My BirdSong Tag Book Arrived!

My tag book from Karla Nathan's Birdsong Swap was waiting to welcome me home from work yesterday.  So much creativity in a sweet little bundle that came wrapped in a vintage book page.

 This the cover Karla made.  Can you imagine making over a HUNDRED of these - Wow!  There is a cute little birdcage charm and a feather attached to the bottom left corner.  Click the picture to make it larger.

 The second tag is made by Marie.  I met her during Where Bloggers Create and had admired the tag on her blog so I was thrilled when one of them was included in my book.

 This tag is made by Andrea and it is finished off with a wonderful beeswax coating.  Yummy feel!

 I love the little poem on Stephanie's tag.  The back is decorated with a neat bird stamp and banner.

 Susan's tag has a hand-embroidered bird and is sewn to a paper tag.  Oh. My. Gosh.  Hand embroidery!

 Terri's tag is printed on muslin then sewn to a paper tag.  I love the fringe and the MOP button.

 This colorful little collage was made by another Kathy.  Such a creative variety of papers and images!

The last tag was made by Beth and it is a collage of wonderful vintage wallpaper and you know my weakness for wallpaper!
After I photographed it I untied the ribbon and added my extra tag I made for myself to the back.  Participating the this swap was so much fun and I am so pleased and honored to have each and every little piece of artwork. 

A Sneak Peek at My Birdsong Tags

I finished my tags for Karla Nathan's Birdsong Tag Book Swap today.  One of them will stay with me and the other seven will fly off to Kansas on Friday.  Karla will mix them up and assemble them into little books of seven tags each, plus a cover made by her.  There are over a hundred people participating.  Making eight tags took me some time so I can't imagine making over a hundred covers!

 

You might recognize the Golden Robin picture I used for the backside from this post.  Perfect for the Birdsong theme!  I had the vintage photo of the sweet little boy playing in the birdbath for a while now and wasn't sure how to use it because the birdbath was cut in half.  I think it was just waiting for the right project to come along and then it told me it was ready.

I sandwiched a piece of torn cotton fabric in between the two sides then machine stitched them together.  The soft fringe around the edges has a downy, organic look and feel.  I love stitching on paper!

As I'm typing this I realized I put my name and email on the back but forgot my blog address - Doh!  I will have to fix that before they fly off to Kansas.  I can't wait to see all the little works of art that fly back to me!