I have had Catherine Swan’s website bookmarked for the longest time. Her butterflies have made me smile over and over again. Then Erin showed us this from Ali Edwards site and I knew it was time to get my act together and make some of my own. (Thanks for the push, Erin!) I was so enthused I cut straight into my new issue of inside design before I’ d even read it…
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March 17, 2008 at 5:18 pm
Erilyn
Kirsty, these are sooo beautiful - how big are they? Did you punch them out or cut by hand?
March 17, 2008 at 5:46 pm
nicolette
The repetition of beauty. Love it.
March 17, 2008 at 6:22 pm
threadspider
Oh how gorgeous and what great links! Cheered up this wet morning wonderfully. Thank you.
March 17, 2008 at 6:51 pm
pixie
ohh yes, tell us how you did it please.
March 17, 2008 at 7:29 pm
Mary
They are superb. I went through a phase of stringing origami butterflies with jewellers wire and semi precious stones. These butterflies have reminded me of that!
March 17, 2008 at 9:01 pm
soozadoo
Yeah I love them. Yours would be soooo much better than mine, you know I can’t cut straight, how about you make some extra for me?
I’ll be your beeeest friend.
March 17, 2008 at 9:46 pm
Kellie
They are too fantastic! Now I’m going to have to start something else before I have finished what I was doing just now. Dam you Kirsten for your brilliant ideas!
March 18, 2008 at 12:29 am
chronicler
Really neat! I have seen these and thought…
Just never did it. Love yours.
March 18, 2008 at 1:17 am
amandajean
these are wonderful! I fell in love with them over on Erin’s and Ali’s blogs, too.
March 18, 2008 at 5:25 am
Dragonfly
They’re fabulous. I’d spotted them ages ago too, maybe with spring in the air I’ll get to making them…
March 18, 2008 at 7:44 am
Maddy
I love them. You must tell us how it’s done and how big they are. I just love the idea of using a magazine of your choice, I have so many craft mags that I have read and read, they would look great in a white frame.
March 18, 2008 at 8:15 am
erin
wonderful! i just loved the reuse aspect of this project, too.
March 18, 2008 at 1:35 pm
crafty
Beautiful.
March 18, 2008 at 5:35 pm
h&b
I’ve also seen and saved similar ones for a future project - I think you’ve just kicked me up the bum to do so
What size is your punch and where did you get it from ?
March 18, 2008 at 6:20 pm
Tanya
They’re gorgeous.
Sorry I didn’t make it to the coven last night. The volleyball loss this week (yes, again) was especially tiring…
Hope y’all had a great time.
March 18, 2008 at 9:37 pm
Lisa
The butterflies are very effective - what a great idea to reuse, reduce and receycle. i think I might make this as a craft project with my 11 year old daughter over the Easter break. Thanks for sharing!
March 19, 2008 at 12:08 am
pricklypearbloom
I love it. I was so inspired by Erin’s recycle project too. I keep wanting to use magazine pages for something, and keep putting it off.
March 20, 2008 at 7:27 am
Velcro
What a beautiful start to your recipe collection. Please can you share how you did it
March 20, 2008 at 1:21 pm
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