Birds and The Trees painting

Family Tree

Originally, the leaves and branches were supposed to be all white. However, when beginning to paint on the white, I realized I needed to sand some of the stain off, so the paint could stick. As we began to sand, the tree looked pretty cool. So we decided not to paint it. 

Sooo with some scraps lying around, this piece was free! I found some left over wood that my husband had used for our headboard that he made. 

-I cut the wood half 

-I stained it with some stain lying around in the garage

-My friend drew the tree on with chalk, 

-Sanded the tree down to the shade that I liked

-For the birds, I printed out some templates and then traced them onto wax paper. From the wax paper, I carved out the birds onto the wood with an exacto knife, sanded the birds, and then hand painted over it. 

-For our last name, I sanded out a small ribbon and used the same Mod Podge method found in a previous post. Enjoy!