Butterfly Mobile

Here's a long overdue project for my dear sweet friend Victoria. Her Mom asked if I would make Victoria something to decorate her newly painted bedroom, and of course I said yes! She loves butterflies and wanted something to hang above her bed. I took a regular cross stitch hoop and painted it white. Then I cut out 3 different sizes of butterflies on my Silhouette. I tied white string to 4 equal points on the hoop. I then tied a loop on the point where the 4 points came together at the top of the hoop. I then tightly wrapped the hoop in white satin ribbon. I tied clear thread every 4 inches around the hoop. I hung the hoop so that the clear thread hung straight down. I attached the butterflies to the thread using a button. First, I put a gluedot on the button and then lined up the thread with the center of each button. I then lined up the button with the center of each butterflies body and pressed firmly to adhere the button to the butterfly. For the final touch I tied white satin ribbon in a bow just below the top loop. I also made her a picture with her name on it. I wanted to make her a framed monogram with butterflies. I scouted around and the cheapest I could fine a frame was $5.00 for a cheapie 8x10. I didn't want it to look like a diploma frame, so I kept looking and my patience paid off!  I was at Target and came upon a set of eight pictures on clearance for only $9.98! I knew one of them would be perfect for my project for Victoria. I started out by taking the original butterfly picture out of the frame and tracing it on a piece of cute butterfly scrapbook paper. I then cut her name out using my Silhouette. I glued her name to the scrapbook paper and set it aside. The frame had some gold edging I didn't really like so I took painters tape and masked the brown part of the frame. Using white craft paint I painted over the gold. I also smudged a little bit of the white paint around the brown frame. I let it dry completely and removed the painters tape. I then glued vintage pink lace to the white edging. I returned the scrapbook paper with her name on it to the frame. I then glued 3 vintage white buttons in the corner and the same butterfly I used in the mobile. For the body of the butterfly I glued on 3 little pearls. It was a fun project and she really like it.