Sunday, 24 July 2011

Butterfly specimen art

This has been done before, so nothing new here, but I still really like the graphic element of it.
I did my first one back in February of 2010 and it is now in my bedroom.
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I removed the raindrops from this frame and added butterflies, in a gradient.
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I started with black and worked my way up in varying shades of blue.
And now it’s on my wall that I love to play around with. I’ve also added my vintage sail boat lamp inside of a vintage crate, and another set of deer horns that a co-worker gave me.
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I have stained my new to me coffee table and it’s ok. It’s not perfect, but I’ll live with it. I hope to have it done before next weekend, but it’s been so hot here that I avoid going outside. Serious, it was 47 with the humidex on Thursday (116 F.)

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13 comments:

  1. Shannon7/24/2011 2:53 pm

    I love how you arranged the whole wall. Very eclectic and cool. It looks beautiful!

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  2. Cassie @ Primitive & Proper7/24/2011 7:51 pm

    i love that one, mel! love the tonal colors- it looks awesome!

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  3. Jane@Cottage at the Crossroads7/24/2011 10:13 pm

    The entire wall display is fabulous!

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  4. Rachel (Linesacrossmyface)7/24/2011 11:35 pm

    I LOVE LOVE LOVE this! I sooo want to make one (like the first one) for my daughter's room. I really like the second one as well. I would love it if you would stop by and link up this project to the crafty linky party I just started at http://linesacrossmyface.blogspot.com
    :)Rachel

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  5. Maggie7/24/2011 11:55 pm

    gorgeous, gorgeous...
    I'm inviting you to add this to our linking party at
    http://www.passionatelyartistic.com/2011/07/american-pickers-with-linking-party.html
    Have a great weekend,
    Maggie

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  6. ourlifeinaclick.blogspot.com7/25/2011 8:54 am

    Looks great Mel! I love them both!! The wall looks magazine-worthy!

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  7. Stephanie7/25/2011 10:01 am

    These are neat! I made one of these a couple of years ago! They are so much fun! You did such a great job!

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  8. 1 Funky Woman7/25/2011 12:16 pm

    I've seen this before and I love it! Love how yours looks on your wall. Loving the horns too!

    And yes you are right, the hubs will probably still have problems finding things! Men!

    Megan

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  9. Brooke7/25/2011 12:19 pm

    I love the gradient butterfly art! It's so graphic and simple. Very nice.

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  10. Sarah7/26/2011 6:58 pm

    I am so sick of HEAT!!! Good thing I have good AC and tons of great blogs to read ;)

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  11. HI THERE!7/30/2011 2:59 pm

    Love, Love, Love!! I really like the color grading - did you make it with paint chips? Thanks so much for linking up to The Creative Spark! Hope to see you back!
    Jenn :)

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  12. Rachel (Lines across my face)7/31/2011 10:37 pm

    Thanks for linking up last week. This project is being featured this week at Lines Across My Face so come on over and grab a button :) Also come back and link up another project.
    http://linesacrossmyface.blogspot.com/2011/07/craft-link-party-2-cure-for-common.html

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  13. Candace @ Candace Creations8/02/2011 11:25 am

    This is going to be perfect for my redo of my daughters room! I have to make her one of these! You are so creative I'm just lovin' your blog!

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