Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Butterfly Garden ...

oh i wish i had a butterfly garden ... a sanctuary for those winged beauties ... living in a townhouse i have very little garden space, but i do back onto forest, with a pretty bit of natural wildflowers at its edge, so i do see the occasional winged beauty.

When Pink Paislee came out with their "butterfly garden" line, i just had to buy it ... it is full of butterflies and faeries and beautiful colours.  It almost makes up for the fact that i don't have my own butterfly garden.

I have made several projects with it that i have posted previously and i finally finished off my stash of these papers by making some pretty projects ... this line is so pretty, i might need more ... the papers are kind of timeless!!!

 ahhh ... yes ... yours truly ... This was my favourite piece of paper ...

I created a fan ... every Royal needs a fan ... and if your Prince Andrew .....  I'll let you fill in the blanks


There are also some beautiful B sides of the papers ... i love all of these soft colours


The soft colours look great edged in white paint ... kind of gives your projects a shabby chic feel


A little cigar box to store sweet things ... i made this for a friend ... she picked the papers and wanted it simple!
just a tiny bit of bling and a few rosettes to sweeten the inside.  this is lined with felt.


A tiny little box ... the flower on the box is coloured with inks and i added some sugar type glitter

Inside the box, a tiny photo album ... this one is going to a blog buddy, sometime soon!

I had loads of fun working with these so so pretty papers ... and thanks so much for stopping by to take a peek!

Peace, love & paper ~Jo

10 comments:

Cheryl said...

These projects are beautiful, Jo.

I love butterflies too. Even though I've planted butterfly friendly flowers, all the idjits 'round these parts never land. Just this week I saw one flitting around touching down on every green thing in the yard. I think it had brain damage.

Cindy Adkins said...

Hi Jo,
So, so beautiful--Your work is breathtaking!!! Sending (((hugs))) your way,
Cindy

Jackie Plank said...

Oh my gosh, so beautiful. Love that little box with the album! That puppy layout is just soooooo cute!!

Pondside said...

So delicate - lovely!

Helen said...

Gorgeous projects for sure Jo! LOVE that line... hmmm.. may have to add to my list of "must haves". Gorgeous work!!

Judie said...

WAAAAAAA!! I wish you lived next door to me so I could come and watch you work!!!!!!

laterg8r said...

loving the fan you made and that pic of you is D-vine :D

Lynn Stevens said...

WOW Jo, when you sit down to create you really go full out! Gorgeous pages, Love your costume! and Honey looks as precious as can be. But those boxes, be still my heart, just stunning, keep it up GF, so glad to see you creating again!
hugs Lynn

Izzy said...

Love what you did with the cigar box! it was great to see it IRL - stunning.

Unknown said...

these are too beautiful for words......