birds

Spring is in the Air!

We've had a mild winter here in Chicago and I feel hopeful that Spring is not far away! Once again, I had fun with this challenge. I went a few different ways but ended up with a couple of tags that I like. I just wish that they had photographed better. :(

The first one is a grouping of fun birds in spring colors. Instead of wings, I attached a few flowers that I assembled. I was going to put them all in one tag (and attach them to a key ring through the eyes which I hole punched) but they were too cute to hide. So, since it's late, I just hung them on a cotton branch I had here in the house. The other tag is a bit more sophisticated. I took a picture of birds and drew over it with markers to intensify the colors. Then I mixed different colors of glitter and glued it onto the birds a little bit at a time to keep the glitter colors separate. This was detailed work and a bit time consuming but I really liked the way it turned out. I cut the glittered birds out and attached them to a branch that I glued onto a tag that I had distressed . Actually the birds are mounted to the tag with foam tape to appear like they are sitting on the branch. This gives the tag a lot of nice dimension. I hope that this is the last week I will be so late in posting. Wishing you all a week that is full of the beauty of nature and lots of creativity.

Best, Mary Ann

** Thank you for your kind comments.. hoping to get a chance to comment of all of the unbelievable work that you all have posted. What a delight to see so much talent and creativity!