I was driving through my neighborhood earlier this summer when I heard “Lemonade 25 cents!!!”, “Lemonade 25 cents!!!” and I had to pull over and have some of the delicious lemonade.  I loved having a drink stand was I was a kid, my stand usually sold Tang.  😉  Maybe it was the young business women in me or it just made me happy to quench people’s thirst but either way it’s always been a summertime favorite.  After seeing those little girls selling Lemonade I wanted to do a lemonade portrait session.  I had the perfect client contact me with the most adorable children!

So Heather and I set out on a mission and made our very own.  We knew we could build our own lemonade stand.   First order of business was a stand, crate or some kind of structure.  We started out by Poppin’ Tags at the Good Will and found this perfect set of shelves.

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First things first, I gave her a good cleaning.

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I wanted to remove the back of the shelf’s that blocked so they would be see-through.  I thought that may create some interesting composition and weird limbs if there where kids standing behind there and you could only see some of their legs.

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Unfortunately by removing that back piece I lost the integrity of the structure and it became wobble town.

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With some quick thinking and some leftover wood from another project I found a quick solution to fix my DIY Lemonade Stand.

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Look at that form!

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Ta-Da….  I think the strips in the front give it some really nice character.

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Shortly after we finished the rain came rolling in so we moved this party to my kitchen floor and gave this stand a coat of paint.

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While I was in the middle of this project and telling a friend about it she offered these adorable little chairs that we the perfect addition!  As you can see they were also Madison approved!

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I added a little piece of trim that Heather and I picked up and the fabric store for our DIY Lemonade Stand.

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I had these chalk board from a maternity session that I did which made the perfect sign for our price.

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If you notice in the beginning shot I had scrapbook paper and wooden dows to make bunting but at the last minute I found this free set of Lemonade Stand printable which worked out perfectly!

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I added in some lemons and mason jars.  Look how adorable!  Don’t you love the dress that the Mom’s selected?  So perfect for our Lemonade Portrait Session.

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