DIY Project: Memory Tree

My grandpa passed away this year (will be approximately 1 calendar year before our wedding), and my biggest regret is that he won't be there to give the blessing before the meal. The year before he died I spent writing him letters even though his post-polio syndrome was so bad that he could no longer write back. I wrote him over 100 pages of letters.

To remember him, as well as my other grandparents that have passed, I wanted to display their pictures at the ceremony and reception. Rather than leave an empty chair or have a table, we decided to hang their pictures from trees.

I printed their pictures and used mats that I found at the craft store as lightweight frames. I covered the frames with decorations (sheet music, old book pages, etc.) and glued ribbons to them. I kept these very simple (rather than add too many beads and feathers) because I wanted to focus on the person in the picture.