Silverplate Teapot "Come Home" Birdhouse

Here's the latest birdhouse completed just today.

I started this birdhouse with the intention of keeping everything silver in color. It started with an International silverplate teapot. From there I used two antique skelton keys to hold a $1 coin for the perch. The "shutters" are two antique flattened spoons with "COME" on one side and "HOME" on the other. The front awning, I made by hand grinding an antique spoon into the form of a rose leaf and it is held by the untencil parts coming around from the side. I also hand grinded another spoon (teaspoon) into the form of a rose leaf and molded it coming out of the spout. On the back, to tie it all together, I fabricated two spoon handles into a back rib going across.

Please visit the PHOTO GALLERY for more photos of this bird feeder!