BIRD CAGE FUN!

O.K.......maybe it's not a bird cage...maybe it's an old lamp shade frame.  I really don't know.  I found it at an antique booth back in February (I think it was $6.) and had to have it because it had so much potential.  Check it out:

Could you pass that up??  Do you know what it is??  If you do...let me know, because I would like to find a few more!
Now if you are a follower of mine, you know I'm on a new color kick.  I l-o-v-e this fuchsia color and am really using it to punch up my summer decor.  I had some scraps leftover from the pillow I made.  (You can check it out here if you missed it.) 

I cut some strips in to 5" X 1 1/2" strips, then using scissors to make a clip in the center, ripped each strip in half for a scrappier look.  I made 8 strips total.
Then I got out my beads....I found this whole strand of various shades of pinks and fuchsia at WalMart for $4.00.  (Could ya go wrong at $4???)  I separated them by color:

And then....because I'm just kind of weird, I had to stop everything and bag them up and arrange them by color shade.  I can't help myself!  Anybody else out there like that?  (No wonder it takes me so long to get a project done!)

Whew!  Now I can see them all and make a better selection for this next part.

I got out my eye pins and strung some beads on them "ombre-style", then bent the top over making a little hook to hang them by.  I made 8 of these:

So, I tied the scrappy strips on to the cage/lampshade/whatever....and then hung these eye pins in between:

Then I made a pretty bow, tied it on top and put these two little birds in it. 

Isn't it fun?!  Now, if you're not like me, you can have this done in under an hour.  If you are somewhat anal.....it will take you that long to sort and bag up the beads!! Either way, it's about a $10.00 project. 

I kind of like it hanging (without the birds) on the shelf at my entryway with all of the other fuchsianess I have going on.  Which do you like better?

Linking Up:

Sunday:

C.R.A.F.T. : Making Monday Marvelous, By Stephanie Lynn: Under the Table and Dreaming, Homeaker on a Dime: Creative Bloggers Party & Hop, Serendipity and Spice: Manic Monday

Monday:

The Gunny Sack: What's in the Gunny Sack?, Creatively Living: Tell it to Me Tuesday,

Tuesday:

The Winthrop Chronicles: Share It, Not Just a Housewife: Show Me What Ya Got