Three Little Birds And A Few Of Their Closest Friends

I have been saying for a while now that I would post about my collection of birdie figurines one of these days.  Well, I guess it's one of these days!  I love the look on that little guy on the right.  I don't know what the other two are tweeting about but it seems to have left him speechless.

I was trying to think how to photograph them.  Most of them are displayed on a shelf that runs around the top of my kitchen, obviously not ideal for photographing them.  I finally decided I would take a queue from Mother Nature {birds of a feather flock together} and try grouping them by color.

Hmm.  This picture just mysteriously switched places with the yellow birds.  I switched to Blogger's "new and improved" posting template.  I think I don't know what I'm doing.  Do the photos look smaller to you or is it just me?  The pair in the nest above were a gift from ME to my mother on her first mother's day.  I had a good eye for a 1 year old!

These are the ones that didn't really fit into a color category.  The misfit birdies flock together, too.  Hmm.  I don't know why there is so much white space between these photos.  I can't seem to delete it.  The top two figurines in this picture are planters.

I have a few modern birdies in my collection, as well.  These brown ones were a gift from my DIL.  I mainly collect the birdies with a glossy finish.  I have just a few with the matte finish and they are displayed in my office at work.

The two little baby birds in the nest at the top can be removed.  A couple more modern figurines and a couple more planters in this picture.

The two cardinals are perfect next to my kitchen Christmas tree during the holidays.

I will finish up with these two because they were my very first birdie figurines.  They were a gift from my Grandmother when I was just 4 or 5 years old.  They do not have a glaze over the top of the paint and the colors are so fragile after 50 years that I don't even dare wash them anymore because it is flaking.  I just dust them with a feather duster and hope for the best.  I also wanted to show the cover of the little songbook that was underneath the figurines in the other pictures.  So sweet!

I am hooking up with Vintage Inspiration Friday at Common Ground and Show and Tell Friday at My Romantic Home.

If you are a follower be sure and check back on Sunday because I have a surprise!

Flower Frog Collection

I haven't done a post about something I collect for a while and a comment from Terri over at Chocolates4Breakfast prompted me to gather up my flower frogs for a picture. Hers are just beautiful and I love how she uses them for storing some of her art supplies. Be sure to pop over there and check them out. Mine are mostly stored on a shelf and occasionally used for, well, flowers! Two are displayed on my kitchen windowsill in a portion of my collection of Forest Green and Royal Ruby depression glass. I need to do a post about that someday! I do use one pin frog to display the sad little picture in the cloche. The wire "cages" are my favorite and after Terri's inspiration I'm definitely going to be on the lookout to add to this collection! I haven't participated in Vintage Inspiration Friday at Common Ground before and I'm coming to the party a little late but still hooking up and looking forward to visiting some new blogs. Many thanks to Debra for hosting!