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The Butterfly Effect

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I’m not sure how it happened, it certainly wasn’t planned, but our living room seems to have a bit of a butterfly theme going on. I’m sure you’ve all already seen the large butterfly picture over our sofa.

Edwardian Living Room Blue Grey Walls

We also have this quilled butterfly art which is currently on one of the shelves.

Handmade Quilled Butterfly Art

This is our newest butterfly themed art addition in the room.

DIY Butterfly Art In Alcove With Floating Shelves And Built In Cupboard

This is how we made our Paper Butterfly Art

As we knew where we wanted to hang the picture, we started by deciding on the final size and scale of the butterfly art before preparing a variety of butterfly templates.

Make your own Butterfly Art

Then, using the templates we cut out loads and loads of little butterflies and pinned them onto some foam board. As we want the art to be slightly three-dimensional, we also folded all the butterflies along the centre to give a fluttery effect.

Handmade Butterfly Art Out Of A Colourful Paper

After cutting out all the butterflies we prepared the back of the picture. So that we could easily pin the butterflies, we used some foam board covered in black cardboard. The board is soft enough for us to pin the butterflies onto, but rigid enough to still form a stable back to the picture.

Paper Butterfly Art Out Of A Calendar

Then for the quickest part of the process – the actual pinning.Handmade 3D butterfly art

After attaching just a few of the paper butterfly art is already starting to take shape. And after pinning a lot more this is the result.

Handmade Art Made Out Of An Old Calendar

The picture has a special meaning to us, as we cut the butterflies out of a calendar with pictures of the area where we both used to live and first met. If you look closely you can recognise bits of buildings and landscapes.

DIY Paper Butterfly Art

It’s kind of like a giant colourful butterfly jigsaw of memories.

Paper Butterfly Art Out Of A Calendar

We love the splash of colour it adds to the room, especially as everything was starting to get a bit too matchy-matchy.

Butterfly Art

Do you also have butterfly art? Do you also make your own art?

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HHandmade Art Made Out Of An Old Calendar

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Comments

  1. jai says

    28/07/2017 at 12:49

    very beautiful

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    • Christine says

      28/07/2017 at 13:30

      Thank you!
      Cx

      Reply
  2. Jessica @ CapeofDreams says

    24/12/2013 at 11:03

    I wish there were a button so I could pin this. I like this idea!

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    • Christine says

      24/12/2013 at 11:27

      Thanks, Jessica! Glad you like it.
      Cx

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    • Christine says

      24/12/2013 at 11:32

      If you hover over the image a pin it button should appear! If not, you could always follow us on pinterest! ;) http://www.pinterest.com/christine2310/
      Cx

      Reply
  3. Kekeli Abigail Fiadjoe says

    31/10/2013 at 01:55

    would want to learn more about art and craft

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  4. Magali@TheLittleWhiteHouse says

    14/03/2013 at 15:13

    This was such a good idea! It’s very colourful and butterflies have such a nice shape, they are art without even trying!

    Reply
    • Christine says

      14/03/2013 at 16:00

      Thanks Magali! We’re really glad with how it turned out and love the splash of colour it adds to the room.
      Cx

      Reply
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