Every year, i get a new calendar for my desk. I like them to be fairly small, but easy to reference at a glance. If they happen to be beautiful and inspiring, well, i love them even more. When i spotted this flip-open calendar by Cavallini & Co. at my local Borders bookstore,
i had to have it.
i had to have it.
The prints are hand-colored from the 18th and 19th centuries and had a wonderful Audubon-esque feeling about them. For 12 months, i have adored each of the images. But then December came, and i just didn't have the heart to toss these beauties into the recycle bin..so i held onto it. Then yesterday...ding! An idea...So, i tore all the pages off the sprial binding:
got out my ruler, xacto knife, some card stock paper, and a few different shades of red/pink/maroon construction paper:
and cut out the bird image(s) with my pinking shears. On this one i used my xacto to make a single slit on the front edge of the nest:
Then cut out some hearts in all different colors, shapes and sizes—
glued the bird image to the card stock paper, put a dab of glue on the back of the heart cut-outs and inserted them into the slit on the front to make them look like they're in the nest:
and voila! Valentines.
Some birds didn't have nests so i had to get a little creative..
Next year...
Already seeing lots of potential for that elephant's trunk!
