunches of blush colored carnations.

In addition, I wired together some of the baby's breath 

for a hair wreath, and put together a small bouquet.

I think we used everything except one bunch of baby's

breath, but you can see it was really full and beautiful.

Gracie was the perfect participant.  She even had a change

of clothes, this white one, 

and a blush pink with gold lace that her Grandma Jeannie

bought for her.

You can see how much fun she is having.

Her eyes just sparkle!

It was so fun to create such a magical

photo shoot.  We even had joggers pass by

who asked to have their photo taken in the

swing.

After I saw how beautiful the swing turned

out, I headed back into the house to find an

outfit that I could have my photo taken in!

Everybody ended up having their photos taken

in the gorgeous flower covered swing.

Thanks Heather for letting me help in such a fun photo shoot.

Heather took the real photos.  I took the "how to" photos.

I will be sharing this with

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