Butterfly Specimen Art - Thrift Shop Flip
30 April
As I said when I shared my last Treasure Trove Tuesday thrift haul, I've been having very good luck lately finding some goodies!
I have started listing some of it for sale in my Etsy Shop, some I'm adding to my craft supply stash, and some of it I'm upcycling!
Today I'm sharing one of those upcycle projects with a recent find 😀 And if you stick around to the end, I'll be sharing what I'll be upcycling next!
Butterfly Specimen Art - Thrift Shop Flip
I found these three small pictures at Goodwill recently. When I bought them, I just thought the black and gold frames were pretty and I didn't much care for the little square metal pictures mounted inside.
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Supplies You Need to Make Your Own
- Small frames (you can also use black scrapbook paper or fabric to back them)
- Tim Holtz Field Notes Ephemera Pack
- Hot Glue/Gun
- Black Sharpie Marker (optional)
- Something to add space between the butterfly and the backing (I used small wood beads)
- Scrap cardboard for making the specimen ID tags
Step 1: Prepare the Frames
My frames had small, square metal pictures mounted in them. They were just attached with double-sided puffy tape so I was able to just pull them off!
These frames were meant for bugs because at some point some little spiders had made their homes here! 😄
Once I had removed the metal pieces, there was a square where the area around those little pictures had faded, but I figured out a quick way to fix that!
Here's a better picture... see? You can barely tell!
Step 2: Choose your Insects and Mount Them in the Frames
I found this Tim Holtz ephemera pack at the craft store but I have linked where you can buy it online up in the supply list. This pack has flowers, mushrooms, butterflies (obvi), other insects, etc.
I just used an old piece of cardboard that had some rick-rack trim around it at one time. I save these because I like the look of the old cardboard. Any paper or scrap will work.
I also know next to nothing about the different kinds of butterflies so I just wrote: "Specimen No. 1, 2, etc." 😂
Glue the ID tags directly to the backing, no spacing is needed.
I originally intended to sell these in my Etsy shop but once I hung them up to take pictures I kinda fell in love 😍 so I'm keeping them for now.
These were really quick and fun to make, I'm definitely going to keep my eye out for more small frames that I could use for the other insects in that ephemera pack!
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Thanks for sticking around all the way to the end of this post!! Here is the lineup of thrifted finds that I'll be making over soon!
Posted by: Tania | Little Vintage Cottage
at 30 April
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DIY & Crafts
These turned out very pretty and are really trending right now. Your solutions are so creative!
ReplyDeleteThank you Vikki!
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