It's for the birds..

Actually it's not really for the birds..though I have nothing against the birds. In fact one summer I found one that just was getting it's feathers that had apparently fallen out of it's nest. I fed it mushed up birdfeed out of a syringe multiple times a day and made a bed for it from a shoebox placed over a heating pad. I still really miss that little guy. I named him Gilbert and still think of him now and then and hope that he made it against all odds.

I obviously digress. So, much like the Portlandia skit, I often prefer to "put a bird on it" when given even a remote opportunity. I never really had the chance after she was born to complete Sadie's room. I have some great handmade tiles I need to mount and hang from an artist in Chicago that depict scenes from Beatrix Potter and Alice in Wonderland. I have some fun paintings by her Great Grammy Evelyn (which is how she got her middle name) and one I did of a babushka doll. I'm not going to bore you today (unlike my last blog) and wanted instead to share some fun photos of a couple little baby room projects.

I bought these cute little unpainted birdhouses that I painted and decorated with various things and that I'm going to hang up in the corner of her room.  I also got the letters of her name that I decorated with pearl beads, birds traditionally used in flower arrangements, as well as paper and crocheted flowers.
Kind of fanciful and charming...just the sort of thing I love!

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