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