Geeky Family Photo Shoot

I wanted to share all of these since I used one for the title and I think they are awesome! LM Gittings Photography did such an awesome job and all four kids were really in to it which is very rare during photo shoots! We chose to walk around the alley ways of Asheville, NC. There are some amazing place to take photos here in Asheville.

Then each of the kids...

That is One Geeky Kitchen

I love my kitchen. I am sure people think I am crazy but in my 30's I really started to let my geekiness shine. Some people cover their kitchen in roosters, some prefer flower, I cover mine in superheroes and lots of them. I had someone tell me that they admired the fact that I didn't over think things, I just went with it. They liked how childlike it was because adults sometimes hold back; worried what others would think. Hmmmm.... I think that was a compliment. So here is my kitchen. We just went with it. It really is great my husband and I are so alike.

So for lack of a better word we are going for kitschy. Kind of like the walls of Cracker Barrel or Applebees but better because it is done with superheroes. It isn't complete and I will post more pictures as we finish more but here is what we have so far.

This is probably one of my favorite items in our kitchen. Batman and I had a lot of fun doing this one kidless weekend. We spent hours on the floor at our favorite comic book store combing through the 50 cent comics for the perfect pictures of our favorite characters; then coming home to cut them out and paste them down. We started with a simple Melltorp Table Top from IKEA and Lalle Legs from IKEA. I figured this way if I messed up I wouldn't be as upset with myself because I didn't spend a lot of money on the table. We slowly started decoupaging the layout with Mod Podge Super Glossy. Then we sprayed a couple of coats of Mod Podge Acrylic sealer over that. It came out pretty awesome. I may eventually put an epoxy over the entire thing but I am terrified of it ruining our hard work.

We have been collecting action figures from various places for a couple years now. When we moved in to our house a year ago we bought a couple corner shelves so we could display them. One of our yearly geek trips is to Asheville Toy Expo. It is a great place to pick up some awesome action figures. We pick what we like. We don't care if they are in perfect condition or in the package. We don't plan on trying to sell them later. They are totally for our enjoyment. Above those we have some comic books framed.

On our wall we have some tin signs that are mass produced but we also make sure to pick up some unique art while we are at Dragon*con and A.C.E. every year. The TYME Wonder Woman and Zatanna pinup art is by Al Abbazia at Martini Avenue. The drawings of the kids are done by Brent Brown at ACE every year. Make sure to stop by and get your caricature drawn if you ever make it to A.C.E. The Batman and Robin in front of the moon is done by Neil Adams.

Then of course I have a coffee cup collection. 

And what I wouldn't do to also say I had this in my kitchen...

Seen here in one of our favorite shows.

Unfortunately I don't have the $300-500 that it goes for on ebay. Then there is the whole worry that if I did finally buy it for myself my lovely children would for sure end up breaking it.