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Tuesday, May 1, 2012

Butterfly Art- Passing it on

I finally had a moment to myself to be abe to create gifts for three of my blog friends, Colleen from So Much to Say, Megan from Balancing Home, and Candice from New Modern Momma. I've guest posted for Candice before (see that here), and I'm in almost daily email contact with these ladies, which just proves that online friendships can turn into real friendships as well.


Given my daughter's love of butterflies (her room is a veritable explosion of the winged creatures), I am planning (3 months in advance) for a Butterfly Birthday Party. Step one was clearly to buy a butterfly punch from Martha Stewart. Obviously. The I scoured Pinterest (you can see some of my inspiration on my Celebrations board). Then I made a list.

Circling back to my point (I'm a talker writer, what can I say?), I had a butterfly punch, a stack of lovely magazines, a small portion of an afternoon to myself, and a Pass It On Project to complete. The spirit of the project, is to make something by hand and send it to online friends. Then they make something to "pass on" to their friends. Like a giant handmade/crafty gift swap.You can see what I received from Linda from it all started with paint, here. I'm not a sewer, and I'm pretty sure I couldn't spray paint some furniture to ship across the country, so I looked around and was reminded of my very first crafting project that I made in February, some Heart Art for the upstairs loft.

And so, the punching began...




Punch out butterflies.


Arrange on card stock.


Dot glue (Elmer's in my case) on the back.


Press down.



All done!




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Jessica

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I link to these awesome parties:
Sunday: I Heart NaptimeNifty Thrifty ThingsInspired HoneybeeIt's Overflowing, A Rosie Sweet Home  Monday: Delectable Home, C.R.A.F.T.  DIY ShowoffBetween Naps on the PorchThrifty Decor ChickAlderberry HillDebbie Doo'sHome Stories A to ZEvolution of Style Tuesday: Coastal CharmNest for LessTip JunkieMy Uncommon Slice of SuburbiaCarolyn's HomeworkOur Delightful HomeA Bowl Full of LemonsGet Your Craft OnKurtz Corner,  Centsational Girl  Wednesday: Savvy Southern StyleOrganize and Decorate,  Mommy SolutionsPower of PaintNewlyweds Recipe LinkySouthern Lovely , Home Happy Home, Crafty Sasse Wednesday, Grateful Belly, Gingersnap Crafts, A Crafty Soiree  Thursday: The Shabby Creek CottageMade in a DayHouse of Hepworthsthe 36th Avenue,  Craft, Scrappy, Happy52 Mantels Friday: Making LemonaidBlissful and DomesticOne Artsy MamaSerenity NowTatertots and JelloThe Shabby NestThirty Handmade DaysAddicted 2 DecoratingFunky Junk InteriorsFinancial FridayFurniture FridayAt the Picket FenceThe Rooster and the Hen, Classy Clutter

43 comments:

  1. what a happy gift to receive in the mail!

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  2. Very cute! They are some lucky ladies!

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  3. that looks so pretty! I'll have to try that!

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  4. I love it so much Jessica!!! I can't thank you enough for brightening up my Monday with that package.

    Of course now I'm inspired to make one for E's room. I have to get to Michael's for the punch.

    I also must follow you on pinterest : )

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  5. I love this idea! Seriously smart! They turned out so lovely!
    ~KIM @ Sand & Sisal

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  6. LOVE this! I am going to go and get everything to make one for my daughters room.
    I always love my morning visit to you blog!
    Have a great day!

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  7. these are so precious. what a wonderful gift!

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  8. So simple but so beautifully executed! Just lovely. The end product is so very pretty!

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  9. OMG! This turned out amazing! I love the idea of putting that stack of magazines to use. I really, really love it and I really, really love that I get to have one. It will look super fab in Eleanor's room.

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  10. Love this idea! I'm putting it on my to do list now.

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  11. I love them in little frames, cute! Here is our framed butterfly project...
    http://sixtyfifthavenue.blogspot.com/2010/06/butterfly-artwork.html

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  12. My biggest question, how did you have time to yourself? I am jealous... just a couple of weeks ago I was thinking about making this project for my daughter (who also loves butterflies.) Somehow this ended up on my "will do... one day" list. Yours turned out so great and you make it look so easy!! I love the idea of cutting out the pretty pictures from magazines!

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  13. Love this! so simple and sweet. I need to pull out my punches and see what I have on hand...

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  14. LOVE this! Not to mention...any reason I can give to my husband as to why I need to save so many of my magazines, I'll take! :p

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  15. LOVE this! Not to mention...any reason I can give to my husband as to why I need to save so many of my magazines, I'll take! :p

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  16. What a fun and easy diy art work...and you didn't even mess up your beautiful French manicure in the process :)

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  17. Very cute, Jessica! I'm sure they'll be thrilled!
    xo Heidi

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  18. How easy and beautiful! Love this idea! Thanks for sharing! I also love the crafty/swap idea!

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  19. Those look really cute! Found you via the D.I.Y. Dreamer :)

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  20. So cute! I love that you used magazines. A sweet gift to pass on:0)

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  21. These are so cute! I love that you cut them from magazines! They're adorable!

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  22. Nice manicure. :)
    And I love the art, too. I think I'm in need of some fun cutting stamps.
    Karah

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  23. These are so beautiful! Now why haven't I made something like this when the end result comes out looking so fabulous?!

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  24. These are so pretty! Great idea to use magazines instead of scrapbook paper. Your butterflies have so much texture and variety as a result of this choice.

    Linking up from Thrifty Decorating!

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  25. Fabulous!! I need to get a butterfly punch! Love it!

    Thanks for sharing at The DIY Dreamer.. From Dream To Reality!! :)

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  26. Those are so sweet! I would love for you to link this up to "I Made This" at Grits & Giggles! http://www.gritsandgiggles.blogspot.com/2012/05/i-made-this-3.html

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  27. Hi Jessica! Love this idea! Am your latest follower now... found you through your link up to the Grant Life!

    Would love if you visited my little blog :)

    Ilda
    http://idiasign4u.blogspot.com/

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  28. Pinning, then off to buy a butterfly punch! I am going to do a butterfly theme in my 10-year-old's room, and was planning to start this weekend. Here's to starting right now! THANKS for the inspiration!!!

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  29. What a cute idea!! Your friends are going to love your thoughtful gifts!!

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  30. I love this idea! One framed picture would be lovely or a whole grouping of butterflies! I'm going to keep an eye out for a butterfly punch!

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  31. I love this and so simple to do. I am pinning it :)

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  32. Very cute idea! Your little butterflies are adorable! :)

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  33. Cute! This has been on my To do list for a while!

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  34. Congratulations Jessica on your newbie spotlight of the week. What an awesome project and I am so happy you shared it with the newbie party. You are full of inspiration.

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  35. Well Little Miss Spotlight, remember the little people. And the little butterflies that turned out so cute.

    ~Bliss~

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  36. Loving this! Featuring you tomorrow!

    XO, Aimee

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  37. I've made a mobile from punching butterfly shapes out of newsprint but I love this idea of using old magazines. So colorful! (It would also be great for a kid craft.)

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