teenylittlemetalguy Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 Last year my wife gave birth to our first child. While she was pregnant I made up more than enough hearts to equal or daughters birthweight. The extras were given out to doctors and nurses that helped with the birth. Now that she is a year old I finally got around to using them in a project, funny how time flies. So this wall hanging is equal to her birthweight and the center top to the bottom equals her length. 6"ruler for scale. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petere76 Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 Nice touch, very classy and thoughtful. Peter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridgewayforge Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 That is a brilliant and heartwarming project! I really like that idea! thank you for sharing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beth Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 teeny man thats ace :) she will so touched when she is old enough to know how long things take, and how busy dads can be. and it IS funny how time flies, esspecially when you have a new person to mark the time so clearly! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teenylittlemetalguy Posted January 27, 2014 Author Share Posted January 27, 2014 Thanks guys. It sure made the Drs. and nurses happy to get the small hearts. Made me happy to see. I am hoping she will be interested in smithing someday, maybe this will make her think about it when she gets old enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DebbieJ Posted January 27, 2014 Share Posted January 27, 2014 Beautiful - in every sense :) thanks for sharing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thingmaker3 Posted January 29, 2014 Share Posted January 29, 2014 That is a truly awesome idea! She'll always know she has her Daddy's heart!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teenylittlemetalguy Posted January 30, 2014 Author Share Posted January 30, 2014 You know it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted January 30, 2014 Share Posted January 30, 2014 How's this for a guy who's a relative newcomer to the craft? Tristan's a real comer. As for the little one becoming a blacksmith one day, I'm her "weird uncle Jerry" so she'll be afforded plenty of opportunities for learning . . . interesting . . . things. <grin> Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ausfire Posted January 30, 2014 Share Posted January 30, 2014 Lovely idea. A lot of hearts there. You're a patient man!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Camero68 Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 Creative and thoughtful idea, those pretty hearts will remind how special she is and how much you love her. Way to go Dad! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teenylittlemetalguy Posted February 1, 2014 Author Share Posted February 1, 2014 We are all wondering what uncle jerry (weird or not) will want to teach her first. I do have to put my foot down at " forest management " but most everything else will be ok. ausfire, thanks. The hearts went suprisingly fast. I made a couple each time I started up the forge. Made for a great way to use up scraps. Most were from 1/4" but there was some 5/16" and 3/8". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bosox Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 Cool! I love what you did there! Terrific! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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