I love magazines. LOVE THEM!! I go the bookstore on a regular basis to find new ones that peak my interest. Don’t let me start another hobby because I will have acquired every magazine about the subject in order to saturate myself with information.
Last year I signed up for 4 magazine subscriptions in an effort to curtail my investment in individual magazines and curb my visits to the bookstore. Now, I said I love magazines but I have to admit I HATE magazine subscriptions. They stress me OUT!! I just think of all the room they take up and trees that sacrificed their lives so that I could have a quick read especially if they are not tutorial or pattern based giving me no reason to keep them. So in my throws of guilt…I keep them.
However, when I saw the The Butterfly Project at LollyChop via Craftzine I knew that at least a small part of my magazine collection (read: very small) would find new life via a pretty display of color.
I bought the frame from JoAnn’s and my BFF allowed me to use here Martha Stewart punches that she bought from Micheal’s so I did not have to buy a set of my own only to use one time which would have negated the whole reuse effort.
The project actually took me a few days to complete. The time spent was divided between cutting the tiny foam square into smaller squares, stacking the in variable height towers…
…and agonizing over proper placement and color combinations…LOL.
All in all a fun, quick, crafty reuse project. For all the juicy details for this tutorial and other creative goodies, go over to LollyChop!
See ya later!
Peacock Chic 
A flight of fancy.
Wonderful.
I love the background, too. Is it your handwriting, or something else?
This is gorgeous! I love butterflies. I think these would make great gifts. You are so crafty!
That is beautiful
It is just beautiful. I too collect alot of magazines. What a great way to reuse them. Thanks for sharing.
Alease
So beautiful! I bookmarked this on Craftzine when I saw it because I thought it was such a neat idea- yours is seriously awesome.
Very pretty! You found the best colors/patterns!
Just came across your blog. This project is wonderful! I think it would also look awesome–although it would be a huge, time zapping project–a massive entryway piece, too!
This is so pretty! I love it!
It’s so pretty!
I love it! Yours is beautiful and my favorite too! 🙂
And I hate to admit it, but I have a “thing” for collecting magazines too- and I wish it stopped there! I collect too many things! Ack! 😛
lovely! :0) SO colorful and carefree! I love it! :0)
LOVELY!! I swear, you are so frickin inspiring!
I’m drooling right now. You know this right?
Cool!
My 8 yr old was sitting with me when I opened this page and said “oh…I like that, and the cat too”. LOL!
Totally beautiful!!!
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That is a truly a lovely project! I love how you made them all swoop up and your colors are so vibrant and bright! Really really lovely!
HUGS!
this is really beautiful…i love all of the colors and can imagine doing it with butterflies as well as other cutouts like maybe birds too….thanks!
WOW!!! this is so fantastic!!! Thank you for sharing this! I must try 😀
very ingenious!
congratulations !
thanks for sharing
Wow… that is awesome. Can’t wait to see what else you’ve created. Do you mind if I use some of these ideas in my green articles??
LOVE this! Thanks for sharing the link to the tutorial. Now to get the stamps!
I facebook shared this, by the way. And your link was sent to me by stumbleupon. Not sure when i signed up for it, but apparently i did!
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Looks beautiful!!! I saw her post earlier and made one for my mom for christmas.. hope that she likes it
🙂
Yours is beautiful
I too love magazines like crazy – I cannot believe how awesome they are these days. I may have a bit of a magazine hoarding problem because I find so many of them too beautiful to part with!
Beautiful! You did such a nice job.
this is wonderful ….so simple elegant and it reuses items all people must have around the place…and it has such an impact on everyone…well done
Beautiful! Butterflies are my favorite and this is so colorful too!
This is awesomeness ! I love the dimensionality in the work. Plus it’s got butterflies without being overwhelmingly feminine.
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Hey there! Just wanted to let you know we featured you in our Favorite Find Fridays post over at Whimsically Homemade. We used one of your pictures. If that’s a problem let us know and we’ll remove it immediately. Thanks for your great inspiration!
This collage is looking so beautiful and attractive and the best part is it is made of recycled material. Thank you so much for sharing this superb idea.
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