I love a craft challenge and was thrilled to be invited to take part in the Make A House A Home competition.
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I saw the Fimo Effect polymer clay with a great shimmer to the classic Fimo I have used before. Fimo polymer clay is great for modelling so I bought a pastel palette of six pretty colours Aqua, Light Pink, Lilac, Mint, Peach and Vanilla.
I had to include the Tilda fabric in the project as I have used them to make cotton dolls, cushions and bunting and the prints looks really homely. I chose the green to look like the trees.
To start the project, I broke off a strip of each of the colours and rolled it out with a old wine bottle a 3 mm thickness. This was for my flags for around the bird house roof. I played around with the flag shapes until I got one I was happy with. I then cut out the flags six times in each clay and wetted them to bend them into a shape so that the bunting flags looked like they were blowing in the breeze.
They were then baked as per the packet instructions and left to cool down whilst I decorated the bird house.
I used the Tilda fabric for the roof and the side panels of the bird house leaving the inner panels ready for a white acrylic paint wash later in the project. I used a hot glue gun and a heat proof mat (the red dotty mat just seen) to protect my craft table.
I bought a pastel pink, pastel blue and white ric rac trim to add to the bird house around the sides and over the Tilda fabric as a contrast.
Over the Tilda fabric - so pretty!
Then the white wash was added.
I crocheted a bunting flag in red using devil red #666 .
The flags were then fixed into place and with the remaining thread and fabric I embroidered a 'Home' banner and decorated the bird perk ready for my reveal.
Our little Home sign
And a hanging loop on the back.
And our new bird home is finished.
I am over the moon with my finished bird box and it's going up in the house tomorrow. I want to thank Ocean Finance for inviting me to take part.
How would you decorate a bird box?
Samantha
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