So lucky to have a friend like you

My phone buzzed.

"2 girls got 2 perch plaid birdhouses today."

"They hung out by the stockroom and followed the tank out."

My friend, L., was sending me text messages of what was going on in Home Goods that Friday morning.

The day before, another friend, S, had sent me pictures and offered me some other ceramic goodies that she has found in Marshalls.

A day after, yet another friend, J sent me pictures as she went through the shelves in her T.J. Maxx....

A few years ago I started collecting Rae Dunn pottery. While scouring the stores for the pieces that I was missing, I found some of the nicest people I've ever met. People like L, S, and J.

No thanks to COVID-19, my school district is currently closed and the kids are doing online learning from home. Even hubby is working from home! Since I can't go hunting for pottery like I used to, my friends are keeping me posted about what's available in the stores.

Rae Dunn collectors know that it is birdhouse season (the time of year when the stores starts putting out her ceramic birdhouses) and I had to laugh when I saw LD's new Girliebird collection. Seeing LD's birds and birdhouses just cracked me up! How timely! I had to make something with it.

Using Silhouette Studio (DE), I designed a card with a lot of Weld and Offset. In fact, the method that I used to design this card is similar to how I made a card in the video tutorial HERE. 

I cut out the bird using different colored cardstock and printed the background. I cut out the printed background with my paper trimmer and layered that onto a heavier card base. I adhered the assembled bird on top of it and added some glitter to the clover. I finished the card with some bling and ended up with this:

I can't help but think of my Rae Dunn friends, L, S, and J while I was making this card. I used to think I was lucky whenever I found a piece of pottery that I wanted, but now I know that I was truly lucky to have found friends like them. 💗


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Files used:
Girliebird - Lucky cut set (SVG included)
Patty Mouse paper pack
Unicorn Dreams paper pack
PN Garment District font
ZP Gingerale