Handmade Chandelier's on Studio 5

 

Swarming Butterfly Chandelier

 

Ingredients you will need:

Butterfly punch, die-cut or Silhouette Digital Craft Cutter for cutting images (We used the Silhouette to cut a 2 ½” butterfly.)- this is also a QuicKutz die that can be used in your Revolution or Cuttlebug.

Paper in desired colors- you will need enough paper to cut 136 images (we used white cardstock and clear vellum for our butterflies)

14” metal ring- you can use a metal wreath base or even a large embroidery hoop

15-20 yards of coordinating ribbon for tying around base

Fishing Line

Sturdy wire for cross hairs of chandelier

Glue Dots

Scissors

Tulle for hanging the chandelier from ceiling

 

Instructions

1.       Cross two wired in the center of your large circle base so that they meet in the middle of the circle.  Wrap ends of wire around circle where they come in contact.  This will create a cross in the circle so that you will have more surface to tie shapes to.

2.       Tie ribbons in knots around circle base.  This will give weight to the base of the chandelier and also cover up whatever your ring is made of.  The closer your ribbons are, the more ribbon you will need, but the fuller it will be.

3.       Begin cutting or punching butterflies from paper.  You will  need a total of 68 completed butterflies for your chandelier.  We put a white cardstock and a clear vellum piece together for each butterfly, so we cut 68 of each.

4.       Cut 17 pieces of  fishing line to about 20”.  Each piece of fishing line will have 4 butterflies attached to it.

5.       Begin attaching butterflies to fishing line with glue dots.  Place glue dots in the center (body) of each butterfly. Run the fishing line up the body and then attach the front piece of the butterfly over the top. This will create a sandwich for the fishing line.  Place butterflies about 3-4 inches apart on the line.  Leave plenty of extra line at the top of the butterflies so that you will be able to tie it on to the ring at the right height.

6.       When you have attached all of your butterflies to the line, begin tying them on to your base.  You will tie on butterflies at three levels.  The one piece of line that is tied at the cross point in the middle should be the longest.  Then, you should tie one line to the center of each of the wire spokes slightly higher than the second piece.  The rest of the lines should be tied around the outer ring slightly higher than those in the middle.  Each quarter of the outside circle will have 3 lines tied to it (one at each point of the cross and two between each point). 

7.       Use tulle tied to each cross point to hang the chandelier from the ceiling or other area.  (We tied a large bow at the top to create a soft fluffy look.

 

*Notes: This chandelier can be made with a variety of different shapes and papers to create a look that will match your room perfectly.  Consider punching circles, flowers, stars, etc. to create a unique look.

 

*Look for a special Halloween Chandelier Kit coming soon on the Heartland Paper Blog 

Comments

[Deepa M.]

That is so darling! I saw something similar at pottery barn kids a few months ago and had made a note to make one someday ... Someday might be coming up soon!

[JodyM]

This is fantastic! Thanks so much for the instructions. I can see so many possibilites to use on this.

[sophie]

I also saw one similar at pottery barn kids for 80$ so I went home and made an animal one for my sons room! turned out cute!

[Laci]

Ok yes this is so fun! Glad you told me how to find it! Maybe I will try and be a little crafty ;)

[Chelsea Peck]

This is beautiful! I am going to make it for my baby girl, and I just have one question...Can you possibly give me the item number for the butterfly in the Silhouette online shop? I hope you get this in time...I love how yours turned out but I can't find the exact butterfly shape.

[Heartland Paper]

the shape is butterfly_921. Its a layered shape. We used the layer that has the holes in it, we just removed the holes. Good luck and any questions give us a call. Thanks

[Chelsea Peck]

Thank you! It turned out beautiful!!

[Betty Safford]

This is very nice..great idea.

[Sarah Hart]

hi I was wondering if you sell these? If so please e-mail me at [email protected]. It's beautiful

[Firenzecards.blogspot.com]

Oh my word this is MAGNIFICENT! And a perfect gift for a little friend of ours. TFS this wonderful idea!
Helen -- Firenze Cards

[Alice Boll]

I loved this project so much! I was so excited to make it... then I shared this idea in a class for little girls! Everyone LOVED it! I posted a link on my blog if you'd like to check it out. I linked it back here and gave you credit for it.

http://awhimsicalwonderland.blogspot.com/2012/03/mommy-and-me-workshop.html

[Jennifer Zollinger]

Getting ready to start making this today. I just wanted to point out that the Silhouette shape used is butterfly_0921 (not just 921). I initially searched using just 921 and couldn't find it.....after carefully going through 10 pages of butterfly images, I finally found it and noticed the mistake here in the file name. Hope that helps someone else!

[Alisha Judd]

I absolutely love this. When I saw it I new I had to make it. Here is a link to my final product. I hope you don't mind that I linked your page as well to it. http://djpeach.blogspot.com/2012/03/sweet-butterfly-baby-mobile.html

[Mypathtoinsanityandbeyond.blogspot.com]

I made this and loved it!

I linked your page for others reference as well.

http://mypathtoinsanityandbeyond.blogspot.com.au/2012/03/butterfly-mobile.html

[Christine Fisher]

I've got the tulle part, but how do you actually attach the mobile to the ceiling. Do you need special tools for that?

[A Facebook User]

Do you know how you could make it into a light fixture?