Natural Little Christmas

This was a bird house that I had painted years and years ago.  After I finished painting the birds, the house just sat there collecting dust in the basement.  Here's an example of how you can take out an old item and make it into a mixed media project.  The house has birds painted around three sides but the layered paper embellishments are what make it pop.

It almost looks like a Black Forest cuckoo clock house (or am I cuckoo?).  Also, don't the birds look like their feathers are fluffed out trying to keep warm during the holidays?

 Again the design elements have a lot of glitter on them but somehow my camera does not pick up the shiny glitter, or when it does it seems to change the diamond dust glitter into other shades..

Anyway, just look around your home, basement, or a flea market for something that you can repurpose and mix it up.  And try using mixed media for an added bit of quirkiness.

And again, Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas this year.  And don't forget to feed your feathered friends during winter months.