The Family Tree of Me
by Vanessa Spencer
Begin with a medium sized clay pot, twigs (for the stem) and a Styrofoam ball and cone. Insert Styrofoam cone firmly into the pot. Paint the pot with white acrylic paint (5MA-23751). Once the paint has dried use sandpaper to distress the pot. Using prima flowers (5PM-516369) & (5PM-16314) place them on the ball using a small amount of glue under the petals and small sewing pin in the center of the flowers that will require a button. Arrange them by alternating colors, shades and patterns of the flowers. Glue buttons on as desired and on the other flowers place a decorative pin in the center (5HG-71207) & (5HG-71208). Once the ball is decorated, pierce a small hole in the bottom and place approximately 4 thin twigs inside, the insert the other end of the twigs into the pot. Use some green moss to cover up the Styrofoam. Adhere some black and white family photos to grubby tags (5GG-GRUBTAG-LG). Place some delicate Heidi Swapp crowns (5HS-HS64233) & (5HS-HS64232) in the pictures for decoration. Tie tags to the middle of the stem and arrange as desired.
