Damask, you look sexy!

heehee. 

It’s pretty obvious that I love damask.  I mean, just look at the background for my blog.

Well, I love damask enough to have used it for my wedding, as the fabric for our tables.  We used two different black and white damask patterns:

and

(I’m still working on picture taking for a blog…  or, apparently, picture taking in general haha).

This fabric is so pretty and I just love it so much.  I knew, even before the wedding, that I wanted to MAKE something with the fabric to use everyday- as a reminder of our special day.  I had an awesome idea when I saw this on www.spoolsewing.com:

(Click on picture to find the pattern and instructions on how to create these gorgeous birds.)

I took the pattern and created this:

Again, my pictures are awful, but it kind of shows you the cute little birdies I made for our bedroom- which, somehow, ended up with a bird theme (it all started with this post).  Maybe lovebirds… ;)

Happy bird watching!