The Gecko Galz theme for March is Birds and Bees. I decided to focus on the Birds. I love watching all of the colorful hats British women wear, and I thought bird hats would be a great idea. I’m also a huge fan of They Might be Giants’ song “Birdhouse in Your Soul.” Watch the video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhjSzjoU7OQ. These women were originally intended to be paper dolls; however, it didn’t look quite right. I decided to make the Mardi Gras Paper Dolls instead, see blog. For this project I created oversized winged women who carry birds on their heads. Why? Why not!

I printed each element out and then collaged the pieces onto double-sided scrapbook paper. Eventually, I plan to bind the 6×12 paper together.

The ladies are from the Gecko Galz sets Ladies in Green and Ladies in Yellow:
Ladies in Yellow: https://www.etsy.com/listing/1012778972/ladies-in-yellow-collage-set?click_key=84e297dd14308cab432e53245ffe12e6b96a3006%3A1012778972&click_sum=843e24f0&ga_search_query=ladies&ref=shop_items_search_1&pro=1 and

Ladies in Green: https://www.etsy.com/listing/1116915512/ladies-in-green-digital-collage-set?click_key=1e0360c51185f73f6bba47073ee130fd6f7c8314%3A1116915512&click_sum=4758ff10&ga_search_query=ladies&ref=shop_items_search_19&pro=1.

The butterfly wings are from the set Butterfly Wings: https://www.etsy.com/listing/193684257/butterfly-wings-digital-collage-set?click_key=113e0bffe20a78841132b8e26d87408ce330e6ed%3A193684257&click_sum=3fcd0a13&ga_search_query=butterfly&ref=shop_items_search_11&pro=1.

The ephemera and birds came from the following sets:
Little Birds, https://www.etsy.com/listing/1172303744/little-birds-digital-collage-set?click_key=f1017d89ad40d69177a4614866671060fa0da902%3A1172303744&click_sum=aa03b0f6&ga_search_query=birds&ref=shop_items_search_1&pro=1, and

Blue Birds of Happiness: https://www.etsy.com/listing/274377774/blue-birds-of-happiness-digital-collage?click_key=73685ff0329e5216f600d5efbaae1a6623b3e83a%3A274377774&click_sum=6dac8d2a&ga_search_query=birds&ref=shop_items_search_8&pro=1.

Once I fussy cut out the images, I arranged them and adhered them with a glue stick. After they were assembled, I selected the scrapbook paper to affix them onto. As you can see, two of the women’s heads extend off the page. I like this feature.

Check out other Gecko Galz digital products here: https://www.etsy.com/shop/geckogalz?ref=simple-shop-header-name&listing_id=456095036.