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A Vintage Spring Jar for my Swap partner!!!

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Hi Dear Friends, Today I wanted to share the Vintage Spring Jar that I made for Laurie my swap partner. The little bird house was an unpainted little house that I had for awhile. I first painted it with some acrylic cream paint, which I had already used to paint the lid with. I used some garden themed paper I had to then glue onto the little house. the roof is made with some vintage wall paper. I used some moss to tuck in where the flowers were on the lid. I had bought a set of enameled birds and used one for this little house...isn't he cute!!  The flowers around the jar were wound with wire on a very small white picket fence I had that I painted in cream. I also used some glitter around the edge of the lid. Here are some items I tucked into the jar for Laurie!! We were suppose to include at least half the jar with vintage items. I had a vintage Hankie, Buttons, Green velvet ribbon and trim...etc.  I gave Laurie a c