We were trying to explain to the 92 year old that he had quite a posterity.... but he couldn't wrap his head around the number of grandchildren and great-grandchildren he had. So what better way than to create a visual of that -- and who belonged to who!
We've done family group shots in previous years -- But that isn't quite the same and doesn't make it any easier at times... so after looking around for the perfect SVG of a tree that could be used as a background for the project, I found one on Creative Fabrica that would work. It needed to be big... the 8 x 8 original size of the file wasn't going to allow me to put a large enough image for each grouping... so resizing in SCAL 6 Pro was easy enough and the final size of the tree is 20 x 20 inches. Hobby Lobby has sheets of watercolor paper in different weights in the 23 x 30 inch size and that was perfect for what we needed to cut the tree -- and having a mat in the right size made it possible to cut the tree as one piece.
The tree is painted with watercolor paint. We let it dry overnight before taking the next steps.
The sentiment at the bottom of the tree is foil quilled using a Single Line Font -- I think Gma would have given a thumbs up on that choice.
We gathered images from family FB pages and special email requests and could fill all but a very few of the spots -- we still have a couple of blank spots yet. I'm hoping they'll help us "fill" the circles in over the course of the next few weeks. The goal was to have the tree finished by the 20th in time for the reunion and share at our gathering. I initially planned on using hearts to showcase the family photos, but found that difficult with many of the photo choices I had -- so we bagged that went to a circle with a shadow behind it. We popped up pictures depending on the generation for a little more interest and dimension.
The frame was one we found on Amazon -- we'd purchased it for another project, but the puzzle didn't fit into it -- so the frame has been sitting for over a year waiting for another opportunity to be used.
It's a keeper! Gpa loves it and points out many of the pictures he can identify individuals in.
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