The Bluebird Patch

It is so rare to find cute bluebirds clip art to download these days. If you are a graphic designer this is a niche you might want to explore. There's a Shabby Chic designer I found the other day that specializes in vintage clip art.      Her name is Keren Dukes from "Pretty Little Things For You" . She is also a team member of " Shabby Blogs " one of my favorite websites. She posts ne w clipart almost every week, free to dowload. Here's some of my favorites so far. Giver her a visit sometime and look around. You might find something you like.   Adorable biz cards. Click here to download.   Bluebird Frames (I use http://www.fotoflexer.com to insert the photo) Greetings Cards! How cute are these :)   Email Buttons Click the email link for the blue frame option.   Bluebird Tag To download the original copies go to   Pretty Things Photostream on Flickr  

More than a month ago, Doug and Diane Willard of Midlothian found the tiny bird lying flat, featherless, freezing and breathing heavily in a neighbor's newspaper box. A handyman, Doug Willard was helping close his neighbor's newspaper holder to deter bluebirds from nesting there. The near lifeless bird's mother had not returned to the nest in some time, and another young bird was dead on the ground. "You could feel the body, and it was just cold," Diane Willard said. "So I brought it home, and for four weeks, I had it on a heating pad. It was so pitiful. I mean, it was just flat as a pancake." Five-and-a-half weeks later, "Birdy" is a full-size bluebird with majestic, royal-blue wings and a hearty coat of gray feathers on her breast and back. The Willards' neighbor, Louise Nuckols, another adoptive figure in the fledgling's life, even found Birdy a cage to sleep in. "We didn't think it would make it through the wee...

The stream was taken down from the server and moved to another site. Here's the link since the embed code is not working properly. Bluebird Momma Live Stream (in Color and split screen) How precious!!! I can't stop smiling looking at this :) Here's another cam. If you are patient enough you might see the baby birds hatching ;)

 Meet the Edgewater Hill Blue Birds thirty-five sculptures in a small section of Cleveland’s Detroit Shoreway neighborhood that have been  installed on utility poles, street corners, warehouse buildings, and homes. The Edgewater Hill Blue Birds make visible the connection between the neighborhood and Lake Erie. During the summer months, some of the Blue Birds are hidden in the trees. In the fall and winter, the Blue Birds will reveal themselves and appear as bright blue ornaments set off against the seasonal backdrops. Amazing project don't you think? Someone needs to contact Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue so he can bring these breathtaking sculptures to Atlanta. Well, maybe I'm a little itty bitty bias but I think they would make a great statement in our city ;) I can help hanging them ha!

Etsy "Happiness" Find of the Week Suzi Frees Her Bluebirds - Print What I loved the most about this print is what it represents. Like the artist of this print states " We all need to free our bluebirds of happiness! " and I couldn't agree more. This whimsical print retails for $20.00 and is available on AliceinParis.etsy.com  

Easy Styrofoam Bluebird Today's craft is courtesy of Kids Craft Weekly This pensive little bluebird is even simpler to make than it looks. Once kids get the hang of using a skewer to make holes in the polystyrene they will happily come up with their own exotic bird species! You will need • two small polystyrene balls • wooden skewer • kid's pvc glue • acrylic paint and brush • match sticks • scissors • googly eyes • four feathers 1. Paint the polystyrene balls. I have found that this is easiest if you skewer the balls first. 2. Attach head and body using half a matchstick and a spot of glue. Then stick matchstick legs into the body. 3. Use a skewer to make holes for two wings, a tail and a feather on the top of the head. Then stick in the feathers. 4. Glue on googly eyes and use half a match stick as a beak. For more amazing crafts please visit Kids Craft Weekly and ma...

BLUEBIRD An album of music to pacify the age of anxiety The Choir of New College Oxford Capricorn Ensemble directed by Edward Higginbottom Decca 466 870-2 Recorded in New College Chapel, Oxford Playing time : 76'32" DDD Reviews "This famous choir now has a history (albeit a fairly recent one) of putting together programmes likely to have a wider appeal than those devoted to a single composer or to music for the Anglican liturgy. This new recording takes its title from Stanford's imaginative and readily memorable setting of The Blue Bird... The various pieces follow one another smoothly, with scarcely a break in sound or disruption of the pervasive tranquillity. Performances are fine: choral tone and balance sensitively controlled, with forms of accompaniment nicely varied to include harp and strings as well as organ." For more info please visit: http://www.newcollegechoir.co.uk/cds/bbird.htm