Birdhouse Jewelry Tutorial!

For the past few days I've been jonesing to make a jewelry holder out of a bird house. So off I went to Home Depot. They didn't have anything that fit the bill, so the next day I went to Micheals. And that's where I found the perfect bird house! Now, obviously you could make your own if you are handy with tools and wood, but I needed instant gratification.

So, without further ado, a tutorial!

MATERIALS: One bird house with an open front (either without a wall, or just a big door, like the one I used. Mine is technically a dog house, it came with a little puppy stuffed animal.) acrylic paint, paint brushes, thumb tacks, power drill, drill bit.

STEP ONE: Paint! The most fun part. You can leave it plain, decorate it with stickers, collage it with picture from magazines or pretty papers, anything you want. I spent about 4 hours painting and re-painting until it ended up being a kind of thick gooey messy looking collection of colors. Not my best move. I also used the same honeycomb stencil from my coat rack for the roof!

This became this!

Step Two: I drilled little holes along the front lip of the floor, to hang dangly earrings from.

And while I was drilling, put a hole in the back to hang it on the wall.

Step three: Push in the pushpins! I bought a multi color pack of the metal headed thumb tacks, and only used the yellow to match the color on the roof. Easy cheesy. (You'll be able to hang necklace and rings from these!)

bing

bang

boom.

Step four: Hang it on the wall and put all of your pretties in it! Put rings and studs inside, hang things from the roof and hang your earrings through the holes you drilled!

Ta-Da! Thoughts? Suggestions? Comments? Awards? Lay it on me.