Friday, April 23, 2010

Pink Saturday Prayers for Children

prayer top

A couple of years ago I found a Little Golden Book that had been illustrated by Eloise Wilkin…The bright redish pink cover made a perfect little altered birdhouse for a child’s room. Usually I remove the pages and use them to decorate the sides of the birdhouse. For this special book, however, I kept the book intact so that the book could still open…

title page

And the prayers are ready for bedtime reading and the

prayer birdhouse

birdhouse is ready to decorate a shelf or desk…I had no sooner finished this project when I came across the old hymn, His Eye Is On The Sparrow which would have been perfect on this one…Oh, well, that’s how it goes when you are recycling and reclaiming…I used the music on the very next birdhouse.

birdhouse back

And these sweet pink children remind us to give thanks for all our Blessings…

Now check in with Beverly for the list of participating Pink Saturday blogs… Until next week, hope your week is Pink in every way.

7 comments:

Maggie said...

Happy Pink Saturday!

In Shoes We Trust,
Maggie
"Do these shoes match this purse?"

Nancy said...

Cute! what did you find at the estate sales? :) N

Anonymous said...

OMG..that is the sweetest thing I have ever seen. You made me smile and you made my Saturday! I have got to make some of those for my new grand-daughter's room. It has been decorated in a bird motif with hand painted bird cages on the wall. These will be perfect.

Anonymous said...

Happy Pink Saturday!


Love this house!


~ Gabriela ~

Sherry from Alabama said...

How cute! You are so creative.

Sherry @ A Happy Valentine

Debbie-Dabble Blog and A Debbie-Dabble Christmas said...

What a cute idea! I collect vintage Golden books in anticipation of having the joy of reading them to future grandchildren!
HPS!!
Debbie

Anonymous said...

LaVerne, that is the most darling idea!!! I am in love with it and just might have to create something similar to that for my little Grand Kiddos!

Happy Pink Sat!!! Dana



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