Altered Matchbox: Theme - Birds

This month's theme on the Flickr group

 Matchbox Monthly Swap 2011 

is 'Birds'.

I immediately knew I wanted to make one of those cute little

 bird's nests made from wire and beads.

I googled and found a great tutorial on a blog called

Vintage Susie & Wings.

Inside as well as the wire and bead nest, I adhered some glass

pebbles - which perhaps look a bit like some more eggs?

There's also a used postage stamp with a bird on

and a little bit of twine around the edge.

The outside of the box I textured to make look like a tree's bark.

This was created with several layers of ink, paint, glue, more

ink and paint and a final layer of crackle glaze.

There's also another used postage stamp with a bird on,

glued onto a piece of chipboard and again covered with

crackle glaze.

The gold bird at the bottom is cut from shrink plastic

 from the Tim Holtz 'Caged Bird' die.

Can you see his beady eye - lol!

I enjoyed making the little bird's nest so much

I made another for the drawer pull.

Swap partners will be announced on 10th March

so I'll soon know who my little birdy box

will be flying off to!