One Last Project In Ohio

So I have one more project before I pack everything up. I have to make this quick as well, the Dish guy will be here soon to disconnect everything. So anyway, I know I don't normally blog about my projects... I blog about food. However, I was so excited about this simple project I had to share it. I found it on the net.. of course... and tried it myself. Here is what you'll need:

A Reader's Digest Book - This books are great and can always be found at Goodwill. They have great patterns on them. As you can see... mine is a blue pattern that will go great with my decor.

Reader's Digest - $1 at Goodwill

A picture of a bird. - Google is a great place to find bird images. I wanted to find a picture of Ohio's state bird... which believe it or not is a Cardinal... same as Indiana. So that was a neat piece of information that will be stored with other useless information in my brain. I wanted two birds on my project (yes I'm intinally saving the end project for last) so I just cut one picture out and just flipped it over so the two are facing different directions.

A black permanent marker and a pencil - Most people have these laying around. I know I have ton's of permanent market... never have too many.

So that's it! That's all you need. Now, I'm going to show you my finished project:

Cardinal (male and female) Silhouette

 Isn't that awesome!? Here are a few easy steps on how to do this with the best outcome.

1) Draw the branches first with a pencil. This way you can get it perfect. Than color it in with a black marker.
2) Place the bird (or birds) where you want them on the branch. Than you can trace the bird in pencil so you can erase any thing  you need to.
3) Finally, color in the birds and set out in a place where it can be enjoyed.

So, my goal is to do this for every state that I live in. So far, that's Indiana, Ohio, and now Missouri. I bought this book in Ohio so I figured this could be my Ohio book. I'll work on others later but I love the way this turned out.