Butterflies, Nests, and Birdhouses

The last few days I've been adding a touch of spring indoors.  It's a reminder that spring weather is around the corner, even though we had flurries yesterday.  Flurries!

I filled the milk jug with twigs and added in some little butterflies and nests,

randomly added a few butterflies to lamps and picture frames,

and I made a pedestal birdhouse.  I've seen a lot of these floating around blogland lately, and  they are absolutely adorable.  I HAD to make one. 

 

I purchased an unfinished birdhouse and candle stick from Hobby Lobby, and followed the tutorial over at The Speckled Dog.

After hot gluing the birdhouse to the candlestick I stained the wood.

Then I painted it white and distressed with sandpaper. 

Enjoy!