I've had beautiful bluebirds visiting my bird feeder! The first time I saw a bluebird in real life was about 5 or so years ago. I'm still captivated by them. I was recently at my sister's house and she had a suet feeder up and bluebirds were visiting her feeder. I have never seen bluebirds at a bird feeder before. I dug my feeders out from the boxes in the basement and filled them with suet. (I had taken them down last spring because we had a black bear visiting our house regularly from Spring straight throughout to fall.) This feeder is just a few feet away from a window in my family. It has wonderful watching these gorgeous birds from just a few feet away.
I have never seen bluebirds at feeders before. I take this as conformation that it has, indeed, been a very long, snowy and cold winter. These poor birds are hungry!
The monthly challenge at Art Bead Scene has a bird theme too. Naturally I was doubly inspired to create bluebird beads. I tried my hand at creating a small round bead and sculpting a bluebird out of it. Cute enough, eh? But I wasn't altogether in love with this little guy.
I have never seen bluebirds at feeders before. I take this as conformation that it has, indeed, been a very long, snowy and cold winter. These poor birds are hungry!
The monthly challenge at Art Bead Scene has a bird theme too. Naturally I was doubly inspired to create bluebird beads. I tried my hand at creating a small round bead and sculpting a bluebird out of it. Cute enough, eh? But I wasn't altogether in love with this little guy.
I just love lentil shaped focal beads so I defaulted to the lentil shape as my canvas to paint a bluebird.
The back of the bead inlcudes some scrolling vines and leaves.
You can find the bluebird beads in my Etsy shop.
Now let me share my super exciting news....I have been invited to join the talented team of designers at Art Bead Scene! I have been following this talented group for a number of years now and I'm completely honored to join these ladies and become a regular contributor to the blog. In February I was asked if I'd be interested in writing a guest post for the blog. Of course I said yes. You can find that post here. Beginning in April I'll be blogging on a regular basis at Art Bead Scene! (I'm so excited!)
You'll want to head on over to Art Bead Scene to join in our birthday celebration. We are giving away lots of gifts!!! Hop on over to find out how you can win!
Thanks for joining me today. Stay tuned because I have some new copper pieces I'm working on. I'm really excited to share these with you. I'm designing some new toggle clasps impressed with super cool images. That's all I can say for now lest I give it all away. I'll be back to chat with you soon.
Now let me share my super exciting news....I have been invited to join the talented team of designers at Art Bead Scene! I have been following this talented group for a number of years now and I'm completely honored to join these ladies and become a regular contributor to the blog. In February I was asked if I'd be interested in writing a guest post for the blog. Of course I said yes. You can find that post here. Beginning in April I'll be blogging on a regular basis at Art Bead Scene! (I'm so excited!)
You'll want to head on over to Art Bead Scene to join in our birthday celebration. We are giving away lots of gifts!!! Hop on over to find out how you can win!
Thanks for joining me today. Stay tuned because I have some new copper pieces I'm working on. I'm really excited to share these with you. I'm designing some new toggle clasps impressed with super cool images. That's all I can say for now lest I give it all away. I'll be back to chat with you soon.