Sunny Butterfly Birdhouse

 I had a bit of fun with this one!  I gave this a bit of a 3-dimensional quality. I found some thin wooden butterfly cut outs and glued them to this birdhouse.  Then I painted butterflies to my heart's content; some butterflies are solid and some are painted.  This birdhouse also allows for removing the bottom to clean between nesting seasons.  And topped with a striped piece of gutter that used to be on my house.  I'm very please how this one turned out.

Butterflies are even on the removable bottom of this birdhouse.  Thanks for stopping by!

Daisies on Pink Birdhouse

 Just as I finished up the Paisley Dreams Birdhouse I started this one.  I have opted to have the bottom of the birdhouse be a removable panel after getting feedback from some people.  It makes it easier to clean the birdhouse between nesting seasons.  I thought that daisies me be a fresh new fun idea to have on a birdhouse.  I still had 2 different variations of pink paint left over from a fence mural I did a couple years ago.  I thought it might be a nice contrast with the daisies so I did a bit of paint taping off with a stripe effect and then painted the daisies on top of the stripes and this is what it became.... Enjoy!

Front and side of Daisies on Pink Birdhouse

Oh, and yes the roof again is my former gutters.  I still have about 50 more feet to use...lol  Many a more birdhouses could be on the way.

Back and other side of Daisies on Pink Birdhouse

And here is the removal able bottom- which a fly landed on as I took a picture. Go figure!!

Paisley Dreams Birdhouse

Front and side of the Paisley Dreams Birdhouse.

 

 I had a bit of fun with Paisley designs on this birdhouse.  This is also a well vented house with a bit of quirkiness to it.  The roof is another length of gutters that were on my house before the 2020 Derecho that hit Eastern Iowa.  I did a dot on dot for the roof to finish off and to add to the whole color scheme. Enjoy!

Paisley Dreams Birdhouse the back and other side.

And even the bottom has Paisley!

Cute Swiss Cottage

 This is a petite bird house, and it is a little bit smaller than some of them I have been doing.  I had someone ask me about if I did smaller bird houses and I thought I would give it a try.  This is the first of 2 smaller bird houses that I am making.  The roof on this birdhouse is a piece of siding from my house that blew off in the Derecho we had in August 2020.  This one I call Cute Swiss Cottage.  I still need to put several thin layers of clear coat weather proofing spray on this.

Front and side of Cute Swiss Cottage

Back view of Cute Swiss Cottage

I even did a bit on the bottom and this is a removable panel for cleaning the bird house after nesting season.  Thank you for stopping by.

Bottom of Cute Swiss Cottage with removable bottom.

Sunflower Fields and Argyle Check Blues

 Two more bird houses.  One is called Sunflower Fields that's inspired by the Sunflower fields that can be seen in Iowa in late August to early September.  It's the sunny colors of late summer early Fall which is my favorite time of the year.  The other bird house I'm calling Argyle Check Blues.  I think you'll understand why when you look at it.

These bird houses are made from scratch by me and the roofs are the former gutters that used to be on my house before a Derecho (In-land Hurricane) storm hit the area.

Bird houses in process

I had even more fun with the bottom of the Sunflower Fields one... check this out!

Thanks for stopping by!

Plaid Stained Glass Gothic Bird House

 I'm having a bit of fun with these bird houses.  This color fest I call -"Plaid Stained Glass Gothic ".  It's inspired by the window in the background of Grant Wood' s American Gothic in the shape but I thought I would make it a lot more color. How's this for the ultimate bird house?! It even has stained glass effect on the bottom. Enjoy! 

Windmill Dreams....

 Yes, another bird house.  I call it "Windmill Dreams".  And I'm sure you can see why.  Another roof on the bird house that is re-purposed gutters from my house.  I managed to get new gutters on the house recently and now have over 40feet of gutters I can repurpose...lol  Not sure if I'll use all of the gutters but time will tell.

Oh and did I mention these are all usable art?  There's removable roof parts, and air vents, and drainage holes.  There's also 4 layers of clear coat on them too.  Can you tell I am having fun with these?  Enjoy!

Expanding into Bird Houses- Ode to Corn

I've expanded into bird houses....

Photo: "Ode to Corn" Bird house

 

It's been a long while since I have updated this blog.  Between everyday life and then COVID, this blog kind of fell through the cracks.  After a Derecho storm (An Inland Hurricane) the
first I had ever experienced the almost 140mph winds took out trees, power, part of the roof and almost anything that wasn't bolted into the ground.  It was an eye opener what the weather can do.  

My tree lined street in shambles after a Derecho storm with 140mph winds.

 

I was lucky enough to be home at the time and took shelter but 3 large trees were lost and gutters were ripped from the house as well as shingles.  

It was after this one day while I was cleaning up the yard that I noticed the local birds nesting in my former mangled gutters.  It was then that it hit me! Those poor birds and thus I changed up my artwork and did a bit of "usuable" art but I decided to repupose the mangled gutters and a bit of wood that ended up in my yard mixed with new wood.  And bird houses started to take shape.

This is my first one that I did.  Loosely based on Grant Wood's Ode to Corn...

Enjoy!

Photo- Back of Ode to Corn Bird house.