The spirit of crafting past
Hannah had this out on the kitchen table this morning--fiddling with the drawers as a young girl will do.
This was a gift I painted for her 8th birthday. I found the little chest at the thrift store and it was already white-washed. I was so excited about this find because she had just been telling me how fun it would be to have a miniture size chest of drawers. It was the perfect canvas to paint. I stayed up late the night before her party getting it ready, because I'm always so organized and plan ahead...ahem.
She loved it. That was 4 and a half years ago and the drawers have held all manner of small trinkets. She changes the contents often. Today I noticed that each drawer is holding coins--one for pennies, one for dimes, one for nickles and one for quarters. Good thinking.
A little memory I wanted to share. And what do the apples have to do with all of this? Nothing. I just thought they were pretty.
Edited: It has been brought to my attention (thank you!) that the drawers are in the wrong order and do not spell Hannah correctly. That is so funny, I seriously didn't even notice that detail! Please rest assured that when in the right order, they really do spell Hannah. :)
How sweet. Time sure flies.
Posted by:Mama Urchin | November 28, 2006 at 01:59 PM
hannha.....something is mixed up here. time does go by too fast, but it is well spent raising children!
Posted by:kathe | November 28, 2006 at 03:21 PM
That little chest is super sweet, and so is your story with it...Gather ye roses while ye may...Happy Days! :o)
Posted by:Tracy | November 29, 2006 at 02:10 AM
That is very cute. I recently found a bunch of pictures of old projects of mine.
Maybe Hannah's going to be the world's first style-setting banker?
Posted by:Laura | November 29, 2006 at 04:57 AM
I was wondering about the spelling of "Hannah" last night when I looked at this....but it didn't occur to me that if you changed the drawers around, it was fixed. OMG! That's too funny!
Posted by:Mike | November 29, 2006 at 08:23 AM
Such a sweet memory. This puts me in mind of a chest of draws my daughter painted when she was 12. I'll have to photograph those draws and share.
Posted by:annieelf | November 29, 2006 at 01:20 PM
hannha must be in her experiemental phase. all kids do it. :-)
Posted by:capello | November 29, 2006 at 01:36 PM
it is just so cute! and what a beautiful name you'v given your daughter! :-)
Posted by:Hanna | December 11, 2006 at 10:24 AM