What a joy to do this chair and cushion for little Marlee Ann! Marlee’s parents have had Olive in the family and Aunt Suzanne wanted to incorporate her into the chair somehow-what could be cuter than a bigger Marlee with her dog Olive in a doghouse?
Marlee’s room is done in soft greens and yellows, so we decided on the soft minty green for the chair color and the coordinating soft green with polka dots for the cushion. The chair has a tree with a yellow rose bush at it’s base, with roses trailing along the tree itself. White daisies with yellow centers adorn the base of another tree. The tree middle on the left arm of the chair has a hole for a squirrel to nest in. The front back of the seat has trees branching inward to show off “Marlee Ann” right in the middle and one of these branches contains an owl looking out. The branches below contain two birds and a bird nest with baby birds in it! Other things are “hidden” throughout the chair and as Marlee gets older I trust she will delight in finding them! There is a bee’s nest with bees scattered throughout the whole chair (let’s count the bee’s Marlee!), a little rabbit, an owl, and hmmm..have I forgotten anything?
Oh! My favorite part of the whole chair-except for the cushion!-is the “hidden painting” on the seat of the rocking chair. The scene shows an older Marlee holding a dog bone in one hand and a flower in the other. Marlee is wearing a soft green dress with white polka dots. To the left of Marlee sits Olive in her dog house, a pretty pink flowering tree, and a hydrangea bush. To the right of Marlee are yellow tulips and a pink rose bush. The grass underneath this scene holds a special message for Marlee herself: “With love from Uncle Jared and Aunt Suzanne”. What a special little girl and how lucky to be so loved!
The cushion of the chair is hand embroidered to match the scene on the seat bottom. The cushion is made of a soft minty green polka dotted cotton fabric and has piping along it’s edges and is held in place with fabric ties at the back of the cushion.
How fun to see little Marlee Ann sitting in her chair-and also to see Olive herself with her! Thank you so much Suzanne for sharing your precious photos and for allowing me to make such a special little chair!
To see some of my other kids rocking chairs click on the following links: Lyla’s chair-all pink and flowers, girlie girlie! David’s chair-blue and yellow with Skippyjon Jones’ writing on it! Sam’s chair- his “Tuesday” chair with flying frogs and lots of fun nature things to “spy”. And Kylee’s cushion and chair that started it all!
For your own custom Coffey Creations e-mail me at shannon@coffeycreationsforkids.com or check out my Etsy shop!
I love the pretty little flowers and designs on this sweet little rocker! This rocking chair was painted to resemble a little bench that Lyla’s mommy had bought for her. She also loved the design and wanted a rocking chair to match! I painted the rocker then sketched in and hand painted the flowers, designs, and paisley’s. I can’t wait to see little Lyla having fun in it!
For your own painted child’s rocking chair e-mail me at shannon@coffeycreationsforkids.com !
The inspiration for this blue and yellow chair was actually David’s own room. David wanted a “yellow” room and we compromised on a “Del Coronado Amber”, which went amazingly well with the navy blue and dark red in David’s basketball hoop (and several other navy items that he had in his room).
I found this adorable kids rocking chair on Craig’s List, then sanded it and painted it. Let me tell you, it would have been a lot easier with just one color! But, we mom’s will do anything for our little lovies, won’t we?! David also wanted Skippyjon Jones on his chair-who can help but love Skippyjon Jones?!!! This scene was taken from Skippyjon Jones in the Dog-House (the last photo shows the cover of the book!), where “in two quiet hours” he “covered the wall with those cockeyed Chihuahuas!” scolds his Mama Junebug Jones. In our version, Skippy wrote David’s name on the chair, in addition to the chihuahuas and the writing “I am a chiwawa”.
This handpainted chair was also sprayed with an acrylic sealer to preserve the artwork and help make the chair as scuff resistant as possible.
Also check out David’s Skippyjon Tooth Fairy pillow and to find out more about Skippyjon himself and to see David’s Skippy in his Spiderman costume (that matches David’s!) click on this link.
For your own custom children’s items e-mail me at shannon@coffeycreationsforkids.com !
This fun little rocking chair was hand painted especially for Sam! The theme was inspired by David Weisner’s book Tuesday, where frogs on lilly pads begin to float in the air at 8:00PM one night. This little rocking chair was purchased at Michael’s and hand painted with lots of fun things that you might find in a forest near a pond or lake. The chair was painted with interactivity in mind-it’s a virtual I Spy chair! Look for two dragonfly’s, bees, honey in the hollow of a tree, an otter, several lily pads-one blooming and two getting ready to, an owl, three birds-one with a worm for her babies in a nest, another on a branch near her, and another one flying near the birch tree, three frogs floating on lily pads-one with a “cape” like in David Weisner’s book (they flew through a bunch of sheets hanging on a line), several fish looking up at the frogs, a turtle on a log, a squirrel, and three bats hanging upside down on a branch! Hmmm, did I forget anything? Oh, there are several daisies with a ladybug right in the center of one, a birch tree, two pine trees, and three other trees-one with beautiful red fall leaves! My favorite part of the chair is the silly frog on the seat with his cape who is waving to Sam. Sam’s name is handpainted right underneath this silly frog on his lily pad. Next up, a lily pad seat cushion-check back to see that! For your own custom made children’s and baby’s items e-mail me at shannon@coffeycreationsforkids.com ! Handpainted chairs and items are painted with acrylic paints and sprayed with an acrylic sealer for durability and to make clean up easy!
This girlie tree for Kylee is done on a soft velvety sage material. The tree trunk is done in a stem stitch in varying colors of brown, while the mulitcolored green leaves are done using silk ribbon embroidery. The tree also has soft pink buds done in french knots, a pink bird using straight stitches, french knot eye, and silk ribbon for the wings, an owl also using split stitches, and straight stitches. Underneath the tree is Kylee’s name done in a soft coordinating green in a wrapped back stitch, beside the tree are several tulips done in several different shades of yellow silk ribbon, with busy bee’s also with a brighter yellow silk ribbon and accented with black embroidery floss. Ohhhhh! How could I forget to mention the little gray squirrel in the tree? He holds an acorn in his paws and sits in his little burrow in the hole in the middle of the tree trunk. This adorable little cushion is as soft and cushy as it looks! The cushion attaches to the chair with little straps (made of the same material) with velcro tabs. The best thing about this cushion (from a parents standpoint!) is that is it machine washable! Just be sure to hook the velcro tabs together so they don’t attack the embroidery work! Don’t forget to check out more pics of the hand painted rocking chair itself-click here! For your own custom made children and babies items e-mail me at shannon@coffeycreationsforkids.com !
This little rocking chair has a veritable forest on it for endless fun exploring for little Kylee! The chair has four trees hand painted on it-one with an owl, squirrel, flowering vine, bird and bird’s nest, the other tree-a pine tree, has a bird’s nest and a turtle at its base. The birch tree has a bees nest with bees, another owl and squirrel showing on the back of the chair, and cattails at it’s base. Additional bees and butterflies are found among the limbs of the trees on the chair. This rocking chair was purchased from JoAnn fabrics and assembled before being hand painted. For your own custom hand painted items, e-mail me at shannon@coffeycreationsforkids.com !
