spring window

finally i can show some photos to prove i have not sat idle! i am so lucky to be able to dress this sweet window and i think about what i am going to do for ages and ages. it started with this little marquette.

its about 7" high and the weeny owl comes in at just over an inch!

as my love affair with burlap is far from over i attempted to make a life size model hence the 'carving'.

i only got as far as the trunk. it looked unattractive. big, brown and bulgy (i stuffed it with all my unfolded linen). this totally threw me as i was so sure it would fly. we half built a trunk out of rough sawn timber - nope. plywood it had to be. sadly it was raining the day i installed so i couldn't shoot the tree outside before we left.

i love ply. ply and test pots - oh and a handy-with-a-jigsaw husband!

flying to her babies in their nest is mama bird (the burlap got a look in with her!)

and her shopping. i wove the basket out of fine fine wire (as the frame) and string. i did get in a little trouble with prairie - birds don't drink out of a bottle ( i did not know that) birds don't eat carrots (its a gift for the rabbit on the swing) she bought the sack of seed idea though!

the babies.........

the carrot recipient.......

the other ply tree resident - who prairie cruelly said would fly up and take the babies out of the nest. (the owl is a vegetarian i retorted - appealing to her life choice)

and sitting on a 'shroom (though when i sat her on the little glued on ledge i snapped it off so she is casually leaning up against it in situ)

and inside the shop are lots of little owls

thanks for the nudge jenny - i knew when i typed the word tomorrow i was fibbing but a girl can try!

Comments

[Jackie]

So adorable Louise!! I can't stand how cute everything is...what a cute window display!

[sue]

Oh my goodness, too much adorableness! Those owls are just so sweet, and all the other animals you made too. Your so clever and insprirational. It makes me feel like sewing now.

[jenny]

OOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHH Louise!!!!!!!!! I love it. I want to brush up against it all and try and absorb it by osmisis!
It was well worth the wait. I'm glad to see the burlap got a look in. I covet those owls!!! Congratulations. You have exceeded yourself and after the nesting dolls I would not have thought that was possible. What a lucky shop owner salvage has. I feel very inspired now. May I post a link with one of your lovely photos?

[melissa]

completely adorable!

[Holly in Virginia, USA]

holy smokies, that window display is SENSATIONAL! I could just picture a toddler sitting there (having escaped from his mum or dad) playing with all the owls....totally absorbed in his/her playworld.

I do wish that store was in my town!
Holly in VA, USA

[joanie]

Louise it's fantastic! I love how it all came together. I'm so happy to finally be back online so I can see how it has all come together. Just perfect, you must be so pleased. I really wish I had one of those "handy with a jigsaw" husbands, lucky you :)

[jenny]

I think I need one of those owls. I keep coming back to them....

[Jennifer]

Sigh (that's one of those, ah, I'm in heaven sighs).
I have been enjoying your blog and the archives for months now, but finally have the time to write and ask if you have a pattern for the little birds. I'm part of a homeschooling group that does lots of amateur birding, and would love to try my hand at some for Christmas gifts... I checked your etsy store first... do you sell/share?

[creative recreation]

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