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Series 5: Halve a Circle #1 – Butterfly Garland

March 2, 2011 by Michele

Is it bad form to start a new series while knee-deep in another? Probably. Does this bother me? No. This is how my brain works. Happily hopping from one thing to the next with no regard for order. Carrying chaos far and wide. Doing as it bloody well pleases. I’m just here, along for the ride, trying to stay cool and avoid trouble.
So today my brain and I welcome you to Series 5: HALVE A CIRCLE #1 wherein I show you how to make a butterfly garland. And it’ll be a quiet one this time; I’ll let the pictures do all the talking! Before I begin however, I wish to tell you is that I used an old National Geographic magazine to make my garland because the pages are so lush and appealing. But you don’t have to. You can use whatever paper you have at hand. The rest is in the photos and pretty much self-explanatory. If you have any questions, leave a comment, and I will get back to you as soon as I can!
Wordless Tutorial: Butterfly Garland


The results…

Now do have yourself a fine fine day, and I will see you again soon!
I’ll be linking here!

Filed Under: Halve a Circle, paper crafts, paper crafts, reuse, Tutorials Tagged With: garland, recycling, tutorial

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  1. nicolette says

    March 2, 2011 at 8:42 pm

    Beautiful! I think I just need to cut some circles and give it a go to see if I understand the pictures! Thanks for another wonderful series. I love your remark ‘carrying chaos far and wide’! So recognizable!

  2. Zakka Life says

    March 2, 2011 at 8:50 pm

    Love this!

    Great tutorial – no words necessary.

  3. Maja says

    March 2, 2011 at 10:01 pm

    That is so neat!

  4. patricia says

    March 2, 2011 at 10:13 pm

    That is such a great shape! Love it Michelle.

  5. Craft Medley says

    March 2, 2011 at 11:21 pm

    Oh my gosh, this is beautiful! How creative and well done! I think I might try my hand at these and turn them into a brooch of some sort…

    xoxo Maria

  6. BubzRugz says

    March 2, 2011 at 11:36 pm

    Oh those are so lovely and dreamy….
    Hugz

  7. Amy says

    March 3, 2011 at 12:20 am

    I love the butterflies. You've done a number of garlands now. When I picture your house, I just see garlands strung here there and everywhere. Is it like that? I bet it looks great and festive to boot!

  8. CraftCrave says

    March 3, 2011 at 1:19 am

    Just a quick note to let you know that a link to this post will be placed on CraftCrave today [03 Mar 12:00am GMT]. Thanks, Maria

  9. Joy says

    March 3, 2011 at 3:31 am

    I love, love, love this!! I want to give it a try, but I am in the middle of about a bazillion other projects, lol. Need to bookmark this so I can come back to it. Thank you for the tutorial!!
    -Joy

  10. Notjustnat says

    March 3, 2011 at 8:52 am

    They are golden butterflies. You did it again Michele – Hugs Nat

  11. Little Treasures says

    March 3, 2011 at 10:50 am

    I cannot tell you how much I love these!! And so easy to make! I know I'll be making a garland for sure! Thank you for sharing!

  12. SisterDG says

    March 3, 2011 at 2:54 pm

    I love this so much! Such a simple construction, and the dimension of the wings is the perfect detail. What an amazing way to use old magazines!

  13. Gwen @ Gwenny Penny says

    March 4, 2011 at 3:20 am

    Gorgeous! I love a wordless tutorial. Great photos. Simple but stunning idea.

  14. Catherine says

    March 4, 2011 at 6:58 am

    These are so pretty! I'll have to book mark them.

  15. Anji* says

    March 4, 2011 at 1:51 pm

    Michelle, this is genius! So simple to make and so pretty!

  16. Michelle L. says

    March 4, 2011 at 3:00 pm

    Look how sweet and cool! Thanks for interrupting one series to bring us another – I can't get enough of your series…es. How the heck does one pluralize the word series? But I digress. I LOVE THE BUTTERFLIES! Very jewel-like, I can also see the garland as a necklace. More, more! Q: is this series about half circles, butterflies, or garlands?

  17. Sweet Little Smoothie says

    March 5, 2011 at 2:49 am

    What an awesome garland!! Thanks for sharing 🙂

  18. Sandy Ang says

    March 6, 2011 at 1:32 am

    I thought I was all butterflied out after making my 19Butterflies pop-up card. But you've inspired me to play with them again. Thanks for the inspiration !

  19. Anonymous says

    March 11, 2011 at 12:10 pm

    So sweet. I'm planning a baby shower and will definitely use this tutorial to make a garland as part of the decorations. Thanks for sharing… Gail M.

  20. Nancy Ward says

    March 14, 2011 at 12:57 pm

    Hi!

    Wanted you to know I posted a link to this tutorial today on my blog.

    Nancy Ward
    PaperFriendly
    http://www.nancywardcrafts.com

  21. Jill says

    April 1, 2011 at 7:19 pm

    This is so cool and I don't even like butterflies :)I Must go check your other tutorials!

  22. sues says

    November 25, 2011 at 8:48 am

    OK I think I love you. Well, I love this idea and I am making some for my Christmas tree this year! Hooray hooray!

  23. Anonymous says

    November 26, 2011 at 1:07 am

    Absolutely AWESOME! I have been cruising your site as I make Holiday decorations from recycles toilette paper tubes, another of your creations 🙂 I am a big kid and your site combines my addiction to recycling and crafting into one happy crafter here! Thank You for sharing all of your ideas I have so much FUN here and it cost me very little if anything at all. YOU are as fun as my Mom was, and she was one GREAT Mom! Thanks for the fun and the memories! Buggs

  24. Anonymous says

    November 26, 2011 at 7:05 pm

    These would be great made out of scraps of felt! OR better yet, just random scraps of fabric.

  25. Orange Poppy says

    December 10, 2011 at 5:45 am

    i'm very very very new to all this crafting stuff…so i just want to make sure that where the clothes pins are clamped, that indicates glue, right? thanks!

  26. Michele Pacey says

    December 11, 2011 at 3:29 am

    Hi Orange Poppy. Yes exactly. Where you see clothespins, there is indeed glue 🙂

  27. Shari says

    December 26, 2011 at 5:58 pm

    Love the butterflies. I have been kicking around ideas for my husband's birthday – I want to make him a cool garland for his office to surprise him, and your posts have great techniques and ideas! I had a pretty good idea of what i want to do, and really appreciate seeing your 'how-to'. I will put a link up on my blog when I get a moment. Thanks for this great article!

  28. Shari says

    December 26, 2011 at 6:00 pm

    woops, you'll find the link at http://www.sharis-orchidandmayhem.blogspot.com

  29. Anjieya says

    February 24, 2012 at 10:17 pm

    Wow… I like this! Cheap and easy.

  30. Silverbutterfly says

    May 9, 2012 at 3:54 am

    Love this as I'm a BUTTERFLY FREAK, I have hundreds of BF's on my freezer & Refg. I propbably have more BF Jewelery that most stores have in stock at a time. I even have BF Stickers in my new Focus, everywhere in my Focus…..Thanks for your tutorial, I most certainly am going to try these!!

    Silverbutterfly

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