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Butterfly wreath

Pinterest has a bad habit of making things looks soooo easy until you try them.   I have that problem with wreaths.   There are some really beautiful ones out there.  I look at them and say “I can do that.”  Then I try it.  It isn’t that the results are bad (then I could at least tell you about that) but they are just ho hum.

I finally did a wreath that I think is worth talking about.  Funny thing is that it isn’t from PInterest.  It is actually from my own messy mind.   I am still enthralled with paper punches so that was my starting point.  What could I punch out that I could add to a wreath.  Butterflies were my answer.

I started with a simple vine wreath and added some flowers across the bottom.   That provided the bases for the butterflies.   I used to two different punches to make them 3 dimensional.   The bottom layer was a solid butterfly out of card stock and then a top layer with filigree wings made of patterned paper.  I have to say I really liked that punch anywhere punch.   I have to look for some more of them.

I caught to filigree butterflies in the middle and bent their wings upwards.   I then glued the bottom and top butterflies together.

Figuring out just how to attach the butterflies to the wreath was the hard part.  After trying several different methods that failed, I ended up poking two wholes in the body of the butterfly.  I them took a small piece of jewelry wire, folded it in half and pushed the wire legs through the holes.  Then I could use the wire to tie the butterflies to the vines.

I am happy the way it came out.  It makes me smile so it must be a good thing.  My only concern is that it may be a little to sutle for people to really notice.