White butterfly for a girl's first day at school

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Although the summer school holidays in England have only started today the beginning of the new school year is not too far away. The department stores kindly remind parents about it with their "Back to school" display windows.

In Russia the school year starts on 1 September every year designated as a public holiday. Well, unless it falls on the weekend. For first year students  it is an important day. The parents try their best and prepare their children for this new step in their lives by investing a small fortune in the outfits and designer stationary.

In my day girls would wear a school uniform dress as well as a lacy decorative white apron. The hairstyles would vary with plaits prevailing but what most first year girls would have in their hair were enormous foam-like organza bows. Here's roughly how it looked:

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New tutorial out! Lace butterfly: a stunning accessory you can make yourself without special tools.

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I think I have not met anyone who did not like butterflies. They are fascinating and delicate creatures full of beauty. No wonder we want to capture it and embody in our designs to enjoy their perfection and elegance as and when we want it.

I love creating butterflies made of delicate lace and pure silk. Such designs look appropriate in wedding themes, they are perfect for special occasions, as little girls’ hair accessories, etc. They make a nice gift too.

I have developed this tutorial in a way that you can make your own stunning lace butterfly accessory without having to use any specialised tools.

By varying the size of the butterfly and by using coloured laces you can create an accessory to match any outfit. This lace butterfly can be attached to a headband, a hair clip, a brooch base or just sewn onto a garment, such as a wedding dress.  It can be used in millinery too to decorate hats and fasciantors. The applications are endless. Once you have mastered the art of making lace butterflies you can easily create different accessories in sizes and colours that are required.

You will learn how to

• make beautifully light feather antennae
• create a stunning body of seed beads
• wire the wings so they hold their shape
• attach the butterfly to a headband / hair clip

For those of you who have a set of millinery tools I am preparing a FREE bonus tutorial on how to shape the velvet butterfly wings using a set of millinery tools for silk flower making as shown in the picture below. For this butterfly I have used a different template which I have included as well! 

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At the moment the lace butterfly tutorial is available for instant download now from my website here http://presentperfectcreations.com/product/lace-silk-butterfly-tutorial-pdf/

Should you have any questions regarding materials or tools prior to purchasing the tutorial please feel free to contact me via this blog (comments) 

Silk and Lace Butterfly tutorial

Discount on WEDDING ACCESSORIES AND FABRIC FLOWERS

As the May promotion continues I am happy to offer a 10% discount on my line of wedding and bridal accessories and fabric flowers. The offer is valid till 23 May 2013. To redeem your discount please use 13WEDDING10 coupon code on check out at my ETSY store.

Double cherry blossom wreath

Handmade fabric flowers are ideal to decorate bridal hairdos, wedding dresses and shoes. They add finishing touches to bridal hats and fascinators, which are the modern alternatives to a classic bridal veil.

Pearl silk peony fascinator with a veil

You may choose fabric flowers if you wish to have a keepsake of this very important day in your life. For example, a groom's buttonhole, a mother of the bride's corsage, a maid of honour's wrist corsage etc.

Calla lily boutonniere

Whilst I would suggest you get your bridal bouquet from a florist, I would recommend the accessories (especially those used for hair and clothing) be handmade from fabric. In this case the choice of  attachments (comb, headband, hair clip, shoe clip, brooch pin etc.), colour options (blue rose, golden peony etc.), types of flowers (lily-of-the-valley, cornflower and similar are not found at florists) is almost endless.

Large assymmtrical rose in golden silk

If you opt for a themed wedding, for example, a sunflower theme, you could not do without handmade miniature fabric flowers. Imagine trying to decorate your hairdo with these huge blooms!

Silk and velvet sunflower for hair

Gone are the days when the wedding was only associated with whites, ivories, creams. Nowadays weddings have a colour scheme or a theme to them and these options are endless. They create opportunities for new ideas and interesting interpretations.
Whether you love the idea of a traditional white wedding or would rather go for some brigther unusual schemes,  handmade fabric flowers will work in both cases. The choice of colour, size, type of bloom can be customized according to your preferences. Remember, if you can see what you want in my portfolio of designs please contact me to discuss your ideas either via this blog or my Etsy shop.

Aqua Treasury on Etsy

Our turquoise and mint butterflies headband has been featured in AquaLove Seafoam September Treasury by Penny Birch-Williams on Etsy!

'AquaLove Seafoam September' by PennyBirchWilliams

A collection of Aqua-Seafoam lovelies from SEOTeam sellers in September.

Lampwork glass bead set teal... AnneLondezGlas... $39.00	Oriental Floral Pattern Imag... PrintablesShop $4.75	Genuine Turquoise Drop Earri... SeventhWillow $32.00	Boho Headband Crochet Knit H... CatalinaInspir... $15.00
Lace butterfly fascinator, t... PresentPerfect... $70.00	Retro Womens Gathered Full S... Eclectasie $50.00	Love Birds Original ACEO Art... LizzesBeautifu... $7.95	Altered Wooden Clothespins o... PaperPilePrinc... $3.95
Crossbody bag blue fabric, l... TsetsiLaMode $30.00	Christmas Gift Card Holder-S... TerrysCards $2.75	Peanut zippered pouch small Coonstuff $12.00	Hanging Jewelry Organizer in... sharonmooradia... $65.00
Mosaic Jar - Salvaged Glass ... happygomiller $30.00	Fresh Water Pearls and Silk ... CatalinaInspir... $32.00	Blue Hair Barrettes, Beaded ... BeadsByDawn $8.00	Modern Enamel Necklace, Art ... OxArtJewelry $39.00

Treasury tool supported by the dog house

NEW! Double organza wedding butterflies

Although lace butterflies (cream and coloured) have proven successful, today I wanted to introduce their cousins which are for some reason being a bit neglected. I am talking about double organza butterflies. In the picture you can see the option with a silver thread between the layers of organza. However I also have a copper thread version of this fabric. Here the butterflies are made in white as a wedding decor but organza being pure silk can of course be coloured in any necessary colour to match a chosen wedding theme. Which, to my mind, is a great advantage.
But even in pure white this set of a brooch and a hair clip looks very elegant and attractive. I have not forgotten to use ostrich feathers and Japanese seed beads as usual ☺

The range of butterflies I offer can be checked out here