Butterfly Mobile!

As you know, I become a crafting queen as of late. :) My latest project was a little mobile for Ruby. I have been drooling over this one from pottery barn and couldn't muster up the will/means to pay $90+ for it. Luckily, Katie felt the same way and was planning to make one too. So...we both made a little mobile for our little girls!  Now I am not by any means a huge butterfly fan (insert Mariah joke here), but I think it looks so air-y and simple! 

Here it is the final product! 

It was very easy (albeit time consuming) to make! Here's what we did...

We bought: and embroidery hoop for the ring (and just used the circle without the fastener), invisible thread, a needle, a butterfly paper punch, and cardstock or scrapbook paper.

1. Use a paper punch to punch out butterflies. Slightly bend the butterflies in the middle so they look like they are flying.

2. Create a criss cross with two threads across the width of your circle. These are the main threads you will tie the rest of the dangling threads with butterflies on. 

3. Cut a piece of clear thread as long as you think you want the longest middle string to be. Tie a triple knot at the end and thread on a butterfly. A few inches up, tie another knot and thread another butterfly on. My middle thread had 6 butterflies and was about 18 inches long. Tie this thread to the middle of your criss cross.

4. Start on the  second row of butterflies. I just did one less butterfly with each row. So this row had 5 butterflies. You need four of these threads. Tie one onto each branch of the criss cross about and inch from the middle.

5. Create another row of 4 threads each with 4 butterflies. Tie them on about and inch from the previous row. 

6. Now, make four rows of 3 butterflies for the last row. This row should be right about where the criss cross thread meets the ring. 

7. Now, in between the criss cross rows, tie on four rows on four butterflies. I did 4 butterflies so that it would cover up the "bald spot" better. 

7. I then tied 3 threads around the ring, joined them together, and then tied a long one to the three to hang it up with. I just tied a loop on the thread and stapled it to the roof! 

Hope that made any sense! Please ask any questions if you need clarification!