Home Sweet Home, The Sequel

Saturday was another beautiful day at Pine Creek Nursery in Monroe teaching my Rustic Birdhouse Workshop. The class was full; the attendees were fun and the folks at Pine Creek are a delight to work with! We are cooking up some fun workshop ideas for the spring, so be sure to get on their email list!

These two were amazing. He had his own Milwaukee drill set and she was fearless!

Some quickly snapped shots of some darling Chickadee Birdhouses!

Beautiful glass flower pieces attached to this 'sunshiny' home.



You can check out Pine Creek Nursery's booth this weekend at the Ruffles and Rust Vintage Market to Inspire in Monroe. The show is bigger and better than ever this year. Henry and I will be there shopping!

Home Sweet Home

Don't we just love that saying? And 11 birds will have a new Home Sweet Home thanks to my awesome class attendees at the Rustic Birdhouse Workshop Saturday at Pine Creek Nursery.

Cans (later used as roofs) with birdhouse potential just waiting inside.

Antonya brought these awesome bottlecaps to share!

Bits and bobs of ephemera for decorating.

They came armed with cordless drills, hammers and their creative caps on.

I will let the photos tell the story!

Adding personal touches.

I would totally move in here if I was a bird!

A garden oasis on a birdhouse.

The chimney with 'smoke' is darling!

Carol said "I'm not crafty" Ha! She can't say that anymore.

Patty said "I wasn't sure I could do this, but I love it!" She even used a jig-saw for the first time!

And then we had goodies!

Pine Creek Nursery knows how to throw a workshop!

A big thank you to everyone and my trusty assistant, Doug!

My next workshop at Pine Creek will be the Silverware Suet Feeder I created for Birds & Blooms Magazine.

For the Birds...

The birds in my garden are my 'flying flowers'! I love their colors, songs and funny antics. The cats and I could watch them all day! My garden has been a Certified Backyard Wildlife Sanctuary for years (I am close to saying 'decades' now...just a few more years!) A big part of my habitat success is birdhouses. I have several styles for several types of birds and every year they are occupied with our feathered friends.

On July 16, I am teaching a Rustic Birdhouse Workshop at Pine Creek Nursery in Monroe. It is the first of three workshops we have teamed up to present to you. Click on the Workshop tab at the top of this page to get the details. Come and enjoy the beautiful nursery, pound a few nails and create a darling birdhouse custom-made by you for our Chickadee friends. Next spring you may be blessed with some of your own 'flying flowers'!

Brave Girl!

I am so giddy!

Awhile ago, I signed up for the Brave Girls Club online workshop 'Soul Restoration'. I feel more relaxed, grounded, restored and plain darn happy just saying it (or writing it!) out loud. This blends perfectly with and supports my earlier declaration of Back to Basics: Tending My Soul and Surroundings!

I have been gathering art supplies from their suggested list (OMG! do I have a lot of stuff to draw from...I am just sayin') and making a cozy space in the back bedroom to make some art-mess-goodness. And I have been watching the awesome videos they have been sending out...paving the way for what is to come.

My life has been filled with amazing people coming into my life at exactly the right time, exactly when I needed them. This next chapter of my life is gonna be a good one! Thanks for joining me....

What is your favorite 4-letter word?

Mine is FREE!

What did you think I was asking...really people, this is a family show!

My buddy, Cindy Pestka is teaching a free workshop on

La Dia de los Muertos 

this weekend at the Kirkland Library.

Cindy is a hoot-and-a-half and an excellent instructor.

You can get all the details on signing up on her blog, Artgirl Island.