Curly Birds

See You Soon

I will be on a blogging holiday for family visiting until June.

Please check back in a few weeks,

Helen

This Moment

{this moment} - A Friday ritual. A single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember. SouleMama

Labels: This Moment

Summer Baking

We had a busy day of baking cakes today.

Labels: Outdoor Fun

Crafty Birds - Making a Bug Viewer

This craft couldn't be simpler... Grab an old jam jar (one with a canning lid), cut a piece of material to fit and you have yourself a fancy bug viewer.

Labels: Create, Curly Birds Tutorial

Crafty Birds - Making Flying Fairies

Holley of Girlish Whimsy and the girls made these adorable fairies last Thursday. They have been flying all around our house and have even been to the park. We are on a bit of a fairy kick lately (see our fairy house). Enjoy...

Materials:

Box

Lollypop stick

Ribbon

Feathers

Pipe cleaner

Blue painters tape

Paint

Brush

Black Sharpie

Scissors

Diorama

Step 1: Cut the front off the box and make a slit in the top of the box.

Step 2: Paint the box with grass, sky and stars.

Fairy

Step 1: Draw a face on the lollypop stick.

Step 2: With painters tape, attach several feathers on the bottom half of the lollypop stick for a skirt. Attach one feather on the top of the stick for hair.

Step 3: Wrap pipe cleaners around the middle of the lollypop stick for arms.

Step 4: To make the fairy fly... make a loop with the ribbon - attach one end of the ribbon to the back of the fairy and the other end to an additional lollypop stick.  

Step 5: Hang the fairy in the diorama by sliding the top stick through the box slit.

Play, play, play!

Holley, by the way, is a very talented artist, musician, and graphic designer. She basically creates whatever pops into my mind including my blog header and all of our birthday party invitations (see our ice cream social and pond party.) And lucky for you, she can design whatever you may fancy too!

Labels: Create, Curly Birds Tutorial

{This Moment}

{this moment} - A Friday ritual. A single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember. SouleMama

Picture by Anri Nichols

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Felt Fun: Watering Can

I made this little watering can for the girls. It is part of a larger series of felt gardening tools that I am working on.

Labels: Create

Not Your Grandma's Caravan

Over at Eat Drink Chick I found twee little Constance - not your Grandma's caravan. Actually, she is... but all dressed up and ready for martinis. I might be able to get into camping if it was this stylish.

And how about taking these super-cool cardboard suitcases along for the ride?

Made by Ikat (found via Crafty Crow).

Labels: Pretty Finds

Happy Dancing People

My beautiful flower girl

photo by Collin Hughes

Labels: Celebrate

Purple's Make-Over

Today we gave Purple (Kira's new name for our scarecrow) a bit of a spruce up.

Little Purple looks so happy and ready for a good season of growing.

Labels: Outdoor Fun