Announcement    Welcome to my shop, LadyWhoLovesBirds, where you will find DESIGNS LIKE NO OTHERS. Note that Custom Holiday Cards must be ordered by December 1st.

I am DEDICATED to HELPING all CREATURES, DOMESTIC & WILD, who cannot help themselves. Know that 20% of my profits go to these organizations that are doing great things (listed at the bottom) .
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I have an affinity for birds, particularly the BIMBY or Birds-In-My-Back-Yard. Creating ART from these little birds that frequent the many fountains and feeders in my Victorian garden on the Westside of Santa Cruz, CA. couldn’t be more rewarding. I live there with my family, 4 dogs and a cat named Woody.
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I also have great memories from Yosemite National Park and have a BATIK series of the most famous of the Yosemite landmarks: El Capitan, Half Dome, Vernal Falls, Yosemite Falls, Valley View and Tuolumne High Country. These are particular favorites of mine.
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I have my bachelor’s degree in ART with emphasis in Textile Design with most of my training in BATIK. (BATIK is a ancient method of creating fabric that involves applying hot wax and dyes or inks repeatedly to a piece of fabric, alternating the wax and dyes to achieve unique patterns and designs.) To create a new piece, I like to start with a photograph which inspires a drawing that might become a atercolor and, if the design is right, I will create the BATIK. I have to be very elective as to which designs become BATIKS. Each piece can take weeks/ months to create, and knowing what works and what doesn’t is pretty important.
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The best designs are put onto the computer, often altered a bit, combining and repositioning. They become illustrations that are turned into greeting cards and silk prints. These are the heart of my business here on Etsy. My BATIK originals and prints can be viewed on my website, LadyWhoLovesBirds.com. I also open my studio, which is in the ground level basement of my home, for our county wide Open Studios during the month of October and for the holidays.
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My love of birds started with me simply being more observant of the visitors coming to my home many years ago. My very first such observation was an Audubon warbler that came back year after year. He was extremely territorial and would chase away other little birds, one in particular (turned out to be a Townsend warbler) that also liked our yard. I began realizing that there were many birds that visited. I felt blessed and wanted to know about them. I picked up a beginner’s birding book and started identifying my BIMBY. They now form the basis of much of my art business, LadyWhoLovesBirds: bushtits, chestnut-backed chickadees, scrub jays, mourning doves, hermit thrushes, rubycrowned kinglets, juncos, pygmy and red-breasted nuthatches, cedar waxwings, Audubon warblers, and of course, CROWS!
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So do come in and browse. I look forward to hearing from you.
Thank you for visiting my shop! And I can't forget to ask...."Who are Your BIMBY?"

Alexandra Sanders
The LadyWhoLovesBirds

Charity Water, Rainforest Action Network, Santa Cruz Native Animal Rescue, Marine Mammal Center, Greenpeace, International Fuynd for Animal Welfare, Nature Conservancy, Center for Biological Diversity, Audubon Society, Earth Justice, Takis Shelter, Pelican Harbor Sea Station, Santa Cruz SPCA.