My sister, Molly, and I collaborated on Mom's birthday present this year. I got the idea for it while perusing the awesome items at Pitter Patter Art. Molly has a cricut, so she did all the lettering and figured out how to make it fit. I took a canvas, glued a linen-looking fabric on it, layered paper on top of that and then the shape of Africa. I got the Africa by printing out a template off the Internet and then used my printer to blow it up big and then taped the pages together and cut it out. Then I mod podged scrapbook paper on top of that and followed the shape to cut it again. Lastly, I mod podged all of Molly's letters on top. Tedious! In case you don't know why this art is meaningful to my Mom: my parents have (so far) adopted 8 children from Ethiopia. So, yeah, she liked it. :)
6 comments:
What a meaningful present for your mother! Both of you are so creative - it looks much better than some of those sold in gift shops.
Oh. My. Gosh!!! This is so beautiful!!! I love it. You did a great job! She is going to adore this.
And how cute you use the word mum too?! I love calling my mom mum. :)
Handmade gifts are the best! You should take that into www.zazzle.com to make a t-shirt, or postage stamps for her. It's not too pricey.
Wow...about the incredible present you have made and about your parents adopting 8 children. Amazing all the way around. Wow. Are you sealed in the Temple to them, too? Wow. Nice big family. I come from only 4. Thanks for sharing!
I love this! I will have to keep something like this in mind for mothers day. Thanks for sharing.
This is super beautiful WIDT! Well done to u and your sis! Love it so much :) I am sure your mom loves it awesome lot. Efforts never fails :)
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