It was an honor to attend the recent FaveCrafts® Blogger Event at CHA in January! When my box of swag from some of the event sponsors arrived, it was like Christmas all over again! I received fabulous products from MD® Hobby & Craft - which are EXACTLY my style - a great assortment from Plaid®, items from Simplicity®, Clover®, and Prima® Bead.
When I found out about this awesome Best Blogger Craft 2015 challenge to use products from one of the sponsors to create a unique creative project and submit it FaveCrafts - my mind instantly began to turn and churn and I knew I wanted to create something unique, and functional!
I love birds and birdhouses, so this Birdhouse Table & Chicken Wire Bird were a natural choice. The table could be a functioning birdhouse, but it also works as a great side accent table for a plant, or on a porch next to a comfortable chair to hold a cool beverage, etc. The little chicken wire bird is a totally unique accent piece to set on the table, or in pot with a pretty plant indoors or outside on a porch.
I built this birdhouse from scratch and have included measurements - but of course you could buy a large pre-made birdhouse, cut the top off flat and create something similar for an easier option!
Materials: (items in GREEN were included in my swag package from FaveCrafts!)
Plaid® FolkArt® Home Decor Chalk Paint- Seaside Villa
Plaid® Martha Stewart Crafts™ Multi-Surface Satin Acryilc Paint - Sandcastle
Plaid® Outdoor Mod Podge®
EKSuccess® Inkadinkado® Stamp Set - Flower Icons
Wrights® 5/8” Black ric-rac from Simplicity
MD® Hobby & Craft Metal Working Gloves
MD® Hobby & Craft Brass Rolled Metal
MD® Hobby & Craft Chicken Wire
MD® Hobby & Craft Hobby Shears
KellyCraft™ Get-it-Straight™ Laser Square & Multi-Mat™
Westcott® Titanium Bonded Non-Stick Scissors
Craft Attitude™ Printable Craft Film
Staz-On ink pad - Jet Black
Jax® Pewter Black
Beacon® 527 Adhesive
Repurposed wood 1/2” thick (I used old fence boards to create this birdhouse).
Assorted carpentry tools - saw, staple gun, drill, safety glasses, large hammer, rag
Paintbrushes
Permanent glue stick
Instructions:
Cut 4 pieces of repurposed wood (approximately 1/2” thick for all wood) 5” x 21”. Nail
Cut 2 pieces of repurposed wood 7” x 10”.
Cut 2 pieces of wood 4 1/2” x 5”.
Cut 2 triangles 8” x 6 1/2” x 5. Assemble to create side portions of “roof”.
Cut piece of wood 11” x 11”.
Cut piece of brass metal 12” x 12” and 2 pieces 8” x 11”.
Place brass metal pieces on hard surface, hit with large hammer to distress.
Apply Jax Pewter Black to all brass to add patina to age
distressed metal.
Fold edges of each piece back 1/2” and use staple gun to mount to two slanted roof pieces.
Mount 11” x 11” piece to top of birdhouse to create table top. Fold edges of 12” x 12” metal piece back 1/2” and use staple gun to mount to flat 11” x 11” table top (staples on folded edge).
Drill 3 evenly spaced 1 1/2” holes in center of birdhouse, and one in each slanted side roof piece.
Drill 3/8” holes beneath each large hole.
Paint birdhouse with FolkArt® Home Decor Chalk paint. Let dry.
Paint 2 1/2” band of Sandcastle paint beneath each hole on
center of birdhouse. Let dry. 
Ink birds on a branch stamp with permanent black ink. Place Craft Attitude film onto Multi-Mat and use Get-it-Straight™ Laser Square to help align separate rows of stamped bird images as shown.
Cut into strips.
Use permanent glue stick to mount stamped Craft Attitude to Sandcastle sections.
Cut black ric-rac and mount to top and bottom of each painted strip.
Cut twigs and use Beacon 527 to mount in 3/8” holes.
Coat all wood surfaces with outdoor Mod Podge.
I first saw a chicken wire bird on Pinterest. When I received the chicken wire from MD® Hobby & Crafts I knew I had to try to create 
