Easy Ribbon Butterfly
Happy (almost) Mother's Day! Here's a quick and easy ribbon and bead butterfly that you can make for your Mom, grandmother or for a spring decoration. Hang it in a flower pot, add a pin back or adhere it to a tag or card. Here are the steps to make your own. You'll need: Grosgrain ribbon, 6" and 5" pieces from Gwen Studios Chenille stem, 1/2 Pony beads, 5 for body color, 1 for head Acrylic beads, 2 Sewing thread and needle or tacky glue Hot glue and glue gun Cut two pieces of ribbon, 6" and 5". Curve the ribbon ends to the back center as shown and glue or tack them together. Trim ends even. Overlap top and bottom wings and glue. Fold 1/2 chenille stem in half. Slide 5 pony beads onto one side of the stem. This will be the top of the body. Slide the butterfly in between the folded chenille stem. Glue if desired (it will stay in place without.) Slide one more bead over both ends of the folded stem. Twist the stems together above the bead. Trim the end...