Memory boards

Helllo everyone!

  I have a fun project to share with you today!

(warning, picture heavy post below!) 

A friend asked me to make a memory board for her mother's funeral. 

She sent me a couple pictures, and I was off.

We wanted a very vintage feel, so I printed the pictures out in black and white, and noir,

For the board on the back I used a scrabble board. 

 I had lots and lots of them leftover from my wedding four years ago, 

and this was a perfect opportunity to use one. 

I painted it brown, but made sure that it wasn't so dark that you couldn't still see the board.

Then I used Tim Holtz wood grain stencil to add a little texture. 

Then I went to town with some tags. 

I assembled the flowers from a pack of Prima flowers, with a brad in the middle,

then I added some bits and pieces from bo bunny, a bunch of used postage stamps. 

On this tag I added a Tim Holtz metal word phrase, a butterfly punch, and below you'll see an assortment of ephemera. 

More estate sale and fun other finds added to the different tags. 

This was a fun project, and I even did a second board for her brother. 

In the bottom left hand corner you can see (hopefully)

where I added the years of her life, 1923 - 2015. 

It was very similar. 

I have to say this was a fun project that really pushed me to use up some of

the fun bits that I have in the craft room.  

I hope you have found some inspiration, and if you are interested in ordering your own

memory board please feel free to contact me, I would be happy to make one for you as well!