CPG Mail Art Challenge: Bird Collage! - US Only

Let's have a little fun with paper bits! For this swap, please:

• Decorate the front of an envie with a bird constructed from different bits of paper. To keep it slightly challenging, please do not use something that is already a bird as your finished product (but feel free to use a bird cutout as a guide underneath your collage). You can use pieces of colored paper, patterned paper, magazine clippings, tissue paper, napkins, newspaper, book pages, photos...etc. The decorated envie will be used to mail everything in.
• Write a brief note to say hi and include the swap name and your swap-bot ID (and/or put it on the envie)
• Include 1 flat goodie, sender's choice (extras are up to you, but not required!)

You do not need to be an accomplished artist to participate - this is just for fun :) If your bird ends up looking like, say, a hot dog, that is perfectly ok (please don't rate down because you think your partner's bird looks like a hot dog or something non-birdlike!). We will define "collage" for this swap as glued-down bits of paper - if you want to go fancy and use sewing or some other technique, or make more than one bird, feel free.

Here are some general and interesting collaging tips and techniques:
General paper collaging
Tissue paper collage tutorial
Bird collages with DIY painted paper

If you are on Instagram and would like to share your CPG creations, please use the hashtag #cpgswap

Please let me know if you have any questions, and happy swapping!!!
[Photo credit: Clare Youngs]