The Little Nuthatch — crafts

I had accumulated a number of rocks so yesterday I got out acrylic craft paint and quickly painted little creatures on them, or made them into doors. I ended up with about 20 and then took them into the woods on a walk. I had fun placing them, like deciding on which tree trunks, roots, or stumps would make good fairy houses. Where I put them they are not likely to ever be seen, but I think this might be fun to do again and put in public parks and places that might make people smile!

I made a little paper doll during yesterday's thunderstorm. A cute bird couple! It's hard because birds are so not set up to wear clothing! It was a fun project though. I've put it up as a download (click here) for those that would like to play with it (for personal use only): The results:

One of the Christmas gifts I gave this year were shirts that I had decorated. I made freezer paper stencils from my designs. My designs are pretty complex as stencils go, but they do not take long to cut out using a small swivel knife. You just have to keep the iron ready to get the designs on the t-shirt, or you risk losing those little cut outs! But I think the freezer paper stencil technique makes such a good result, much like a screenprint. (Here is a tutorial at Cut Out and Keep.) Here is a dandy little bird:...

I did this yarn wrapped branch project from leethal.net. Put the finished branch in a pot with my other potted plants. I like it...

I felt like I needed some more dimensional things on my wall, so I made a little birdhouse. I made the pieces out of cardboard, covered it in scraps from an old book and painted it with a light wash of blue paint (watercolor). It was very thick after this so I drilled holes in it with my handy Fiskers hand drill, so I could then lace the pieces together with cotton twine. I used a twig for the perch. The bird I made out of paperclay and painted with acrylics. Isn't it cute? I also filled the inside with...