Happy Tuesday everyone.
I wanted to share what I have been crafting the past 2 nights. Here are 2 birdhouses I bought at Michael's after the holidays and have had then sitting there bare. Sunday night I decided to give it a try and alter them. I did get my inspiration from alittleshabbychic on youtube. I saw hers and fell in love and I thought I should do that with the bird houses I have just sitting there.
I painted this none a vanilla color. I added lots of flowers I bought at a chinese ware house by me. I added lace around the body.
This is the back side.
For the base I used a spool I had from lace trims. I wrapped a vanilla color lace all around, hot gluing every so often. Glued down a spray from valentines I bought at Joanns and then some flowers, also from the chinese warehouses. I added a butterfly and some faux feather trim to the bottom.
Here is the roof. Doesn't it look cute with all the little flowers. They were a pain to glue down. One by one. Lots of patience. But I really like the way the roof came out.
This one I crackled it. I painted it a lime green. Then added elmers glue and then painted it white. The cracks on it look great. I added some flowers and a pearl trim to the roof over hang.
Here is the back part. Some more flowers and a butterfly.
Close up. Here you could see the detailed crackle finish.
I used a bright yellow lace trim to the roof. It looks really nice.
On the base I did the same as what I did with the pink one.
Hope you all like my 2 bird houses. I would like to find some small birds for the houses. I will be on the look out for them. Maybe Micheal's has them small enough to fit in the holes.
Happy Tuesday.
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
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These are darling!! Love em. You mean, all you have to do to get paint to crackle is to add a layer of Elmer's glue between the paint? Awesome!
By the way, I just have a Cybershot (several years old) point and shoot camera. Nothing fancy. :)
Congrats!!You did an AWESOME job!Love the flowers, trimmings and Butterflies.TFS
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so cute! I love the crackle and all the detail!
they are just amazing with so much delicate detail!!
i have seen tiny birds in michaels.
How much fun you must have had altering these birdhouses. Interesting crackle technique. Love the little flower "shingles" on the roof. Happy creating...
I really like the ways these turned out. So sweet and pretty!
~Trisha
So so cute Ana. Love the roof full of flowers!!!
ana....in response to your comment, my easter tree has been decorated for weeks, i have taken pictures, i will try to remember to post them soon. i have had so much awesome stuff to post, it keeps getting put on the back burner.
These are so stinking cute. I love how you did the roof of each one. So pretty!
Very pretty Ana. Of course, the one with the pink on it is my favorite. You are on a roll girl.
Sherry
OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!I LOVE these so very very much. So stinking cute. I love birdie cages and my craft rooms holds a few but I have no bird houses, I'll have to make one of these beauties. The list continues it seems like there is just not enough time in a day for creating!!!!!! Thank you for your inspiration!
Hugs Bonnie
These are so you Mas. Ana, super cute. I love thow you did the roof with all those pretty flowers. These will look great in your scraproom.
xxx
Marlene
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