The One with the Butterfly Chandelier

I was so excited when I came across this butterfly chandelier on Pinterest. I just HAD to make one of my own!

I was even more excited after digging around the internet to find the original source on Second Sister Suaviloquy. My excitement was pegged when I emailed April and asked how to make this stunning chandelier and she told me to call her. So one day while in Washington on Spring Break I called her and got a list of supplies and a quick how-to tutorial. I've been working on it all weekend and finished late last night.

Supplies: 

- 12" and 8" foam wreaths

- large assortment of patterned paper in colors of your choosing (I used lines from American Crafts like Peachy Keen, Hello Sunshine, Dear Lizzy Neapolitan, and more)

- 1 yard of white muslin

- scissors

- 2 binder rings: one large, one small

- pearl and heart stickpins

- assortment of butterfly punches (these are all by Martha Stewart Crafts)

- Silhouette Cameo for die cutting extra large butterflies

- variety of ribbons, trims, pearl strands, tulle, sequin strands, etc.

- 12 feet of plastic chandelier garlands (I found these ones from Koyal Wholesale)

- hot glue gun and extra glue sticks

- staple gun

I spent three hours punching and die-cutting hundreds, if not thousands, of butterflies! I even ran out and had to punch more.

One important step is to wrap the foam wreaths with muslin strips in preparation for hot gluing all the butterflies in place - otherwise the glue will melt the foam.

Also, it's MUCH MUCH easier to work on if the chandelier is dangling.

All done!

Now it's hanging above Jane's crib. Hopefully she'll love it as much as I do!



Next project: altering frames and canvases.