As I was planning to do a mystical fairy photo session in Odenton Maryland at the most beautiful secret garden, I realized that I wanted it to look even more magical. Therefore, I set out to find a life size mushroom for my models and clients to sit on for part of the session. The ones I found were quite pricy and the shipping cost made it even pricier. I even searched for a way to DIY a huge mushroom prop. Even though, it seemed time consuming to do a DIY mushroom, I had planned to go in that direction until I came across the perfect stool at The Home Goods Store in Pasadena Maryland. The brand of the stools is NOVOGRATZ. The bottom of the stools looked like a mushroom and the top looked like it could be painted to look like the top of a mushroom. I quickly scooped the last two stool up and put them in my basket. I quickly envisioned what they would look like if I painted them to look like real mushrooms. I knew that the mushrooms would completely transform my session into the most realistic fairy garden with a magical flare to it. After bringing them home I realized I had left over bright red paint that I had bought at Home Depot for our honey bee hives roof. I also had left over white paint that we bought at Lowes to paint our interior walls of our house. You can choose any brand and color paint that you want to use I just used what I already owned to cut cost.
First I painted the first stool that was teal on top bright red. Then I waited a day and I put another coat of red paint on it. After a couple days I painted white circles and ovals all over and under the top of the stool. After, a day I added another coat of white paint to finish the look. Lastly, I use a clear lacquer sealer so that the paint would not chip. I coated it twice with the sealer just to make sure it was safeguarded against chipping.
Second, I painted the white stool bright red with same paint from Home Depot. I want them both to look similar just not completely identical. I also waited a day to give it a second coat of paint to ensure that it was fully covered and smooth. I waited another day to paint the white ovals and circles all over the top and around the edges of it. After a couple days I painted the circles and ovals white again. Then, after a day I coated my mushroom with a clear lacquer sealer. Then a day later I sealed it again. In total, I spent $126 and I was able to make two life size mushroom props for my fairy sessions! If I were to buy these props one of them would have cost me that much. If not even more! I am so excited that not only did I save money, the finish product is high quality.
Now that I have the perfect life size mushroom props, I have scheduled my fairy sessions. I will give an updated post to showcase the final images form my fairy sessions
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