Birdie Num Num

Sometimes, I need some quick and easy hooky - just to make me feel that I do finish projects, although I have been sooo very busy with Dazzling Dance Dresses. I also seem to have been hooking forever and a day on my beautiful Japanese Granny blanket - it just seems to be never-ever-never ending!!!

So  a few days back I sat down and thought about a quick and easy hooky something.... I really loved the inner circle of the adorable little Easter bunny's I made for Little Madame, I had also seen some really cute little birds on  the Bunny Mummy blog, made with the same circle. So I set to work on making a quick and easy hanging mobile thingy - am really not sure what to call it!

Love This Circle

I quickly churned out three of the circles, they are so pretty. Once I had  finished the circle,  I folded it in half and simply slip stitched it closed, before I closed it up completely I  stuffed it then completed the last few stitches to close it completely......

Number One...

Number Two....

Number Three - Done!

Three little half circles were soon all good to become sweet little birds! I loved the colours I had chosen, now very often I will get asked how do you chose the lovely colours and how do you match them up so well..... To be perfectly honest, I think about what colours contrast the most then put them next to each other and hope for the best! Yes, I know, I am a little odd! 

Tail Feathers

Little bottom feathers came next , you simply double up some wool then pull it through the very end stitch and then pull it through the loop, pull it tight and cut it off! Done!

Done!

I cut a wing shape out of felt and sewed it on with a tiny button, they were starting to look very, very sweet, and were looking exactly like the picture I had in my head!

Wings .....

Buttons...

Felt beaks and tiny buttons for eyes, and my teeny tiny birds were born! Have I mentioned to you that you must Never EvEr throw buttons away, I have even been known to snip buttons off shirts(yes LSO's shirts - But don't tell him!) when  needed for something crafty, I have a bottle of buttons in my craft room, now I think this is an inheritance from my mother, she never threw a button away and in her built in cupboard at home, I guarantee you, you will still find her bottle of button, if I am not mistaken it is an old Peanut butter bottle! Funny how traditions get started....... Little Madame has her very own bottle of buttons!

Sweet Little Birds

I crocheted up a heart, the same one I used for Valentines day teachers presents, only I used a smaller hook as I wanted them to be slightly smaller. Just before the end, I inserted a long piece of ribbon, (thread a bead on to the end, then place a knot on each side of the bead, this will kept the bead firmly inside the heart) the slip stitch over the ribbon, I gave it a few good tugs and it stayed in place!  

Hearts and Birds

I then raided Little Madame's bead box for some  sweet  little beads. I  threaded three onto the ribbon and  then with the ribbon threaded onto a huge needle, I eased it through the top of the bird and out directly under it, it was not difficult as I had not  stuffed the birds too full, and tied another knot under the bird, that way they wouldn't slip down, and when you push the beads down it gives the little bird shape! I repeated the whole process 3 times!

Love This Ribbon

A few days later while watching Little Madame playing at my favourite coffee spot(@ tap, I managed to finished my sweet little bird hanging thingy!(Still not sure what to call it)

I made two roses and some leaves for the heart! Then tackled a few teeny tiny pompoms, these very sweet and easy pompoms have become my new obsession! They are easy, super easy! I have a bowl full, even  Little Madame gets in on the act!

Roses and Pompoms

A Rose By Any Other Name

Pompoms and Beads on The End!

I Love This Heart!

I could not wait for the play date to end so I could rush home and put up my sweet little hanging bird thingy, I knew exactly where it would go....... Funny thing that, because when I put it up, next to my beautiful wall stickers of bird cages, it looked all wrong! Very Wrong! I was heartbroken, had I made it all for nothing......



Not The Right Spot!

I walked around the kitchen with it hanging over my shoulder for a few minutes, looking and pondering, where did I spend most of my kitchen time?......Then it hit me.... Where do we girls spend most of our kitchen time?....... You clever, CLEVER peeps!! - Washing Dishes!!!! So up it went, right beside my sink, now dishes seem like a much happier chore for me........Ok, I can hear you all laughing, BUT I will keep trying to fool myself ......xxx

Perfect Place!