Bedspring Bird Nest

I was roaming though my past photos and I found this picture

of a bird nest bedspring thingy that I made several months ago.

At the time I wasn't sure if I liked it or not, but I put it in my

booth anyways and it didn't take long to sell so someone must

have liked it. lol.

To me it just looked like a mess. ha!

I used purchased nests with eggs , greenery and all

and then added paper shred underneath them and

fastened them to an old bedspring that I wrapped

tea dyed muslin around.

I think I was feeling a little crazy the day I made it!! :)

I did fasten the nest tag to it with ribbon at the bottom,

but forgot to take a finished photo. What do you think? I am trying to decide whether to make more or just leave

well enough alone. :) I am also thinking there should

probably be a bird somewhere...oh well.

Blessings~

Playing with paper ~

I have been playing with paper lately.

I put most of a vintage book through a paper shredder.

Then I crumpled it up in bunches to give it that

crinkled look.

I have a huge basket overflowing with crinkled

paper goodness for all kinds of projects now.

I also wanted to try my hand at using a book

to make a folded paper tree ~

while it is very easy I realized right quick that I should not have used a vintage book for this as the pages are old and somewhat brittle and don't fold as well as they should. Neat idea though. {saw it on the martha show a while back}

{haven't finished the tree yet}

This is something to do while you are sitting and watching tv with your significant other. lol

Go forth and play with paper today... you have my permission.

Blessings~

Guess who's spending the night??

for the first time ever.

yep...you guessed it.

my little hornblowing...

daddy loving... angelic sleeping...

teeth brushing...

little 2 year old granddaughter Annika.

{almost three}

I will let you know tomorrow if

I have survived.

blessings~