Happiness is a Butterfly

Butterfly Kisses,

AEDM :: Day 18

Welcome to Day 18 of Art Every Day Month!

See Day 1, Day 2, Day 3 &4, Day 5, Day 6, Day 7, Day 8, Day 9, Day 10, Day 11, Day 12, Day 13, Day 14, Day 15, Day 16, and Day 17.

Today's canvas is similar in technique to the, "You are enough." canvas I did back in August. It's another reminder that I, and most everyone, needs to hear each day. 

Enjoy the rest of your weekend!

Hugs,

AEDM :: Day 11

Welcome to Day 11 of Art Every Day Month!

See Day 1, Day 2, Day 3 &4, Day 5, Day 6, Day 7, Day 8, Day 9, and Day 10.

Today's creation was inspired by this Pinterest image. This is my version of a scrappy mobile using a bare lampshade. I kept going back and forth between making a scrappy shade or making a butterfly lampshade so I made both! 

Ideally I would have loved to use a vintage shade but in my thrift scouring last weekend I failed to locate one. Instead I purchased the small one for cheap at Walmart and the larger at the dollar store. It slightly felt wrong to cut and remove the fabric but I love how it turned out so I forgive myself for the destruction. The fabric was purchased from Hobby Lobby. Some of it was leftover from my Shabby Chic Knotted Fabric Valance. 

For the larger shade: 
I cut thin strips of fabric and then randomly tied each strip to the lampshade frame knotting on each end working a section of the frame at a time. When I moved to the next section I overlapped the knots on each wire, in other words, I knotted a strip, moved the knot from the previous section up, knotted the next from the new section, slipped the next knot up from the previous section (every other). This way they stack nicely on the wires. After all the strips of fabric were in place I went back through to make sure they were tightly knotted and then cut off the excess "tails".

For the smaller shade:
I wrapped leftover strips of fabric around the lampshade using Mod Podge to secure the ends. I applied a topcoat of the Mod Podge to stiffen and protect the fabric. I did this the same way as the bird mobile I made last year with embroidery hoops and foam shapes expect that time I dipped the fabric in the bottle. That really wasn't a good idea because when I reached the bottom of the container it was full of strings of fabric. :-) Whoops! Anyway, after all the exposed frame was covered with the fabric I hot glued feather butterflies (also from Hobby Lobby) to the fabric.

Assembling the mobile:
Using twine, I double knotted one end in the middle of the frame of the smaller shade and did the same attaching to the larger shade. I added a drop of hot glue to the knots to further secure. I added twine to the top of the larger shade to hang and made a loop at the top to hang from a ceiling hook. Randomly hot glue feather butterflies to the twine.

Hugs,

The Beauty of the Butterfly

What I've Been Up To

I finally finished my clay pendants that I shared the before pics here. They've been baked, painted, distressed, glued, and glazed. Not too shabby!

This one was two pieces that I glued together and added some gold highlights.

This is more of a small bowl or paperweight type creation.

Here's the texture on the underside:

I love these roses! I added a touch of gold paint to make the roses pop, I mean bloom.

This is a pendant that I picked up at Michaels and added a clay base and lots of texture.

This is a quote from The House of Night book series.

I love, love, love this little birdie. I decided not to distress/age this one.

This was the very first pendant that I made hence the misshapen square. LOL.

My flower fell apart when I took it off the cookie sheet and had to glue it back together. I'm not sure what I'll do with it yet.

This one has a well in it like the pink rose one but I filled this one with Dimensional Magic and a little glitter.

I'm off for the weekend camping with the Florida Trail. Have a wonderful weekend!

Hugs,