Saturday, October 22, 2011

The Finished Product

I finally finished my mom's Christmas present...and since I am THE WORST at keeping secrets, and am pretty confident she lost the link to my blog, I think I am safe to share!

So here is the final product, a beautiful quote about grandmothers, flanked by a baby picture of my mom, and then one of A. I know she will love it, not because I spent hours making it, but because no one knows where A's beautiful curly hair came from...until now. Apparently my mom hasn't looked at a baby picture of herself in years, but they have the exact same center curl with random curls catching the light everywhere else.
The perfect quote

Gigi as a little girl

Our little A

The Finished Product

Here were the steps..
My supplies

some beautiful paper to go behind the quote

Mod Podge-ing the photo onto the canvas

Then a heavy coat over to make sure it would stick

Covering the canvas where the quote will go
The dried photo on canvas (then a little black paint on the edges to make it look old)

I used contact paper and my cricut to cut out the letters and stick them on the canvas for the quote

Then I spray painted it all black....

and peeled off the letters to reveal the scrapbooking paper underneath
All ready to attach the ribbon

and voila!


And a big thank you to Pinterest, for my inspiration!
xoxo
Daily Mom

4 comments:

  1. Those are absolutely fabulous! I'm so glad you shared them with me! Don't you LOVE making things for people??? Great job!

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  2. Wow! I LOVE it!! Great job!!! And I really like that quote!

    And yes, no question what side of the family she is from! :-)

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  3. That is absolutely gorgeous! I always see gorgeous things on blogs and wish I could make them, LoL. I keep saying one day...but never get to them. Great job!

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  4. What a great idea and a beautiful gift for your mom, she is going to love it!! And, not just because you made it, but because it is gorgeous!!! I'm so glad I found you on Bloggy Moms!! I'm now happily following to see what other great ideas you have!! Thanks!!

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