As soon as I saw images of their 3-d Butterfly Collages at Sixty-Fifth Avenue and The Year of Story I was in love and just knew I had to try and make my own. Well, not really my own. I made this one for a friend's baby shower that is coming up! I'm pretty sure she doesn't read this blog (yet, heh heh) so it should be safe to post it.
I seriously love this project so much that I think I'm going to tweak it a bit and create something similar for our own nursery. Everyone (including myself) is certain that we will receive a referral for a little boy so I'll have to switch up the butterflies with cars, airplanes, or even little fish. Oh, the possibilities!
So I headed to Michaels yesterday loaded up with dorky coupons and a giftcard from my birthday. I purchased:
- a large, white 11 x 14 frame (40% off plus 25% off)
- a large, white double matte (40% off)
- a Martha Stewart butterfly craft punch (40% off)
- a package of adhesive dots
- multiple sheets of pretty scrapbook paper
- a large, white 11 x 14 frame (40% off plus 25% off)
- a large, white double matte (40% off)
- a Martha Stewart butterfly craft punch (40% off)
- a package of adhesive dots
- multiple sheets of pretty scrapbook paper
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| Pretty scrapbook paper. |
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| Little foam dots to make the butterflies 3-d. |
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| Martha Stewart's butterfly craft punch. My new best-friend. |
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| After fiddling for an hour and figuring out I needed 35 butterflies, I created a grid in Word (only took 4 tries) and found a layout that I liked before committing with adhesive. |
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| I held the background up to the grid in front of a sunny window and marked a tiny green dot where each butterfly would go. |
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| Decisions, decisions. Leave the wings flat or bend the wings up? |
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| I decided to leave them flat. Gotta be a bit different. ;) How pretty are these paper butterflies?!? |
All framed, windexed, and finished!
 The double matte created enough depth for the 3-d butterflies to fit underneath the glass. |
| Oops. Did I accidentally hang that up on my own wall? |
P.S. Thank you so much to the aforementioned bloggers who tackled this project before me and gave me the inspiration.
P.S.S. Now I have to go and clean my entire house. Why is it that every time I start a new project it's like an explosion goes off in every room? I have "practice" butterflies all over the dining room floor, dirty dishes in the sink from yesterday, and coffee mugs everywhere! Help!
P.S.S.S. I'm heading out for a girl's weekend in Toronto tomorrow a.m. Maybe I can convince the girls to go to some fun furniture/decor stores while we're there. Fingers crossed!
Super cute Sarah!!! xx
ReplyDeleteI knew it would be beautiful, but this is absolutely amazing!!!
ReplyDeleteThat is ADORABLE Sarah! good work!
ReplyDeleteLooks terrific. Do you know the size inch butterfly punch you used?
ReplyDeleteOh, I just LOVE this!
ReplyDeleteThank you for always leaving such sweet comments, girls.
ReplyDeleteYou are my favourite(s)!!!!!!!
:)
Sarah
O.my.word. This is AdOrAbLe! It turned out so well! Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDelete[ps - and I TOTALLY know what you mean about the explosion in every room! Haha, why does every project end up all over the house?!]
I love it! I was thinking about tackling the same task with hearts for a present to my boyfriend...and you just gave me the courage to at least try. Great job!!!
ReplyDeleteJust beautiful...have a wonderful time with the girls!
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Love it! Just got my 40% off Martha butterfly punch from Michaels last week!
ReplyDeleteToo cute! I too saw that on 65th Ave...and thought I've got to make that or a version of it! I think I might do stars for a friends star-themed nursery! Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteWhat a cute project!! Love how all the butterflies turned out. Great job lining them up too!
ReplyDeleteI've been looking around your blog and like what I see! I'm your newest follower :)
I had looked for a butterfly punch and not found it - love the way you have used it! (off to Michael's now...)
ReplyDeleteLove this. Love your blog! Lx
ReplyDeleteThis project is DEAD CUTE!!!!!! I am sooooo stoked to go and try it in my little girls bedroom, then maybe find a beetle/car/truck punch and make one for my sons room too! This is really the best project i have seen in a while - you are very industrious and I am wicked jealous :) Thanks so much for your time and effort and then of course for sharing!
ReplyDeleteThis is sooooo cute! We are getting ready to move into a new home (our first home purchase actually) and my little girl has picked out the biggest room (besides the master) as hers. She has butterfly bedding and I will need more wall decor so this gives me a great idea! Thanks sooo much!
ReplyDeleteThanks for linking up at www.simplydesigning.blogspot.com
This is the cutest. Gotta say I love that you gridded it out in word so that you would be precise. I would never think to do that.
ReplyDeleteAwesome piece.
Bernadette
www.b3homedesigns.blogspot.com
Such a cute project! Great idea on laying out the grid first.
ReplyDeleteFound your project over at A little Lovely, this is so sweet! I am definately going to have to try this, thanks so much for sharing!
