flip flop topsy turvy

After tooling around trying to make my medallion x-mas dec's work, I got sick of that (because they look awful) and went back to try my luck with the birds. I found out my trusted felt tip pen writes/draws on the clay....what a revelation. I am much happier with this result. I am not dextrous with a fine paint brush and easily frustrated as I never get the result I want, but a felt tip pen can do just what I want it to. This is soooooooooo much better than my previous lame attempts. Now the x-mas tree will really look like it is full of birds. Happy x-mas tree decorating day (coming up soon).