March 28, 2013

Shabby Chic Butterfly Clothespins




Hello! Leah from PaperBlossoms here to share a simple project making some shabby chic butterfly clothespins. My daughter's birthday party is coming up and the theme I chose this year is garden party, so butterflies and flowers are for sure a part of that! I wanted to make some little clothespins for decorations and also to use as favors (I'm thinking the mom's for this one;)  so let's get started!

I bought my clothespin at Walmart and you get a whole bunch for about a dollar. I chose to paint mine with some acrylic paint, also from Walmart for a dollar. You'll want to let them dry completely before the next step, but it's doesn't take long, just a few minutes.


What's shabby without a bit of glitter? :)  So I used my very favorite dry adhesive, Scor Tape. I just cut two strips of it to fit the front of the clothespin and sprinkled my glitter on. Love that there is no wait time for it to dry.


I wanted a layered look for my butterflies so I chose a PTI die and for the white butterfly I found a cut off the Art Philosophy cartridge that layered with it nicely on page 41 and cut it at 1 1/2". After die cutting I dry embossed the white butterfly with the Cuttlebug Swiss Dot folder.


Then comes the fun part, putting them all together and embellishing! I used scor tape to adhere all my pieces together and for the different centers of my butterflies I chose to use a button with embroidery floss, a little felt flower with a brad and a rolled flower with a pearl center. To tie them together so they are different but cohesive I used a silk hydrangea flower for each of them. The rolled flower was cut using the Flower Shoppe cartridge, page 13, cut at 1 1/2".

I hope you enjoyed my little project and if you make any I'd love to see them! Leave me a comment here or on my blog and I'll be sure to come take a peek:) Thanks so much for joining me today!

9 comments:

  1. They are really cute! TFS them, and it's a great idea for a party. BethAnn M.

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  2. These are adorable!!! How fun for spring!

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  3. Very cute clothespins and very shabby chic. Love the colors.

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  4. How cute is this! Love the soft colors and the way you adhered the glitter.... I have to use that trick! Thanks for sharing today!

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  5. Adorable, love the color and glitter.

    Have a great day.
    Hugs Nana
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  6. So cute and what a great idea to share! Happy Easter.

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  7. What a fun and creative project! How easy to add these little butterflies to gifts and cards! Thanks for the directions!

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Thank you for your sweet sweet words of encouragement.