By sunscape on Skatehive
Some of the birdhouses around the yard have been up for over 25 years, and some of them were in desperate need of repair. I decided to work on one of them so I could get it up in time for nesting season. I had a lot of crystal chips in a drawer and thought that they would look good on the walls. I chose moonstone chips since I had a lot of them. I blocked out an area on one side with dark green chips and used citrine for the window area. I put an adhesive on the wood in sections while I placed the crystal chips in place. It was a slow process, but I knew that it would look nice in the end. The front of the birdhouse got some amethyst chips for the door. If I had thought it through, I would have taken the time to sort out the darkest ones for the door. Too late, the adhesive was getting too dry by the time I realized it would have looked better. I chose dark brown acrylic paint to trim the entire house with to give it some contrast. It is starting to look pretty good. Before I worked on