My Nest Banner From Birdsong

Sometimes when I go to an art retreat......the last class

I want to bow out on. Maybe I am tired.....maybe

I am just ready to go home. I almost bowed

out on this one. When you are being

instructed by the ever talented Karla Nathan of

Karla's Cottage.....you wouldn't want to

bow out. I had a blast creating this 'Nest' banner.

The 'N' is my favorite piece of the banner.

The vintage wallpaper is so yummy. Karla gave us the little

turquoise egg and taught us how to build up the moss

to make the little nest. Of course when you are with

THE Karla Nathan glitter isn't an option.

Just look at this vintage wallpaper.....Karla must

have learned her sharing technique from

Sugar Wings.....her granddaughter. She passed out these

cute little felted bird nests and I added the mica. Love it! This is

my 'E' piece but the 'E' is turned around.....sorry!

I love the 'S' piece. I hope to make many more banners

in the future. It was really restful and I enjoyed

it immensely. I want to make a L-I-N-D-S-E-Y banner

for Lindsey's graduation party. It is the last item on

my agenda....so I hope to complete that!

Here is my 'T' piece for the banner. I wasn't to keen on

using yellow.....but I loved how it turned out. I guess

a little glitter added with some vintage wallpaper

and old book paper.....what could be bad about that? So.....

really what I guess I am saying....experiment with

different colors because they might just surprise you. I guess

that is what an art retreat is for....to broaden your

creativity. I was blessed to achieve that at Birdsong.