Saturday, June 25, 2011

Father's Day, a little delayed

You could say I didn't grow up in my Grandma's house, but there are a few things I remember vividly from it.  There has been this hand embroidered wallhanging in a certain place ever since I can remember being there.  It has my two grandparents names', Pete and Dawne, and all their 9 children, yes that's correct, 9 children names' woven together in a cross word type of way.  I was always amazed by it, and as a child I wondered if Grandma and Grandpa named children based upon an area they needed filled in the name puzzle.  As an adult, I doubt that's true, but you never know.  So, for father's day, I wanted to give my Papa O something special beyond the camo pants I had acquired for him!  I wrote out everyone's names and tried to fit them all together, and miraculously, they worked!  And they looked gooooood.   I spoke with Mama Becks to double check my brilliance, and yep sure enough, I am brilliant.  She thought Papa O would like it, so I proceeded.  I found a canvas at a thrift store for around 50 cents, and painted it a background color.  I had to paint it a few times, because someone had already started using it, and I had to get my color over the mountains already on the canvas.
Then I penciled out the names so they would be straight and centered.

Parents first, of COURSE!

Direct descendants.

Spouses added.

And dang it if I forgot to take a photo of the finished product!  I'll get one with Papa O and post it ASAP!  But you can see, it's something very original!  I  hope you're inspired!

2 comments:

  1. Love this! Is it okay if I jack the idea?

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  2. oh for heaven's sakes, YES!!! isn't that what this is all about, sharing ideas to steal?? hahaha!

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