Blooming Bird Feeder

Yesterday I learned of a special friends husbands passing.  He and she are both near and dear to my heart because of their simple and strong examples of faith.  My friend is outstanding in her service to our community to the less fortunate.  He was a leader of youth and service in his church.  They shared a love that was genuine and pure and evident to all.  Their love for each other was only rivaled by their love and commitment to Jesus!  In September of 2009 he was diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer and after a hard fought battle, the lord took him home on April 28, 2010.


I am sharing this with you because I cannot write today w/out writing what is on my mind and heart.   Like me,  they also shared a love of birds!  She and I had many talks about how they loved to sit on their porch together and watch the birds.   One of her many favorite scriptures is posted on my blog.   She is a spiritual mentor to many and myself as well.   We have discussed this scripture, from Matthew 6:26, about how God provides.

I believe God uses all of us to provide in many ways!  So, today in honor of my friend and the loss of her dear sweet husband I am sharing my latest bird feeder.  In my last post I mentioned I wasn't quite finished with my outdoor vignette.  Well the truth was, I thought something needed to sit on the little chair.  I had been thinking of potted plant or a lovely teacup feeder as our blogging  friend Debbie showed us here.

http://debbie-debbiedoos.blogspot.com/

 

But then I was out and about this week and came across this at T.J. Maxx for $1.50.  Don't you know the wheels started spinning in my head as I gazed at this, I'd bet lots of you would have done the same.  Yes, this is a potted plant with a metal flower that has lost it's bloom!

Luckily, I remember I had something here at home that would work perfectly with this.  I've had this candle holder for some time and used it outside quite a bit as you can see it was starting to loose it's luster.   Trouble was how to get it to adhere w/out putting a whole in it and risk breaking the glass.

Then while rummaging in the drawer to retrieve this old candle holder I came across this old lid from a jar candle that I no longer have.  I picked it up and was thrilled to see it was just the size I needed to make a perfect base for the glass.

So I got out my husbands tools, shhh, don't tell him and tapped a whole in the top and attached to the top of my metal flower with some crazy glue.  Then I pulled out my craft paints and added some iridescent green to the leaves and stem and the jar lid.

Then after lightly painting a little white on the pot I glued the glass on the top w/the crazy glue.

And there it stands, ready for the finishing touch.

And for the final touch, I moved this little metal flower that has regained it's bloom plus a whole lot more.  I added a little bird seed and it was done!

It now serves a purpose as a new bird feeder in my yard and has claimed it's spot beautifully in my outdoor vignette.  Isn't it just the sweetest flower ever?  I love it!

I hope you will forgive me for arriving a little late to the parties, but real life has it's priorities.

  I am linking with the following parties today, please see these sites for more great finds.

http://shabbynest.blogspot.com/ for Frugal Friday

http://decormamma.blogspot.com/ for Frugalicious Friday

Thanks for sharing my world and let me know you stopped by.

Have a great weekend everybody!