Nature All Around Us

I love birds, but Owls and Hawks are my favorite, so they always seem to find a way into my creations!

I think my love of Owls goes back to when I was a child and my Father came to the door one very cold winter day with a beautiful Barn Owl, that he found sitting in the snow and he hopped on my Fathers glove.

He sat contently and watched us, not bothered at all as my sister and I gazed in amazement. I was certain he came to us, not just because he was so cold, but he knew we would appreciate his beauty. After a few blinks of his eyes, to my sister and I, he flew back to his home.

Paper Flowers

I had so much fun with the circles I cut out of the vintage book for my "Nest Inn Book" that I made these cute little round flowers on a stick!

Bird-Chirping Weather

The baby birds are chirping and flying around our backyard. Now their nests are empty, so I’ve been making nests till they return.

My latest one is “Nest Inn Book”! I took an abandoned 1909 vintage book, hand cut a circle out of the middle and made a nest out of all my scavenged vintage finds to make a sweet little home.

Then I had a stack of circles cut from the book pages…I had to do something with them!

I took the circles, folded them like little petals and glued them together to make a ball. I made a medium and a smaller one also, to make a nice set for displays!

Now I had donut shape rings of paper from the smaller circles…I couldn’t throw them away! Threaded on a string they make a pretty cool banner and a recycled one too!

To see my "Nest Inn Book" go to my Etsy shop:
http://www.etsy.com/listing/76962814/nest-inn-book-vintage-altered-book-nest

New Baby Banners

I found the sweetest little doilies from a wonderful Etsy shop and it inspired me to create theses two baby boy banners!

Check out her shop!

http://www.etsy.com/shop/ShaneLilyRain

Christmas in Paris

I found a little vintage book in French

and have been making

"une belle fille" Christmas ornaments out of it!

Check out this great blog that features my

French ornaments.

Merci

http://www.thehandmadegiftguide.com/2010/11/handmade-gift-guide-ornamental-bliss.html

Love Christmas!

I was hooked on banners, couldn't get enough! This Christmas set was made from recycled fabric and vintage book pages.

I had them listed at my Etsy shop and were gone pretty quick! Thank you Tiffany, check out her blog!

http://thedomesticgoddessfiles.blogspot.com/

Mouse in the House

My New Favorite

I can't resist old, worn, used books, they have so much character. I fell in love with this one, red and green my favorite colors. The cover is so pretty and the illustrations are just wonderful on the inside. It's all I can think about...I'm a book geek!

Nests

I can't get enough of birds and nests!