We just made a collection of these large Garden Butterflies. They are approximately 4 x 4 inches in size and are attached to a 2 ft metal rod. As the metal rod provides give in the wind they stand up very well in Alberta’s summer weather conditions and add a wonderful stained glass touch to your flower and garden beds.
Designed by Bob & Flory Wilkins
For our oldest granddaughter Poppy’s 1st Christmas we obtained this Wren/Nuthatch bird house from The Wild Bird Store in Calgary and attached the small stained glass poppy. Poppy’s mom and dad have a large treed back yard in Calgary with lots of many varieties of birds, bird feeders and bird houses. As of last report it appeared that chickadees were moving in/or just helping themselves to nesting material already deposited there. It will be interesting to see who gets to use it.
Stained Glass Poppy designed by Flory Wilkins
Wren/Nuthatch Bird House available at The Wild Bird Store Calgary, Alberta
These 4 Wrens are now available at The Wild Bird Store in Calgary. The measure approximately 4 inches by 4.5 inches and we used mostly Spectrum Glass, also 16 gauge tinned wire was used for the branch and the Wren legs.
Adaptation of design by Alison Ellis by Flory Wilkins
For Christmas 2013 we purchased these bird houses from The Wild Bird Store in Calgary. After staining the outside of each we fabricated and attached a small stained glass design of a Blue Bird/Tree Swallow, along with a name plate so both boys would be able to keep track of their bird houses and new residents. Recently they and their dad put up these bird houses and more pictures can be found on their mom’s picture blog at the following link.
http://dirtroadsab.blogspot.ca/2014/05/bird-houses.html
The next picture is of Ryley’s bird house.
Stained Glass birds designed by Flory Wilkins
Bird Houses available at The Wild Bird Store Calgary Alberta
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These Red Breasted Nuthatches measure approximately 5.5 inches x 5.5 inches. We used Spectrum’s Black/White/Clear, along with their Thunderhead glass, and a reddish orange for the body. These were just shipped to The Wild Bird Store in Calgary and are available from them. Nuthatches can be found across Canada in our spring, summer to fall months.
Adaptation of a design by an unknown designer by Bob Wilkins