apron girls

February 21, 2008
by annwood

Sometime next week there are going to be new birds in my shop. The birds will be available in small editions, for example, this bird is an apron girl.

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*The apron girls are a small edition of birds made from a vintage apron. My birds are handmade from vintage materials so each has its own personality, unique characteristics and name ( that will be a surprise). Please allow for, and celebrate small variations. The bird you receive may not be identical to the bird in the photo but it’s going to look an awful lot like it.*

Some of the other editions I’m working on are picnic girls, corsage girls, jollies, dandies, wassailers, woebegones, prairie girls etc. etc. etc.

I will also be updating my etsy shop with one of a kind birds. If you’re on the mailing list you will be notified of updates.

wretched and woebegone

February 19, 2008
by annwood

I got a wretched rag of a quilt ( almost for free). I love how absolutely ruined it is.

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I planned on using it just for little bits of frayed color on owls and bats and things but there are enough usable bits to make birds as well. This is jasper.

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He is the first in a small series of birds called woebegones- birds who have had problems but have persevered.

lovely things

February 18, 2008
by annwood

I bought a couple big boxes of old lace and trim and stuff and I’m having fun sorting through it and washing it and ironing it and thinking of things to make.

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The photo above is just some highlights ( you can click the pic for details), there are tons and tons of good things.

I know someone who makes wonderful wool bears ( and other things) who’s name begins with E.

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I think the little E. monograms (love the dot) would make a perfect signature for them.

bird work

February 13, 2008
by annwood

On a rainy day. Lot’s of it. Bird supervised.

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I’ll have birds for sale in the very near future in my shop and etsy as well. This next update will be a little different and I’ll tell you about that soon.

1910

February 7, 2008
by annwood

I just got a great box of old fabric, it’s very old- 1900-1910 but most of it is unused. The pieces are cut in pattern shapes so I’m guessing it originally came from a tailor’s or dressmaker’s estate. My estate has a lot of birds in it. Anyway, it found it’s way to me and I love the little prints, especially the black and whites. The one on the lower right makes me think of Lena Corwin’s blog ( as always,you can click the image for a better view).

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And something else: little bird couples all dressed up and waiting to have their official portrait taken.

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work in progress – legs and beaks

December 13, 2007
by annwood

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I think (hope) my website problems are sorted out and sorry again to everybody who was frustrated or got refunded and especially to the people in England and Australia and Japan (and other places) who got up at an awful hour to try to buy a bird. I will be adding more birds before the holiday but I can’t give you an exact time and date – if everybody shows up at the same time and starts refreshing I’m afraid It will crash again.

birds on monday

December 7, 2007
by annwood

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******An unexpected, unbelievable and overwhelming number of people turned up for the bird sale.  The website crashed and was unable to  control the inventory or update the orders and I was unable to log into the admin panel to shut it down.  I’m sorting it out as quickly as possible.

So sorry for the confusion and inconvenience.******

There will be new birds and caketoppers available in my shop beginning Monday December 10th at 12 PM EST and I’ll be adding new things regularly after that. A couple notes on shopping at my new website:

*You need to set up an account there to purchase; it’s quick and easy – just a password and your address.

*Most of the things I make are one of a kind or in tiny quantities and a bird is marked “sold”, and is unavailable to other shoppers, only after the transaction is complete.

*I accept credit cards through Paypal. It’s easy and secure. No Paypal account is required but having an account will speed up your purchase.