This year I spent a lot of time on Christmas gifts. Mainly sewing my in-laws quilt and painting this lovely original for my parents. My very talented sister-in-law Larissa made one similar to this for Andy's parents a few years ago, and I thought it would be a perfect gift for my parents. Unfortunately I am NOT a talented artist. Not at all. So I enlisted the help of Larissa, who did the drawing for me. She scanned it and sent it to me over PDF (so easy). I took it to Staples and had them enlarge it, then I did a little old school tracing onto a watercolor canvas that I got for $3.50 at Michaels. Anyhow...after about 15 hours of painting and tracing here is what the finished product looked like.
I was SO pleased with how it turned out! To me it was the perfect gift and I hope my parents can enjoy it as much as I enjoyed making it. (You should be able to click on the pictures to enlarge them and have a closer look)!
Interested in making a family tree of your own? You can contact Larissa and ask about having her draw one for your family! Prices vary depending on the size of family. Email her at
rissa80@gmail.com or send me a message and I'd be happy to forward it along to her!
