I love to look at blogs and copy different ideas I see, I love trying new ideas I just can't come up with any cool ideas on my own. So I thought it would be fun to show some of my copycat projects. This family tree is something I made recently.
I saw this on 71 toes and thought the family tree would be an easy project and a great birthday gift for my mother in law. So I went to Hobby Lobby got some scrapbook paper, borrowed a leaf punch from a very nice scrapbooker I know and was ready to get started.
Except then I remembered that the point of the family tree was having our genealogy written down. So I had to try and track down all of the family names, our family history had been done it was just getting it all together that took time. That was definitely the most time consuming part of this project for me.
Except then I remembered that the point of the family tree was having our genealogy written down. So I had to try and track down all of the family names, our family history had been done it was just getting it all together that took time. That was definitely the most time consuming part of this project for me.
I used the picture from 71 toes as a guide and just started cutting the brown paper. It took me 3 tries but I got the tree looking the way I wanted to. Then I punched out all the leaves. I decided to use blue for the female names and green for the male names because I couldn't find two colors of green that contrasted well. Then I did one main branch at a time, writing the names out , placing them and then gluing them.
It was a simple project, and I love having it on our wall to remind me of all the people that went before us and are a part of our family.
1 comment:
I like the tree. Very creative.
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