Sneak Peek Friday

Welcome to Sneak Peek Friday!  Today is the big reveal for the little online ornament exchange from our Sneak Peek group at "In the Studio".

First of all, I have to give a warm hug to all the wonderful artists who participated.  I so enjoyed running to the mailbox to see if another one had arrived and also how much each ornament reflected each individual creator.   

To tell you a little bit about how developed my ornament.  I started with a visit to Michaels to see if I would see anything for an idea.  That's when I found the round disk.  So on a leap of faith I grab 10 round disks. 

I have this wonderful inspiration page from a paint brochure that I've kept over the years and between the colors from that and the bird idea and many wasted starts, I finally came up with this ornament.  The feather in this picture reminded me that I bought this pheasant years ago from Ebay to use the long feathers in a vase or something.

My "bird" dog, Tucker,  would go crazy every time I would take it out the package.  I think he could smell the bird.  So,  I had never used the feathers until now.

Little birds drying on my table lamp

Little birdies awaiting their new homes

I thought the disk looked a little plain after it was painted so the feathers and the ribbon seem to pull it all together.  Even the packaging was perfect... I had a clear box for notecards that I never used and the nesting was in a craft box I came across out in my garage.  All meant to be!

This little one awaiting its new home. 

If you would like join are little group, we would love to have you on Sneak Peek Friday, just visit Jennifer at  "In the Studio"  and give it a try.