Finally Finished

A while back I made a Family Tree.

It was so lonley looking on the wall all by itself.  So I decided to make a Family Sign.  

 

They both came together rather nicely but the group was still lacking something...and I just couldn't quite put my finger on it.

 

Recently my parents were here for vacation and my Mother noticed the same thing.  There was something missing. After some pondering my mom found the missing piece:~)

Her signature wedding gift is a framed invitation and this is the one she did for me.  It fit perfectly into the group and really helped to pull the blues and greens together.

 

Finally it's finished and looks great. Thanks, Mom:~)

 

Family

I have been searching for a "family" sign or vinyl "family" wall decor to hang with my family tree.  Sadly Alaska is limited and I haven't been able to find anything I like.  However, while I was meandering through JoAnne's the other day I found a little wooden "family" that I actually liked.  So I decided to go with it and build on it. I found an 11x14 painters canvas and some acrylic paints on sale.  I also bought a crackle medium to add some texture to the wooden "family" sign.  I used the same fabric I used on parts of my Family Tree as the background. Here are a few during pictures.

I traced our name and date on to the fabric.  I wasn't even going to attempt to freehand.

And here are the after pictures. I like how it turned out, although I'm not very good at the whole straight line thing:~)