Before/After Wedding Wagon

We knew from the day that we got engaged that our godchild would be our flower girl.  Knowing that she would have only turned one a couple months before our wedding, we figured we should have her ride up in a wagon since she will be in the early stages of walking and may refuse to do so.

I had an idea of what I wanted her to ride up in with our ring bearer pulling her, but wasn't sure what I was going to find or where I was going to find it.  I was planning on going to look @ garage sales because I am sure there were people willing to sell an old wagon at a low cost.

After talking with my mom one afternoon about this, she told me that she has our old wagon up north that she uses up there and that I could use it for the wedding but it def needed some TLC.  I was all for this because then it was FREE :)  (when it comes to weddings, if you get something for free that you need or like...take it)!!!

I forgot to take a picture of the whole thing before hand, but I did get a quick picture in while I was painting the base.

It was very weathered, rusty wheels and beat up over the years.  With some black paint for the base, deep red for the sides and white for the wheels...we have a brand new looking wagon that Rylee will look so adorable riding up in!!!

The red matches the bridesmaid dresses to a T.  My mom will be making a pillow for the bottom for Ry to sit on.  I am so excited to have this project done and I am so happy the way it turned out.

On another fabulous note...I have not killed any of my flowers this year :)  Every year I seemed to kill them because I forget to water them.  I only had 2 pots this year and a couple flowers in one of our window beds.  They are all still alive and soaking up the rays in our backyard.  I even sent a picture to my mom so she could be proud of me because she was on my case about not killing plants!!!

Each year I will plan to add more to my collection to keep alive and soon we will have a gorgeous yard full of blooming flowers!!