BIRDS AND BUTTERFLIES

This week's treats plus favourite 'things with wings'

THINGS WITH WINGS

I think there are a few reasons why butterflies and birds are such commonly occurring motifs in mixed media creating and scrapbooking.

For one thing, they are perfect for scattering on a page and filling a spot! But as living things, they somehow embody a lot more energy and suggestion of movement and life than static elements like leaves and flowers.

(And as someone said about my ‘power of faces’ post, even a bug or a butterfly serves that role on a page and they always NEED something with a face of some sort!)

And, of course, there are already strong symbolic connotations, especially around butterflies and concepts of transformation, rebirth and lightness and joy.

Here’s a fabulous one with scattered butterflies from my design partner Rachel using “Hear My Voice: Growing” of moments outside on their permitted walks during those strangest of times in the Covid lockdowns:

Birds as well can symbolise freedom and escape - although to me they suggest curiosity as well.

Not surprisingly there are plenty of birds in my “The Birds Will Sing” collection:

I even use them to create repeating patterns, such as this ‘paper’ from the emotions kit:

Do you like using birds and butterflies on your creations? Or maybe you are one of those people who find butterflies and moths too bug-like? ;-)

All the creations above except Rachel’s were made with collections that are in the new batch of surprise ‘Holiday Treats’ at the Lilypad :-)

Instead of the usual mid-weekly sale, there will be lots of recent products HALF PRICE all through December.

Next Friday we will swap them out for a new final batch of designs.

PS if you are not seeing 15 items, it could be an issue with Chrome browsers, in which case you can the ‘Holiday Treats’ store section in the sidebar of The Lilypad store

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