Summer Butterflies

Goeie

(Frisian, a Northern Netherland language,

informal for 'Hello")

'Butterfly Forest Fairy' Collage Art Doll by inkspired

http://www.inkspired.etsy.com/

I am celebrating the last of the summer butterflies today!

I love to see the first butterflies of the spring and summer.

I look for them all summer long.

They are much fewer now.

I would love to go to their 'winter' resting place.

How beautiful it would be!

framed paper butterflies, etsy

courtesy Dover Books

"Just living is not enough", said the butterfly,

"one must have sunshine,

freedom,

and a little flower."

- Hans Christian Anderson

stained glass to color, courtesy Dover Publications

And what's a butterfly? At best,

He's but a caterpillar, at rest.

- John Grey

stained glass coloring page, courtesy Dover Books



butterfly postage stamps

Here are a few scherensnitte patterns that feature butterflies for you:

from an out-of-print BackStreet Originals book

both of the above patterns are by Patty Rook

'Broccoli Butterflies Wood Sprite' Collage Art Doll by inkspired

Here are a couple of beading patterns for you that feature...

the butterfly!!!

(surprise, surprise)



simple beaded butterflies added to cards!

I have another beading pattern for a butterfly and daisy bracelet,

but for some odd reason I cannot get it to transfer to my blog.

sigh.

Really.

Some day I WILL become the blogging master!

...but not yet.

'flapper' in butterfly costume

butterfly mandala, from a book of mandalas, Dover

'Tatiana' by Frederick Howard Michael

and here is a close-up of her crown:

'I do not know whether I was then

               a man dreaming I was a butterfly,

Or whether I am now

                                  a butterfly dreaming I am a man.'

- Chuang Tzu

"Purple Fairy"

altered paper doll by inkspired

My altered paper doll, shown above, is a very fun way to recycle

gardening/flower catalogs,

and old paper dolls that might have flaws, or tears,

or are just ready to become something else.

I actually scanned and printed my paperdoll

in case I need the original for another project!

I then took a few flower catalogs,

and snipped out all the pieces of purple flowers that I could find.

I arranged and re-arranged, and fussed

until I liked what I had.

Then I took my trusty Aleene's Tacky glue,

dabbed it on the snipped paper, and glued them to the  paperdoll base.

To finish, I traced around the finished paper doll onto purple paper.

I cut out the silhouette and glued it to the back of the paper doll.

Voila!

plastic butterflies, www.butterflybazaar.etsy.com

It's about time for me to leave for my dentist's appointment.

I love the way my teeth feel after a cleaning!

vintage photo

c.1917

ta...da!

:0)

inkspired

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dominoes@myinkspired.com

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Butterflies

konnichi wa

(kon-nee-chee-wa)

Japanese for hello, daytime

Today is a good butterfly day.

Recently I have been noticing just a few, drifting around.

monarch butterfly on marigolds

"There is nothing in a caterpillar

that tells you

it's going to be a butterfly."

- Richard Buckminster Fuller

"Butterflies are self propelled flowers."

- R. H. Heinlein

c.1913

 "The green grass and the happy skies
Court the fluttering butterflies."

- Astrid Alauda

recycled junk mail bottlecap magnet

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vintage illustration

Let's have some fun with our colored pencils:

a butterfly mandala

a fun butterfly doodle

Here are two butterflies to cut out and use as masks:

Carefully cut out eye holes.

Use a paper hole punch to punch small holes on either side.

 You can see where easily on the first butterfly.

Knot an elastic cord (found in the sewing dept.) and thread through the holes, starting from the top, Left side. End on the top, Right side.

Adjust to fit. Knot cord, and cut off extra.

For extra bling, you can knot your cord, leaving enough cord to string on a few beads. The last bead strung, fill the bead hole with some glue, and thread onto elastic cord. Let dry. This should give you some pretty beaded dangles on each side of the mask.

a butterfly gem coloring page, courtesy Dover Publications

"If nothing ever changed,

there'd be no butterflies."

Author Unknown

Here is a lovely beaded butterfly pattern:

"But these are flowers that fly and all but sing:

And how from having ridden out desire

They lie closed over in the wind and cling

Where wheels have freshly sliced the April mire."

- Robert Frost, from "Blue-Butterfly Day"

Let's have some fun iris folding.

If you have forgotten how, or are new to this paper craft,

type in my blog search box:

iris folding, or paper craft

to find how-to tutorials.

butterfly pattern removed at request of bergkaarten

courtesy of www.irisfolding.circleofcrafters.com

courtesy of Chona

courtesy Valita Reynolds

vintage illustration

Next up:

a couple of scherensnitte patterns

the top one has the butterfly, the bottom one a pretty roses pattern

This one can be a wonderful greeting card.

It is from this out of print book:

This next one is more to give you an idea rather than to actually copy it.

It is in traditional Papel Picado style.

(Mexican Papercutting)

"We are like butterflies who flutter for a day

and think it is forever."

- Carl Sagan



a stained glass, beveled tabletop plate from www.hollyandivy.com

Take off with this idea, and go get out your clear glass plates,

napkin appliques or wrapping paper cutouts,

and that jar of Modge Podge you have!

Type in my blog search box:

decoupage

and get the tutorial if you need it.



May the wings of the butterfly kiss the sun

And find your shoulder to light on,

To bring you luck, happiness and riches

Today, tomorrow and beyond.

- Irish blessing

until tomorrow -

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dominoes@myinkspired.com

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