Tuesday, December 3, 2013

Family Heritage Photo Display Board


One of my favorite craft projects I have made in the past year is what I'm showing you today.  It was originally made for my wedding to incorporate the family lineages that were merging on the day of our wedding.  I also thought this would make an excellent gift for family members, thus I am posting this just a few weeks before Christmas!

With a little asking around and help from my sister-in-law, I was able to gather photos of all four sets of grandparents and both of our parents that were either from their wedding day, or when they were dating or newlyweds.  As I was so busy during the time I actually put it together, but the concept is so straight forward that you really don't need a tutorial to make on for yourself or someone in your family.

From our wedding day, we put it right in front of our cake.  
P.S. My mom made that cake stand, and she has a shop on facebook called Ree's Rustic Artistry!  PW isn't the only Ree in town!

All you need is a really long pallet board, enough picture frames for your lineage to match, and some hot glue.  I attached our photo in the middle loosely since I changed the photo to one of our wedding photos later.  I organized the order of pictures by putting parents closest to us, and then based on how the parents are standing in the photo, I placed where their parent's pictures were accordingly.


I know the piece is a bit long, so let's have some close ups of our adorable families!  This is Tyler's side of the family. 

And now my side of the family.

It took me a good six months to finally change the photo to a wedding photo, but here is the one I chose! 

Sorry about the glare from the trees!  I just loved those leaves and had to take the pictures there.  Had to.


This piece sits above our coffee bar now, and we see it every day!  It's always good to remember where you came from, who loves you, and to have something tangible to remember them when you don't get to see them that often!








24 comments:

  1. That is such a neat idea. It would be cute do with baby pictures as well, Thanks for linking up with Share Your Stuff Tuesday.

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  2. I love, love, love this idea and the picture is beautiful! Thanks for sharing at the Talking Tuesday link party. Can't wait to do this as a Christmas gift. THANKS AGAIN! xoxo Sandra

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    1. Thanks Sandra! I'd love to see yours if you decide to make one! :)

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  3. This is so cute! I love this!

    Thanks for linking up!

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  4. What an amazing idea!! I love this!

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  5. I love it!! This is such an amazing idea and a wonderful way to display pictures of your parents and grandparents. :-)

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  6. I think that is so cool!! It's awesome that you have every one of those photos! My husband doesn't have any from his grandparents...I don't think camera were very common in Mexican villages 60 years ago...and my parents don't have any wedding photos since they eloped. Man, I never thought we were that complicated of a family! :P

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    1. Yes, we were really fortunate to have so many of their pictures! We even have some photos of my great grandparents, and even a few of their parents. I'm not sure where the camera came from back then, but I'm sure glad we still have those pictures!

      Of course you could still do it with more recent photos of your parents, and if you have recent photos of all of your grandparents. :) We aimed for wedding photos since this was originally for the wedding, but in no way does that set the limits!

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  7. what a great gift idea. esp for my kids. too bad i dont have pics of my fami

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    1. I'm sure you can take the idea and use it in a similar way that works better for what pictures you do have! :) Thanks for stopping by Chrissy!

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  8. Love this idea! TFS pinned it also!

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  9. The old photos are amazing! What a treasure! And would make a perfect gift. Thanks so much for linking up to the Handmade Holiday Link Party!

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    1. Thanks Alexis! Yes, we're really fortunate that our families have all these photos available. I learned from posting this a lot of people just don't have young photos of their grandparents!

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  10. Oh my goodness I absolutely love this! How special!!

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    1. Thanks Mary! It is really special to us to see our family every day! :)

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