DIY Book Paper Butterflies...

Such a simple idea...

And simple to do!

Butterflies made from old book pages.

First:  find a butterfly template you like on the net.

Print it on your home computer in the sizes you want.

Pulling pages from the book was extremely difficult for me to do.

As a book lover, there is no such thing as an 'old' book'!
And I think my Mama taught me well as a small child to respect books.
You see,

I had rushed into the op shop 
and grabbed this book without a second glance, 

so on the day of the butterfly-making project 
I actually stopped to look at it...

Sigh!

An hour or so later,

the book page butterflies began...
(because I just had to have a little read first,

great book it was too...
 about Scotland,

full of history, short stories and poems.)

I 'saved' pages of poetry for future use.
(A way to compensate my destructive behaviour!)

and then proceeded to pull pages.
I used four book pages for each butterfly.

Next cut out your butterfly templates.

Using it as a stencil,

With a pen draw around the outline.
You can have the print running vertically or horizontally,
it is up to you.

 Gather together some brads and string.

 I used Christmas brads.

Large red stars

red jewel sparkles

and little gold stars

 So all you do is:

Holding your pages book pages tightly, 

use craft scissors to cut around the drawn outline of the butterfly.

 Pop a brad in the centre to hold it all together...

 Or use string...

Leave a length of the string from the knot when you cut it for the antennae.

Then fold the butterfly wings up so you get a 3D effect.

I've made these in two different sizes to use for Christmas decorating.

But, you could use them for anything and for any occasion.

Just use your wonderful imagination!

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DIY Silver Tray and Button Heart Art...

Isn't it so much fun re-purposing things?

At the moment I am enjoying being creative with old silver trays.

Combine silver,
and...

some glorious old buttons...

With a little creativity, you can create a new artwork!

I needed a little something for the wall above the washing machine,

which is for the Laundry revamp (ongoing project).

If you want to know why that is an ongoing project,

It is because I am the sort of person who is easily distracted.

The laundry revamp is fairly minor, 

as there is only a wee bit of touch-up painting required,

no major wall painting...
and a little bit of décor changing.

Very difficult to complete when life is so full of distractions like

photography, other craft projects, my grandchildren and tea parties!

'Never mind, I say, 'I LOVE distractions. 

There is another day tomorrow!'

So to create this:

DIY Button Heart Art

You will need:

An old silver tray (mine is just a small one)

A heart template (Many shapes to choose from on the net)

Marker pen.

Scissors

Paint in a colour of your choice.

Paintbrush

A selection of buttons in chosen colours

Glue.

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Simply cut out your heart template with the scissors.

Place it in position on the tray.

Draw around the outline of it with the marker pen.

Select the buttons to fit in the heart outline...

Paint the heart in your desired colour.

When it is dry,

Glue the buttons on it.

Dry overnight...

and hang it on the wall.
(I used those fabulous velcro 'easy to remove' picture strips)

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New Cookbook & Blueberry Tarts....

My beautiful daughter gave me this gorgeous cookbook...

(Yet another one of her frequent random acts of kindness!)

'The Ladies Book of Baking'

A Collection of Elegant recipes.

And oh my... 

it is full of simply delicious recipes...

The first one I baked was:

Blueberry Tarts. 

YUM - Baked morsels of berry delight!

Served with a dollop of vanilla ice-cream...

They were very easy to make,
(because you cheat by using ready-rolled pastry!)

and

VERY scrumptious to eat!

Here's the recipe:

Blueberry Tarts
Heat oven to 190 Celsius
Grease a muffin tray or 6 small pie/tart dishes.
Ingredients:
300 grams blueberries (I used frozen)
2 teaspoon cornflour
55 grams caster sugar
4 teaspoons water
55 grams plain flour
1/2 teaspoon grated lemon rind
40 grams diced butter
ready made sweet shortcrust pastry

Make filling:
In a small saucepan put the water, half the blueberries, the cornflour and half the sugar.
Cook over a medium heat, stirring constantly for 2-3 minutes.
Take pan off the heat and add rest of the blueberries.

Make Struesel:
Put the flour, lemon rind, butter and rest of sugar in a bowl 
and combine until like fine crumbs.

Then:
Line muffin tray or dishes with pastry.
Spoon blueberry filling into each case.
Sprinkle tops with struesel mixture.
Bake for 15 minutes until topping is pale gold.
When warm, remove from tins,
plate, and add a dollop of vanilla ice-cream.

EAT!