I really enjoyed making this tree
This was a special order for a friend to give to her best friend as a wedding gift.
What a gorgeous idea to celebrate not just a wedding
But two families coming together.
As there were 18 names to fit on the tree I suggested a bigger frame & tree
The frame is a 55cm square Ikea Ribba Frame.
The tree is 40cm square from Bespoke Lazercutz and is much bigger than it looks in the picture.
The layout of the hearts is very much personal to the customer.
The trees I have made so far have laid the names out in a way that shows the order of the family from top down but could be changes so that the family "grows" from the middle.
When designing this tree a challenge was to find a backing paper that was big enough (50cm square) but did not detract from the tree.
Here are some of the options considered
This is wrapping paper, we felt it was too busy.
Wrapping paper again, didn't like this.
This is cotton fabric and although very pretty was too busy a pattern.
This is the backing that comes with the frame and a square of coloured paper
Thought it looked a bit weird.
Although the Gold was a lovely warm colour we felt it did not give
enough contrast to the tree.
1 comment:
Is this done on your Silhouette Cameo? It looks like wood, is paper or did you cut very thin wood? I have only tried paper and vinyl. My Mom has a ton of grandchildren and I want to do something like this for her birthday. I bought a cute file very similar to this but it only has 6 or 7 hearts. I like the way yours is layered to be dimensional. Great idea!
Wendy
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