Etsy Family Tree

I am so excited this morning. My wedding gift to my mother and uncle finally arrived today.

I was really torn as to what to get them since they are difficult to shop for. My uncle has very distinctive tastes and leans towards more refined and exotic items from his years living overseas. And my mother has very simple tastes and is never demanding or picky. Yet I wanted this gift to be something special and meaningful to both of them.

A couple of years ago my uncle and I really bonded through researching our family genealogy and we even took a trip to our family's birthplace in Milledgeville Georgia. Researching African American family roots is a challenge and also interesting because you never know what you may uncover given the history of the "peculiar institution" that was slavery. Until we undertook that research we knew very little of our family history and could only go back 2 generations and even that was sketchy. However, through our research we were able to fully flesh out 5 generations of the family tree and connect with old as well as new cousins and relatives.

So when I contracted GracefulStudio to do a family tree for my mother and uncle, it was so important that I got a vendor that could execute it a beautiful manner.

Amy was wonderful! She gave me so many choices in terms of ink and paper color and her calligraphy was just beautiful. When I saw the added scrolls and florals on the envelope of samples to me I knew I made the right choice.

I am anxious to take it the frame shop to get it matted and framed for the big day. (Will definitely post a pic)

Thanks once again to Amy whose beautiful workmanship really made this something special.