Wednesday 29 August 2012

What’s on Your Workdesk Wednesday #169

…..or tales from the kitchen table.

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A bit of early morning crafting going on here. I grabbed the opportunity before there were children wanting to eat breakfast. Pushed to the back, the remains of last night’s ‘kitting’ session. At the front, the beginnings of a birthday card, featuring my favourite way to make butterflies right now.

My next job is to photograph the stages of putting together a simple gift card holder, but the light is very poor here at the moment. The tutorial should be up tomorrow for those lovely people that wanted to know how I made it. I’m off to Julia’s place first though, to browse a few desks while I drink my tea. See you there.

21 comments:

Annie said...

Oh what a brilliant way to make butterflies. Thanks for sharing.
Hugs,
A x #68

Inkypinkycraft said...

love the way you have made your beautiful butterflies! have a great week trace x 48

Lunch Lady Jan said...

That's really clever of you to have spotted the butterfly shape within the flower..it looks like filigree work! I can see you using that an awful lot for different projects :)
Hugs, LLJ #72 xx

Neet said...

An orange and blue desk this week which showcases how the complimentary colours work.
Now to go back and follow your link.
Thanks so much for sharing - Hugs, Neet #45 xx

Estelle Grace Tudor said...

Clever way to make butterflies - love them!

Estelle xx

Lisa-Jane said...

Those butterflies are so great, I will have to try those. Wonderful colours too.

Sian said...

Early morning. Now that's impressive :)

Francesca said...

Well thats clever.... Francesca #77

Twiglet said...

I love your butterfly tip - very clever. x Jo

Beverly said...

That butterfly is very clever. I love the stamp used on the little carton at the top :)

Cath Davidson said...

It's funny how you develop a new favourite way to do something or use something. Mine were the Marianne roses die and now my Dylusions never get a rest lol.

Happy WOYWW
Cath

jill said...

fun way to make butterlies fiona,

Morti said...

Hi Fiona! Thanks for stopping by my blog and leaving such lovely comments today!

I love the way you've snipped the flower to maken the butterfly shape - a really neat idea and very effective!

Will you be coming to the crop in October?

Laura said...

I never realised that snipping two petals off a flower made a butterfly... that is genius! Thank you for sharing.
Have a good week,
Laura
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humel said...

Looks fun - what a gorgeous butterfly, very clever! :)

Princess Judy Palmer said...

What a great idea for butterflies! I like your subtitle "tales from the kitchen table." Have fun playing!

alexa said...

Such glowing colours, so early in the day ... Wondering what's under the dark-coloured notebook - am attracted by the pattern!

fairy thoughts said...

That is a great way to make a butterfly, must try it.
I hope everyone had their breakfast ok
thanks for sharing
janet #61

Frances said...

Love seeing the apples on the table. Thank you for showing your morning workspace and teaching us a cool trick to make lovely butterflies. Have a great week. Frances #69

Lisa said...

I do love that way of making butterflies but I think Mr Wonderful would give me a funny look if I got a flower punch and stamp to make butterflies!
lol
Lisa
xx

Tertia said...

What a clever way to make those butterflies. I am going to teach my grandies this one, they just LOVE making butterflies.
Happy very belated WOYWW!
Tertia #49