Singing into Spring

The pollen has finally blown away and things are looking so beautiful here in Atlanta. I want to move all my furniture outside and just live there for a few weeks. The mosquito season is right around the corner and I will soon need to bathe in deet and wear flea collars just to take my trash out. But for now... perfection.


In celebration of this beautiful spring, I decided to make some fun little birds. I got the instructions for these in an article by Renee Rogers in the May / June issue of Cloth Paper Scissors. Renee attaches her birds to springy wire. I wanted my birds to hang, so I just adjusted the directions slightly and used some beading wire and crimping beads.

To begin, you use plaster gauze to fashion bird shapes.

Next, you can add strips of tissue, paint, and mod podge or other varnish.

You can't really tell from the photos, but I also added some cheerful phrases to my birds.
Sing for the beauty of this day...
Good morning beautiful life...
Each day is a new song...
Not sure what I'll do with these, but think they might make nice little gifties for some special people I know. They were so much fun to make and have inspired me to think of more (and bigger) creations that I'd like to try this summer. This is also a great project to do with your kids!