blue birds in flight

just sold and relisted, these blue birds are flying to australia!

dawanda

in addition to my herban elements and design options etsy shop, i have a european virtual store via dawanda, high contrast it is called. i dont pay as much attention to this venue as i should, but i did sell something today: these great bird on a wire earrings in natural copper...

iPhone app for bird watchers

this afternoon i was weeding again...trying to catch up with the henbit that has enveloped many parts of my poor neglected flower garden: i know it's in there somewhere! i did leave a little of the weed in front of the rabbit's door, as its supposed to be cold tonight. there were a lot of birds out there with me...most of them i recognized, but the little sparrows are hard to differentiate: they are all so stripe-y in browns and beiges...then one popped up on the tutuer in front of me and sang a fantastic song! i was determined to i.d. this one since i had such a clear view, and pulled out my iPhone and opened my birds app. i knew this bird was some type of sparrow, and since it sang, i figured it could possibly be a 'song sparrow', so i typed that into the search box. the photo that turned up looked like the little guy and it had a song sound sample...which i pushed. the little song sparrow flew right at me and tried to land on my arm! after i screamed (not too loudly!), it veered left and landed on a branch above me and belted out it's song. what just happened? i hit the song button again on the app, and once again he tried to land on me, but choose to land near me instead, and sing the same song again! turns out the bird is attracted to the recording: some bird watchers actually use their iPhone bird apps to attract birds down from trees...not me, though: the little song sparrow seemed genuinely disappointed there was no mate there.

heated bird bath

thankfully we have had temperatures above freezing and the 45" of snow we have has started to recede. my heated bird bath provided water for the squirrels, but none of the local birds have come by. spring cant come soon enough.

top selling birds

i seem to sell a lot of bird pendants and earrings during both spring and fall migration.

red birds on a wire

speaking of feathers, just sold these red bird on a wire earrings from my high contrast etsy shop. not sure if they are cardinals or (male) summer tanagers, but whatever: they are cool.

bird watching

tonight i worked late again in the studio: this time not distracted by the nba play-offs! i made one of my favorite (and best selling!) items: my little enameled soaring birds. they remind of how much i enjoy bird watching now. they are cute and colorful, just like the real thing! i started bird watching when i injured my knee a few years ago. now, not only do i have a bird identification app on my iphone, but i am also a member of cornell university's project e-bird. i have decided birds are kind of awesome.

slide.com

cool free slide show made on slide.com of my high contrast three dimensional enamels available

from my design options shop.

blue bird mania!

everyone seems to be feeling the bluebirds right now! (see post below on loriola).

these adorable bluebird earrings from my high contrast line sold via

my etsy shop are very popular!

loriola

moms are superheroes and lori at loriola is wonder woman for sure!

she used to be my neighbor, but now resides with isabel and the mister down in raleigh.

lori makes pretty things, plays with children and keeps secrets.

apparently, she also teaches glass to perform magic!

loon-ey!

i loved her jewelry first, then i met stephney wallace at the downtown holiday market, and now i love her too! stephney lives in the artistic mecca known as baltimore, one of my favorite cities in the world and home to the maryland institute, college of art (one of my alma maters). i was watching loons fly and dive on the potomac river last week, so this pendant caught my eye this cool morning while dreaming of spring migration.