So Thursday night, Hubby and I had put our dear little son to bed and were relaxing on the couch with some beers and I was telling him how much I wanted to do a Family Tree wall collage on our entry way wall after seeing this gorgeous picture on Pinterest. He loved the picture so much and says, "Well lets do it, Its only 8pm." So we happened to have some dark brown paint from painting the chair rail in the guest bathroom and we had some Dark Olive paint from when we painted the chair rail in the pub so there wasnt much left to need. We cleared away what we had, grabbed a White China Crayon and Hubby started sketching away on the wall with me behind him directing him which way this branch should go and which way that branch should go.
The China Crayon is great because you can simply wipe it off if you decide you hate it or dont like the shape of the branch or what have you. So the walls in the house are Olympic Paint's Applesauce Cake. Its a color I stole from my decorator savy Mom In Law's kitchen. The main tree color is Olympic Paint's color Fudge in Semi-Gloss. We used craft paint brushes I had bought in the dollar section a while back at Michael's Craft store for the edges and then a 1 inch Purdy Brand paint brush for the mail fill in. And all I can say is have a couple beers and go for it and always remember you are the biggest critic of your own work.
So there you have it...a tree.
So next we began adding leaves again with the China Crayon.
Then painting on the colors. We had 6 different colors for the leaves. 5 of them were Americana acrylic paints available at Michael's Crafts in the colors (Winter Blue, Marigold, Honey Brown, Celery Green and Sienna.) The other color was a darker green color Valspar Paint's Terragon.
Then just add some different family photos with different size, shapes and colored frames. In addition we also have a key and a birdhouse hanging in the collage. We'll most likely add more items and photos as we grow.
Hope you all enjoy.
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