Preserving Heritage: affordable

Thursday, November 3, 2011

A family tree for every season

I was looking at this acrylic 5x7 photo holder, I have been saving it for I don't know how long for a future project, and decided it was time to do something with it...

The idea came to my mind that it would be cool to use it as a small family tree holder, with family trees that change with the season.
Here is the first card that I created:

Fall/thanksgiving:

I thought having our family name on the back would be nice

and here are the cards I am going to publish soon:
Winter:

Spring/Easter:

a possible back of the card:

Summer:

possible back of the card:

Being able to change the season your family tree is represented in allows you to keep the interest alive in everybody that lives in your home and also in anyone that comes visit!
Think, if you are going to a family reunion, you have a very portable 4-5 generations family tree!
Creating these cards is so easy! And if you publish them during the month of November, you can take advantage of the 20% discount on cards, making them even more inexpensive!
You can get the acrylic frame at any store, I like to get it at JoAnn's or Michael's when I have a 50% off coupon, to save even more!
This would make a very unexpected and appreciated gift for any one this Christmas (not to mention pretty affordable)!

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Tuesday, October 25, 2011

25 thoughtful gifts under $25

Uh oh...We are exactly 2 months from the most wonderful time of the year!
When it comes to Christmas, I always say that gift giving shouldn't be stressing, and more than anything, should be meaningful.
It doesn't really matter if your gift was expensive or not, what really matters is the thought you put in it.
If the gift is also within your budget, well, that's a bonus.
Here is a list of gifts that you can create for less than $25.
Some of them are also under $10, so have fun discovering them!^_^
Some I already blogged about, some I am going to blog about, so bookmark this blog post as I am going to add more links as I think of them! I am probably going to have even more than 25 gifts under $25!

Here is the (ever growing) list!

14x11 posters:

24x18 posters

Keepsake Christmas tags

Mini family tree
Subway art:

Calendars (if you are a club HM member)

3+ generations in a cube:

Family folds

CD/DVD covers

Playing cards

Mini calendars

Cookbook

Set of bookmarks

Family history desktop calendar

Frame-able inspiration

Place mats

(double sided kids family tree mat with games doming soon!)
Versatile greeting cards

Family tree advent calendar:

Scrap pages (including the frame!)

Soft bound books (with CLUB HM membership)

Swatch books

Photo tumbler

Magnetic family tree game

(more possibilities on the magnetic family tree here!)
Heritage blocks

Kids blocks

Photo Clock

Family-faith-friends blocks

Count Down Blocks

Photo holder

Notebooks covers

Home decor tiles

Whatever your choice is, remember that your loved ones will appreciate this gifts because not only they are so beautiful, but especially because every time they will look at them, they will know that you have given them the best gift... The gift of time!