ReplyDeleteI LOVE this project and it has inspired my own :) Hope it's ok if I share your top pic in a post I want to run on Monday...
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Love this! I have seen a couple of these recently and bought a couple frames to try it! I can't wait! Thanks for sharing yours! Super cute! PS - I totally know what you mean about having to clean the house! Sometimes I turn into this crazy person that forgets about everything else when I'm working on a project. It will come to Monday morning and my husband asks, "Do I have any clean socks?"
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Thanks again for sharing!
Thanks for the inspiration! I finally made one for my daughter's room. She loves it. I wish I was able to locate the foam dots for the effect, but I had to glue them in place. I mentioned you in my post if you'd like to check it out!!!!
ReplyDeletehttp://bet1975.blogspot.com/2010/11/butterfly-wall-art.html
oh and this post too! http://bet1975.blogspot.com/2010/10/window-planters.html
ReplyDeleteas you can tell I love your blog!!!!
This is just darling. Just perfect for a little girl's room.
ReplyDeleteCindy
I love the prints you chose!!! :) <3
ReplyDeleteThanks for the grid, Sarah!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the grid, Sarah!
ReplyDeleteFound your project over at A little Lovely, this is so sweet! I am definately going to have to try this, thanks so much for sharing!
ReplyDeleteThis is the cutest. Gotta say I love that you gridded it out in word so that you would be precise. I would never think to do that.
ReplyDeleteAwesome piece.
Bernadette
www.b3homedesigns.blogspot.com
This project is DEAD CUTE!!!!!! I am sooooo stoked to go and try it in my little girls bedroom, then maybe find a beetle/car/truck punch and make one for my sons room too! This is really the best project i have seen in a while - you are very industrious and I am wicked jealous :) Thanks so much for your time and effort and then of course for sharing!
ReplyDeleteLove it! Just got my 40% off Martha butterfly punch from Michaels last week!
ReplyDeleteI love it! I was thinking about tackling the same task with hearts for a present to my boyfriend...and you just gave me the courage to at least try. Great job!!!
ReplyDeleteSooooo I am back here again and after my third try of lining the sweet little flutters up... and I JUST CAN'T get it!! Did I maybe read somewhere that you could e-mail us your fabulous grid? I just love it and must make it perfect!! if so my e-mail is brittany@gamblin.org
ReplyDeleteI love this so much! I would love to make this for a girlfriend. Is there any way you could e-mail the grid for this project? My e-mail is ratwood@iowatelecom.net
ReplyDeleteMan this is sooo cute. I am trying to make the heart one for my house.
ReplyDeleteWould you be able to mail me this grid? sarahrivard@yahoo.ca
or what dimensions did you put into word?
would you please email me the grid??? I love this so much!!! tama_m15@hotmail.com
ReplyDeleteGreat tutorial! Thanks for the grid and dot idea! I want to try with map stars like in your nursery. If you ever make another butterfly gift, I wonder how it would look with just one with bent wings.
ReplyDeleteHi Sarah, I absolutely love your Blog - I was wondering if you would be so kind as to email me the Word grid you created to do the butterfly art - I attempted to do it myself but I am not that Word knowledgeable and so I did not have any luck with it. Please email to Haydee8995@yahoo.com. Thank you in advance.
ReplyDeleteRegards - Haydee
I love how this Butterfly art came out and I would like to try something similar. But when I attempted to do a grid in Word like you did I did not have any luck with it. So I was hoping you would be so kind as to email the grid to me?? Please send to Haydee8995@yahoo.com - thank you in advance. - - Haydee
ReplyDeleteHiya, I too love this picture, please would you be able to send me the grid too if you still have it, it would be hugely appreciated. thanks loads, Claire
ReplyDeletecjephcott@hotmail.co.uk
LOVE your work Sarah, you are truly talented.
ReplyDeleteI am also struggling with the grid, if you still have it would you mind sending it to me too?
barker.tara@gmail.com
Thank you for the inspiration,
Tara
I'm only three-and-a-half years late to comment...ha!...but this is gorgeous! If you get this comment, and don't mind, I would love for you to send the grid to me at aleakaskey@yahoo.com. I am thinking that I would love to make something similar for my daughter. Just beautiful!!
ReplyDeleteWould you please email me the grid? I would love to make this. Jaimeo957810@yahoo.com
ReplyDeleteI would love to try this, too. Please email grid if you still have: violinism83@gmail.com Thank you for your inspiration!
ReplyDeleteI am making the valentines wall art with heart punches from The Notebook! I have tried making grids myself in both windows & pages but also can't quite seem to nail it down. If you still have the grid could you pass it along to me? Thank you so much for such an adorable site & outlet for craftiness!!!
ReplyDeletekatherine.stine@gmail.com
Could you please tell me which martha Stewart punch that you used for this please. She has a few to choose from.. I really want to make this as a gift. It's so pretty.
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Kim
I replied to your email about the size of the craft punch. :)
DeleteI too would love to have the grid please kimmiegoodwin@hotmail.com
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