Hi Larissa, I just wanted to stop by and let you know that I linked to this post today from the new Home & Garden channel at Craft Gossip. :) My hope is to share many of the fabulous projects I see everyday with the vast CG audience. I hope you will not only stop by and subscribe to CG, but will tell your friends about the new category! Hope you see some traffic from it!
Your feature will appear in the main Craft Gossip RSS feed, on the main home page and can be found directly here http://homeandgarden.craftgossip.com/family-tree-displays/
If you would like a "featured by" button, let me know ;)
I love this! I am featuring it on crazydomestic.com on 10/26. Thanks for the inspiration! -Steph
October 24, 2010 at 9:07 PM
As I was typing the title, I was reminded of my favorite TV show right now, Modern Family. Boy do I HEART that show. Seriously, thank heavens for DVR so that I can have whatever episode I want to watch on hand when I need a good gut busting, tear-inducing laugh.
Sorry I digress. This post is supposed to be about my homemade gift idea...although not homemade, I am pretty sure a season of Modern Family would be a good gift...again I digress!
Okay so one of my FAVORITE gifts to give is a family tree. ANY kind of family tree. It is one of those gifts that can be sentimental and stylish at the same time. Here is my latest family tree project.
Modern Family Tree
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It is pretty easy to make this, just takes a little patience with the drawing and then cutting out of the tree shape.
You will need:art canvas, your desired sizespray paintfreezer papertree image
I found an image online for a tree shape I liked. I searched google images to find one. There are so many places to find an image you like.
Draw your image on a sheet of freezer paper that will cover your canvas. I free handed the stencil for my image, based off of the image I printed off. You could totally take your image and blow up the image at a photo copy shop...I was too lazy to actually go to one.
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Once I was done, I outlined it with a black marker, to see it better.
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Then I used an exacto knife and started cutting the whole thing out. This is the part that takes some patience intermixed with candy breaks.
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I also printed off the year that the "tree" started...aka the year we got married. Traced it onto freezer paper and then cut out the individual numbers.
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Using a dry, low heat iron, iron on your tree stencil and your numbers. Once they are in place, you can start spray painting.
Start with a light coat. Then follow up with additional coats until coverage is complete.
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Now, make sure your stencil is good and attached OR this might happen...
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But don't panic, with a paint brush, some more patience, some more candy, and a little bit of this...
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"Modern Family Tree"
12 Comments -
This is a cute idea!
And I love love love Modern Family!
A Curious Fox
July 17, 2010 at 7:17 AM
You had me at Modern Family!
LOVE your project : )
July 17, 2010 at 8:31 AM
This is too cute! Thanks for sharing!
July 17, 2010 at 10:02 AM
such a great project, and I love Modern Family as well, so funny! I saw you over at Tatertots.
July 17, 2010 at 11:20 AM
LOVE this!! Turned out lovely...and I love the color choice :)
July 18, 2010 at 1:12 AM
Love your tree! Great colors and graphic design.
July 18, 2010 at 11:10 AM
Great job. i have been thinking about making something like this. Maybe adding some leaves with people in the families names.
July 18, 2010 at 9:23 PM
This is such a cute idea! And now it's on my to-do list . . . when I ever find the time! :]
July 21, 2010 at 10:10 AM
Also a Modern Family fan! :) LOVE the family tree. I think it would make a great wedding gift for a couple- super cute.
July 21, 2010 at 6:39 PM
I really like this idea! And using spray paint is genius. That makes it easy.
July 21, 2010 at 6:50 PM
Hi Larissa, I just wanted to stop by and let you know that I linked to this post today from the new Home & Garden channel at Craft Gossip. :) My hope is to share many of the fabulous projects I see everyday with the vast CG audience. I hope you will not only stop by and subscribe to CG, but will tell your friends about the new category! Hope you see some traffic from it!
Your feature will appear in the main Craft Gossip RSS feed, on the main home page and can be found directly here
http://homeandgarden.craftgossip.com/family-tree-displays/
If you would like a "featured by" button, let me know ;)
July 23, 2010 at 10:03 PM
I love this! I am featuring it on crazydomestic.com on 10/26. Thanks for the inspiration!
-Steph
October 24, 2010 at 9:07 PM