Wednesday, May 7, 2014

Bootblack Stands Build Day

Last Saturday we did something that I've dreamed about for a long time: building bootblack stands.

I was truly scared to death that something would go wrong. It would rain. No one would show up. The design plans would be too difficult to follow.

Thankfully, I was wrong on all counts. The day was gorgeous. Everyone showed up on time. In less than 6 hours we had built and painted three bootblack stands.

It's hard to believe that we started with this:


And got to this:


And then of course we had to do the painting:

On the left is Kristine, Mid-Atlantic Leather Woman 2014, who stopped by on her busy travel schedule to help out! On the right is my friend necro, who is just all sorts of awesome.

The stands are not complete -- there is more painting to do. I will update my blog as they are completed!