Gone to the birds!

Lately, I have been crazy about birds.  I really enjoy watching the Gambol's quail that wander through my back yard.  The mockingbirds are nesting somewhere close by and they regularly chase other birds away.  Just yesterday they were so noisy that I went outdoors to check and a hawk flew out of my tree, circled the neighbors yard and flew away.  The mockingbirds had notified everyone that a hawk was close by.  And my trees have several dove nests in them.  Love the birds!  Hope the hawk was hunting for bunnies -- my yard is nearly overrun with them!  And my neighbor feeds them!!  Ack!!!

Here's what I have been working on that reflects my "bird love."

I pulled out a box full of vintage children's blocks (mine as a child) and stuck them together to spell "birds".  I have made these bird tags using 7 Gypsies Conservatory papers (8"x8" paper pad).  Also added vintage sheet music, ribbon, and an old bird stamp torn from an old envelope.

I am also getting ready some displays for my booth at Merchant Square.  I bought all of these items over time and am now ready to put them in my booth to sell as well as pretty it up a bit!

Even my blog background got changed last week to a bird theme.  Well, I am off to play bridge.  Do you love the birds, too??

January 2011 Give Away!!

BE SURE TO LEAVE A COMMENT IN ORDER TO WIN THIS GIVE-AWAY!

Here it is!  My first give-away of 2011.  My visitor count just topped 34,000!  Amazing!  Now it is time to give back to you, my readers.

I am de-stashing!  There is a lot of stuff in the house and garage and I am ready to let it go to other artists.  Please click on each picture to enlarge it so you can get a better view of what is in this give-away.  So, let's begin today:

Here you can see a wood cigar box for storing your special finds and goodies;
a package of Heather Bailey mini file folders (never opened)
a package of scrapbooking papers, and envelopes to make cards (never opened)
pewter twigs for mixed media
ladybug embellishments
tiny deck of round cards (never opened)
old alphabet file folder letters
vintage birthday cake toppers
Artgirlz wool felt dresses and several packages of doll backs with instructions (never opened)
purple feathers
miscellaneous punched paper bits
clay doll hands

two unused stamps -- little girl and a fairy
Petaloo face and heart stickers
little photography book mostly made with 7 Gypsies items
a bag of miscellaneous items from Art Chix Studio

vintage writing paper with roses
two vintage booklets
Crafty Secrets image and journal packets
Artsy Collage images booklet with inchies size images (never used)

Here are three paper stacks I have added.  They are nearly full.  I used maybe 6 papers total out of the entire stack set.  If you click on the picture and enlarge it you can see that I paid quite a bit just for the three paper stacks.  This give-away is a good deal!

This is quite a bit of good stuff.  Lots of it never used, lots of it for mixed media art work.  Tell all your blogger friends to come on over and take a look at what is in this give-away.  Just leave a comment to be eligible for the drawing.

Just leave your comment on this January 23rd blog, and on Sunday, January 30 (by noon), I will pick a winner's name out of the hat and post it on my blog. Then as soon as I get your address information, I will put everything you see here in the mail to you!  That's it!

So leave a comment! Be sure to check back here by Sunday, January 30 to find out the winner! Get in on the drawing today!