A sweet friend of mine lost her mother a year ago today. I wanted to make her a little gift to let her know I was thinking of her on this difficult anniversary. Both she and her mother enjoy(ed) birds/flowers/outdoors, so I geared my gift in that direction. I bought her a Birds N' Bloom magazine and made her a little birdhouse (full of Reese Eggs) to go along with it. The birdhouse template came from
Nichole Heady at Papertrey Ink -- I "fell in love with it" the minute I saw it.
I added a twig, some Iced Got Flowers, and a birdie to the front. Also added a strip of border to the roof with my Threading Water border punch.
I attached the roof on the left side with glue and on the right with a ribbon, so that you can open it and get the Reese Eggs out!
Here's the card I made to go along with it:
Supplies:
- Image from the Graphics Fairy
- Have I said yet that I love her site?!?
- Circle/Scallop Circle Nestabilities
- Purple/Pink Cardstock
- Purple Decorative Ribbon
- Purple Iced Got Flowers
- Pink/Purple Rhinestones
- Threading Water Boarder Punch (Fiskars)
- Top of a pencil
- Inked the eraser with purple ink and stamped it on the card to make those polka-dots!!
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This post linked to:
Tip Me Tuesday
Take a Look Tuesday
Whatever You Want Wednesday
Penny Pinching Party
Transformation Thursday
Thrilling Thursday
Craft Catwalk
5 comments:
Saw you on Tip Me Tuesday by Tip Junkie. Your bird houses are really cute!!!
This is lovely! I'm sure she'll appreciate that you care enough to remember.
I especially like that you made the birdhouse functional. I've admired birdhouses made from paper before, but I wanted them to be useful, too. Thanks for the great idea!
I can't wait to make this! My mother is coming out in a couple weeks and I think that she would enjoy it, too.
How totally sweet of you!
Very, very sweet Esther! Please come back soon!
Many Blessings,
Melissa
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