How TWEET is This?

I am running way behind today and American Idol is about to come on so I'm gonna make this a quick post. Call me sad, weird or whatever but it's one of the few TV shows I watch year after year and I simply can't miss it.

Jilly came today to have lunch and some crafting fun so I thought it might be neat to see if she wanted to join me in this week's PT project - a cute little bird house - I've wanted to make one for a while now but just never got around to it. Thanks PT!

This was my finished effort. I knew I wanted to add acetate so you could see the contents inside as I plan to put Cadbury's mini eggs in mine - if there are any left that is since Jilly and I already munched our way through one bag while we crafted.

I was amazed at just how many 'bird' stamps I managed to find so we had a good choice. I used scalloped scissors on the ends of the roof and added a strip of punched lace using a MS border punch. It reminds me of a thatched roof - something we see alot of here in good ol' Suffolk, England.

Doing this week's project meant I was able to dig out some small punches to create the flowers and leaves. I have collected so many over the years and just when I think I could get rid of a few along comes an opportunity to use them and then I'm really glad I didn't.

Since I had lots of supplies Jilly played right along with me, same colours, same patterns except she chose a duck stamp for her bird.

It was definately a duck but she liked it better! I guess that's what it's all about - showcasing our individual tastes and styles in our projects.

Despite being busy today was a pretty good day off work. Back to the grind stone tomorrow I guess, still the weekend is only around the corner. I have sooooo much crafting I want to do, finish Claire's thank you gift, make something nice for my doc for next week, do the new SCS egg basket - so simple but cute plus a few things for the weekend and I still don't know how busy I'm gonna be on the PT DT yet?