For those of you that I've been e-mailing about finding out family names and dates, let me show you the project I'm working on. I finally glued everything down this evening and started labeling the leaves of our family tree. The beauty of this project is that it can be displayed now, even though *all* of the information isn't there yet. I can add to it at anytime just by writing in names or dates. Click on the picture below if you'd like to see a more detailed image:
It's made on a 24" x 12" stretched canvas that I painted with the grass and sky horizon. The tree trunk and branches are cut from two sheets of 12" x 12" cardstock and the leaves are also die cut from green cardstock. The pink dot that represents Ayla is a brad. (And don't worry, I have plenty of additional pink and blue brads in case we have more kids in the future.)
This has been a fun art project that was inspired by a MOPS meeting about geneology a few weeks back. Thanks for the inspiration Patricia! Now I have to install the family tree software and get a more detailed (and accurate) tree going on my computer....another ongoing project to add to my list...
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lindasteed | Wed, 01/30/2008 - 21:45
So unique, Andrea. I really like it!
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»JessicaP | Wed, 01/30/2008 - 13:40
I love it! What an awesome idea, Andrea!!! It looks fantastic!
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»Uncle Kyle | Tue, 01/29/2008 - 16:23
We can get you Colvetts back to 1610, but you will need a much taller tree!
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»Prlinehan | Tue, 01/29/2008 - 08:02
It looks great! You should put a picture of it up on the MOPS group site. I was describing it to Wendy the other day and she was pretty impressed. :)
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»wbcradic | Tue, 01/29/2008 - 00:28
What a neat piece of artwork! And a nice heirloom to have as well!
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