Butterflies

Hello and welcome to the newest challenge over at the Alphabet challenge blog. I'm your challenge host this fortnight, which means that I have chosen the task, and I'll be picking the winners, too. 

With the warm temperatures outside, nature has been generous with blooms everywhere, and this means a feast for all the insects that are crawling / flying around. Without a doubt, butterflies are amongst the most recognisable - and most beloved - ones. So, withiut further ado, I'd like to see them featured on your creations! As always, you can create whatever project you like, just make sure to follow the challenge theme. That being said, keep in mind that my task for you says "Butterflies", which means I'd like to see the plural of them = more than two of those creatures. Apart from that, there's no limit to your creative freedom.

The give wings to your inspiration (no pun intended), I present you this little arrangement of butterflies: a wooden butterfly-embellished button.

I think "little" is the right expression here, because given that the button measures 6 cm in diameter, those butterflies are really small (and they were quite difficult to deal with for this very reason). 

Anyway, I got myself a couple of wooden buttons ages ago. I thought I'd decorate them with some napkin decoupage, but I never got to work until I forgot about the whole thing. Recently, I re-discovered them in my stash, and I also found a bunch of tiny pre-cut napkin motifs I prepared once when I had nothing to do, so I would just randomly cut napkins in advance. 

With the deadline of my "B" challenge approaching, I decided to combine the two discoveries. My idea was to create a butterfly button that could be used as a good luck charm, or a decoration on a gift. I covered the button in white acryllic paint, and once that was dry, I added one tiny butterfly after another. When everything was sealed with varnish, I tried to finish my project with a little bow in the middle because I thought it would fit nicely to the button itself. However, it turned out that my idea didn't really work in practise: Since the middle part of the button is a bit lower that the outside circle, it was almost impossible to create a tight knot for the bow. Also, unless I made a really tiny bow (which looked weird), the ribbon would almost entirely cover the butterflies. 

I tried to come up with another solution, and took a rather robust piece of twine from my stash. I placed the knot on the back side of the ribbon where I could tie it properly, and I left one side of the twine longer on purpose: I thought a button like this could be placed onto a gift box, or onto a spring bouquet, and the longer part of the twine would come around the item to meet the smaller part, which would make sure that that knot would be hidden behind the button, too. I hope this part of my imagination will work as planned once I put the button into use. 

challenges: 

- 613 avenue create: ATG with optional twist "splash of colour"
- a place to start: ATG

- allsorts challengeblog: ATG

- card free zone: ATG but a card

- classicdesignchallenge: ATG DT 

- critter crazy: ATG animals

- do-all kreatives: ATG

- lil patch of crafty friends: ATG handmade

- little red wagon: use that stash (button, napkins)

- love to craft: ATG 

- morgans artworld: ATG

- path of positivity: embracing the unexpected through decluttering (unexpected non-card project I created by using long forgotten things from my stash)

- wortartwednesday: ATG