SUNSHINE!! ... and for the rest of the week!! Shall we pop to the beach this weekend? I think so!

I changed over my seasonal tree last week from hearts to bunny's! Feeling like Spring is coming and Easter is just around the corner.

I had fun a few weeks ago making some decoupage hearts for my shop, and while I was at it I made a couple for my tree with an empty tomb and three crosses.

Along with some sweet Easter Decorations you can find some other decoupage hearts I have listed here ->

I have at last framed my bird painting that I finished before Christmas, and I want it to have a little perminant place here as it took me ages to finish. There was a lot of putting down and not working on it, so it feels momentous to have it at last on the wall!!

Steve loves his garden birds and for Christmas he got a big bird peanut butter holder and some pot of specialist peanut butter. The birds took a while to figure out what it was but they soon loved it and we have gone through the 6 pots we had with it!

We decided to make our own rather than spend a fortune on the special pots! If you want to treat your birds during Winter and while they are breeding, it is very good for them!

Here is the simple recipe we have used. You want to make sure you use peanut butter with no added salt or sugar or sweetener.

You need:
200g Lard
250g Crunchy Peanut Butter
180g Oats
280g Bird Seed or Sunflower Hearts

Melt the lard and add in the peanut butter.
Stir in the oats and seeds.
Pour into containers and leave to cool to solidify (you can pop in the freezer if you want a quicker setting time)

We messed up and when we poured into the original pots, they melted so are all deformed!! They still work but look bumpy!

I'd love to know if your birds love it or if you have a different recipe!