Butterflies Birthday Blog Hop Reveal

Alenka from Pepita Handmade In Solvenia decided to have a birthday blog hop featuring butterflies.  How could anyone resist?   Happy late birthday Alenka :-)

I started out by making a beaded butterfly.  

This didn't completely satisfy me, so I decided to make it presentable so it could be hung on the wall.  I strung some sparkly green seed beads in a random pattern and hung the butterfly.  It can go either vertically or horizontally.



 

Recently I have been all about shadows.  I think I'm just glad to see them, because that means the sun is out!



As a child in California we had milkweed bushes on the side of our driveway.  I used to love to look through the bushes to find monarch butterfly caterpillars.



Monarch caterpillar and butterfly from Wikimedia Commons

Later as an adult I would go visit the overwintering monarch butterflies that were in a eucalyptus grove down the street.  There were huge clusters with thousands of butterflies.  On sunny days the air would be full of beautiful orange and black butterflies.

Thank you Alenka for giving me the opportunity to reminisce about a wonderful time from my childhood.

Here is the participant list.  I can't wait to see what everyone made!

1. Alenka (Pepita) - hostess --> http://pepita-handmade.blogspot.com/

2. Monique  --> http://ahalfbakednotion.blogspot.com/

3. Beti Horvath -->http://stringingfool.blogspot.com/

4. Kathy Lindemer --> http://bay-moon-design.blogspot.com/

5. Kepi --> http://kepirasmussen.blogspot.com/

6. Christine Altmiller --> http://onekisscreations.blogspot.com/

7. Amy S. --> http://blogspot.amybeads.com/

8. Dini Bruinsma --> http://angazabychanges.blogspot.com/

9. Cynthia  --> http://antiquitytravelers.blogspot.com/

10. Alicia --> http://www.allprettythings.ca/

11. Sheilaposter --> http://catswithbeads.blogspot.com/

12. Therese Frank --> http://theresestreasures59.blogspot.com/

13. Rebecca White --> http://morganafeycreations.121hub.com/

14. Rachel Mallis --> http://www.mintmonarch.com/#!blog/c1jlz

15. Liz E --> http://beadcontagion.blogspot.com/         (you are here)

16. Ana  --> http://acbeads.blogspot.com/

17. Jasvanti Patel --> http://jewelrybyjasvanti.blogspot.com/

18. Carolyn --> http://carolynscreationswa.blogspot.com/

19. Nan Smith --> http://wirednan.blogspot.com/