Tropical Bird House

I found an old wooden bird house in the basement a few days ago. Just a plain craft one from the Michael’s store that  had been sitting on my craft shelf forever. I decided to dress it up a bit and use it on my porch. In case you haven’t noticed by now, my husband and I prefer Asian and tropical style decor. So I thought maybe a tropical looking birdhouse would go nicely.

First I primed it. It had a few splotches of red on it from one of my kids. He was going to paint it, but then lost interest.

Then some chocolate brown spray paint.

Next I thatched the roof with some bamboo pieces that I saved after having the blinds in my kitchen cut down to size.  Then I wrapped it in twine. Sorry I didn’t get any photos of this…It was too hard to glue and snap pictures at the same time, especially with my sticky fingers. :o)

I painted the posts red and added a couple of yellow flowers for color.

A little taste of the tropics. :o)

Thanks for visiting!

Michelle


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Spring, Pollen and Stinkin’ Allergies

It’s so beautiful outside right now! The flowers are blooming, leaves are on the trees and grass is already growing out of control. And then there’s the pollen! Green sheets of pollen coating everything in sight. Wash it off, and it just comes back. Oh, the sneezing, coughing itchiness! My head feels like it’s stuffed full of woolly socks. Ahh, but it sure is pretty…and warm.

Stinkin’ allergies!

;o)

Be back soon,
Michelle

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