just because....

Karin Thorell

beautiful bird

 This pretty pastel colored bird with bright pink claws is a Pink-necked Green Pigeon from SE Asia.

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Pigeon Chat

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Palette: Blue with Yellow Aims to Please!

Blue and yellow make a great combination, reminiscent of 
 summer days at the beach, sunsets, lemon meringue pie...you get the picture!







Aim to please!





Mmmmm   




Ashton Court, Bristol. Photo by Archidave





Felt wreath





Degas





A timeless American Classic





Sunny yellow curtains help brighten room







Peony by ashmae on etsy





Vintage kitchen





Colors

feed the birds

stylish serendipity photo

Bring life and beauty to your winter landscape by keeping your feeders full.

We have had success with this feeder, keeping the squirrels off the feeder and on the ground scavenging the seeds the birds have dropped.

Purchase here.

Guest Project -- Love Birds Wall Hanging {tutorial}

 Hello all you wonderful Tatertots &Jello followers! 

I am beyond excited to be here sharing a tutorial with you today. I met Jen at CHA this past January and wasn't a bit surprised at how nice she was. If you get a chance to meet her you won't be sorry.

 My name is Dresden and I absolutely love blogging! 

My blog is dresdencarrie where I share tutorials, my favorite things, recipes, and just about everything else. I work full time as a Graphic Designer for Silhouette America and love it! It is such a fun place to work and I am so grateful for my job. In my free time I post on my blog and sew. My mom taught me to sew growing up and I am so glad she did, it is my favorite hobby.

Today I am sharing a tutorial for a wall hanging I made out of some scraps of fabric and an old frame I had laying around (actually a wedding gift that I wasn't too fond of :))! The inspiration for this piece came from a pillow found here and a card found here.

 First I took this frame and painted it a nice white color so it would stand out against the fabric I chose.

 Next I cut out all these little birds using the Silhouette with the Fabric Interfacing on my fabric.

Then I arranged the birds on my piece of fabric, which actually didn't take too long after I got out my giant ruler.
You want to know my favorite thing about the fabric interfacing from Silhouette? It is double sided, so once I had the birds in place I simply ironed them on and they stayed in place the whole time I was sewing them on. You could of course use the no-sew interfacing, but I prefer the sewable because I love the stitched look.
I chose a tiny zig-zag stitch in pink to give them a little more character. After sewing it you could either wash the entire piece or do what I did...use my fingernails to fray the edges.
Once they were sewn on I put it in the frame and there ya go!

 It's been a real treat being here today! I hope you'll come visit me over at dresdencarrie real soon!

Thanks Dresden. that is absolutely adorable!!

Check out these other wonderful ideas that Dresden has shared:

{Check out this beautiful Ruffled Skirt that she made - love!}

 {Cute LOVE pillow tut}

{How cute is this Ruffle Shirt? So pretty}

You will love following Dresden. Plus, you can find out all of the Silhouette updates :) 

And, she designs some of the fun Silhouette Online Studio images like this one {one of my favorites}:

photo courtesy of LMM

And head over to her blog for a really fun GIVEAWAY today!! 

dresdencarrie





xoxo

PS –   I Love To Create is hosting a LIVE party called Let’s Create It Live which takes place TODAY from 9-11 am PST. with fun projects and $300 worth of prizes to give away!!

It’s going to be fun!!! 

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