Painted Birdhouses

I painted some birdhouses.  I gave 3 to my parents and kept 3.  I've never painted something like this, so I practiced on the back of each one, before I tried my design on the front.

I think they turned out pretty nice!  My parent's already have birds nesting in the birdhouses that I gave to them.  Mine are still empty, but I have some other bird houses in the yard full of nesting birds, so maybe they will be chosen to raise a little family next year.

Birdbath, Blooms and Junk

Oh, yeah!

It's JUNKY!

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This is a pic of last Tuesday's haul from Goodwill.

I had my little gardening friend, A., over

and we went crazy.

Then we stayed up until 12 o'clock making

glass flowers!

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Now A. is just as addicted as I am to making

garden (junk) art.

All of our finds - What could we possible DO with this junk?!?!

A teapot birdhouse.

This is a work in progress. It still needs paint and

a cute sign to welcome the birdies.

We are thinking : Welcome feathered friends,

but we're open to suggestions!

A birdbath.
Remember those 4 soda/malt glasses from the first pic?
And the blue bowl?
Here they are reborn!
P.S. It's not crooked - I just have a leaning problem


Top view.

Side close up.

These are the backs of the plate flowers.

You can see the bell hangers in these pics.

A.'s plate flower creation.

She gave it to my 86 y/o grandma.

So sweet!

My plate flower.

The plate is very iridescent in the sun, but

of course the sun WOULDN'T come out!