This is......My Collection (well one of them!)

Like many of us crafty collecting folk I have lots of things that just kind of metamorphosed into a collection!Living near the beach and loving nature I have a large collection of shells,driftwood,washed up glass and sea urchins. I have containers full of various gum nuts, pods and feathers. I have beads, buttons and quite a good fabric stash. I have lots of children's books and old magazines. I have even kept all of my birthday cards since I was five that my mum and dad gave me! This is becoming quite a collection! I remember my brother saying once that teachers are special kinds of squirrels!

But today I decided to share my collection of nests!

I am fascinated by how they are made and am impressed by the birds' use of "found objects." Included with their twigs, leaves,mud,blossom and branches I love to see all kinds of things cleverly woven in like hair, wool, string, dental floss, plastic, and paper. BUT the bird who made this nest gets the prize for being the perfect recycler!!

Yep! It is a teabag!!

When my sister and I were little mum always encouraged us to put our hair out the window when we cleaned out our hairbrushes so that the birds could use it for their nests and I still do this today!

This one is all soft and snuggly inside.

I wonder if I will be a minimalist when I grow up!!!! I very much doubt it!Thank you Leah for this week's suggestion-another really good one!

Comments

[jodie]

ooh I'd like the snuggly nest but with a cup of tea!

[CurlyPops]

Wow, thats an amazing collection!

[Dees]

That is soooo cool,what an amazing thing to collect!thanks for sharing,I love the teabagtag!

[Anastasia]

wow amazing nests!!! i too keep my boys birthday cards and my hubby think its a loopy idea but Im sure they might appreciate it one day?!! no??

[Maggie Pie]

What a fascinating collection! There are some creative birds out there...I'm sure the beach would offer up some wonderful treasures too.

[Maggie Pie]

What a fascinating collection! There are some creative birds out there...I'm sure the beach would offer up some wonderful treasures too.

[Annie]

Jenny, that is a wonderful collection of nests. I have a couple tucked away in the garden that my sister gives me from time to time to show the chn at school. They are just beautiful. I also put the hair out for the little birds. I have taken some photos tonight of my collection and will post tomorrow. Off to bed now ready for a new week.

[Melanie]

Fabulous collection! Love the tea bag!

[Chookyblue]

wow you and my book worm son would get on so well.......he has several collections and one is also bird nests but he does not have as many as you......and they are all so different

[Lucy Locket-Pocket]

What a lovely collection! Where do you keep them though?? Lucy x

[Juddie]

So wonderful!

[kyla]

Wow, what a different collection, beautiful at that. happy Sunday
Kyla

[Kelly]

Thanks so much for sharing - really a treat!

[Betty in the Kitchen]

how precious. It is fascinating to see everyone's treasures, thanks for sharing

[Kathy]

I love this collection! As a teacher I enjoy being a 'special kind of squirrel'. :)

[Starashan]

what a cool collection! I love birds nests too, they are such amazing works of art.

[Elly]

Owwww... this is very special, I've never seen so many of them at once! I treasure 1 little nest on a shelf at my barn. The kids found it and it's so beautifully made.

[flossy-p]

I saw this collection on Sunday, but was lost for words and didn't leave a comment. But you totally win my award for most unique collection. It's truly amazing. Do you have them all displayed on a shelf together? They would look beautiful in a big while art gallery, with natural light from big skylights, each displayed individually on a plinth. Imagine that! Walking into a room of nests on plinths each at a different height, dotted around the room. Beautiful.

How are your exhibition proposal writing skills? ;)

[Stacey]

That is such a cute collection! The birds really are ingenious aren't they? We have a birds nest in our garden that has lots of wool in it after I left a bag of wool scraps beside the rubbish bin and an industrious bird picked out the best bits. He now has the most colourful nest in the neighbourhood.

[mariannealice]

these are so absolutely beautiful...I am in awe of such a wonderful collection....

[hannah]

I love your collection, where do you keep them? I hope they are on display, they would make me smile to see in a little cabinet or something.

[Jacinta]

What an amazing collection. They are masters of engineering and yet so delicate - and I love the decorative (tea bag) touch.

[Mirka]

Amazing this collection of yours! How nice to read about it. The nest with tea bag really made me smile, so cute. In the spring & summer, when we have nesting birds here, I also put my hair out of the window after combing. I´ve thought it might help with making the nests, so I´m glad to hear there´s someone else doing that as well.

[JO IN TAS]

That's it, no longer will I put my hair from my brushes in the bin, I knew it could be useful somehow, it's going out for the birds. What a marvellous collection!!

[Les]

Thid truely is the greatest collection among them all! How original and great! So cut that one with the teabag-tag. LOVE it! How do you find them? Must be hard to find. Love your story about the hair hee hee...

xxxx have a lovely day!