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Tuesday, January 7, 2014

A Special Wedding/Christmas/Birthday Gift

I have been working for awhile on a wedding gift for my brother Allan and his wife Katie. Because it was so involved, I also counted it as their Christmas and birthday gifts for the year. We gave it to them right before we left for our trip on Allan's birthday.

Since it was a gift for a number of occasions, we wrapped it accordingly in layers, with separate gift tags/cards for each layer:





Basically, I made them a wooden plaque with a picture of the Houston Temple and their names and wedding date. I designed it based on a picture then cut it out from hard maple using the scroll saw. It is mounted on walnut. This project seemed to take me forever. I actually had quite a few troubles while making it, but they still liked it which is the important thing.


2 comments:

Allan said...

Oh! So that's why it was wrapped three times! I didn't catch that at the time. We love this and have it sitting on our entertainment center. Thanks!

Angela said...

So beautiful! Great details, Rebecca, and this is truly a treasure.