Book Birdhouse....

Hi Everyone!  Happy Wednesday!  I don't know if you remember seeing the book birdhouse I made a few weeks ago for my mom to use as decoration at her local library, as seen here.  But Korrie over at Red Hen Home saw it and then sort of challenged me to make one out of a book.  Then she sent me the link Country Business that gave directions on how to make them.  I saw that she posted yesterday about the ones she made so I thought I'd show the ones that I made this past weekend.

The only thing I have left to do to mine are the perch and bird hole.  I'm going to go through my rusty washer and square nails to find just the right ones.  My mom also suggested using a really large button in a funky color.  I'll have to see what I can find. 

If you're looking for a tutorial, go to Korrie's site here for a great tutorial or to the Country Business site listed above.  Thanks Korrie for sending the site to me!  My mom really loved this idea.  Thanks for stopping by.

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Book Birdhouse...

Hi Everyone!  Happy Thursday!  My mother is on the board of her local library and one of the things she is responsible for is decorating the reading area at the front of the library.  She decorates it for the four seasons, no specific holidays.  She asked me if I could make her a book birdhouse.  She provided me with the book she wanted me to use and I built it and then she decorated it with the bird, nest and the nesting in the openings.

I built the birdhouse out of wood and painted the base of it black before attaching it to the house.  Then I took out the pages I was going to use on the sides and Modge Podge'd them to the sides.  I then glued the pages of the book together before attaching it.  I added the little perches to the front  and my mom added the nest and bird.  I built the entire thing out of scrap wood and the book my mom got at the library book sale.  I think it turned out great, my mom loves it as do the library board members.  Although I do feel kind of bad for taking apart a perfectly good book, gluing it's pages together and nailing to the top of the bird house.  But at least this way that book will always be at the library, you just won't be able to read it.  Thanks for stopping by.