My house to yours....

This is the glass house I made for the Habitat for Humanity Auction. This is how it was done:

• cut glass in shapes for the house (2 pieces for each side/roof)
• made the collages for each side in photoshop and printed (credits to follow)
• added glitter to the butterfly wings, then sandwiched each collage in between each set of glass and edged with copper foil (available at www.artwerx.us)
• soldered up the edges, forming the house
• glued on twigs and moss found locally, then the little birds, pocket watch (available at www.artwerx.us), and silver spoon.

I left 'vent' space in the walls so tea lights could be placed underneath. For the roof I sandwiched a printed paper and copper mesh that was heated to color. I'm pretty happy with it. I need to make another to keep for myself, but I think I'll go a bit smaller.

House collage was made using my fave digi-artist's kits:
Tracy Ann Designs
*Peek-A-Boo Words 2
Holly McCaig
*Flourish
Jen Wilson
*A Little Birdie Told Me
Rhonna Farrer
*Peachy Keen
*June 2006 Freebie
Kathryn Balint
*Make a Fairy
Melanie Willman
*Call of the Wild

The layout I made used:
Holly McCaig
*Summer Lovin
*Journal Dates
Meredith Fenwick
*Covered Stamp Sheets 2
Jen Caputo
*Torn Out & Curled Rips

Sneak Peek

I really am terrible at creating something when I have to. I've been struggling to come up with something for the Habitat for Humanity auction on June 2nd.... until today. I finally finished the design work for the bird house. I'm making mine from glass, but I needed the artwork to sandwich between the panes.
Here's a screen shot of what I've done.








This next one is in poor lighting, but you it's just a sneak peek anyway. Because my glass was too thin to cut the hole for bird house , I had to come up with something else. I chose a pocket watch. I stuffed it with moss for a nest, and a teensy tiny mushroom bird that my mom sent me. The spoon that's all bent up in an antique silver spoon that I got at the antique shop a few weeks ago. It's the perch.

Now I just need to get a wood base and some votives to go inside, so when it's soldered up it will be a sweet glow in the highest bidder's home.

I need some artistic advice

I'm making a glass birdhouse 'Sally Jean' style, for the upcoming Habitat for Humanity auction. I was lucky enough to get an invite to participate in this and I'm really honored. So... I'm making a glass house, but the front will be totally solid (no bird hole), because this will be purely decorative. My problem is the the 'hole'. I want to put something there to represent the whole, but I don't know what. Someone I know is using the standard wood house, and she's dressing up her hole with an vintage optical lens. Super idea, but I don't want to do that same thing as her. What can I use for my 'hole'? I'm using a vintage spoon or fork, bent up for the 'perch'. The style of the house will be a kinda vintage, kinda nature.... so what are your suggestions?????
I'm going to post pictures from start to finish... I think that might be fun.
So then there's the wood house they gave me... I think I will do that more 'whimsical' in style... fun colors, lots of pattern. I'll keep you posted on that too.