I started with this brand new collection (that I love by the way)

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Did you know that the premier art membership is $30 for 3 months for the fall?  What an amazing price for over 40,000 pieces of art.  YEAH for Heritage Makers!!!

Here's the poster I just made.  It is a 12×18 poster and took about 15 minutes…

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Of course I just did the easy part, I need to make sure I have all the picture.  I am pretty sure I do they are all in different places though, so I need to do a little searching.  This family tree takes us back to my kids great-great grandparents.  What I'll do is insert names and faces for each place holder, then I'll make 12×12 page of just faces and decoupage those to tile.  I will put a magnet on the back of each 1×1 tile.  Also, this poster I just made I'll put in a frame with sheet metal, so that everything will stick together.  It will look something like this:

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Then my kids can move the magnetized tiles around and learn about their heritage.  I may just use these for Christmas gifts as well…shhhh