butterfly mobile

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i picked up these adorable chipboard butterflies, what feels like forever ago, knowing that i wanted to make a butterfly mobile for my daughter's bedroom. we lost a tree a while back due to a storm and i saved a branch, thinking that it would make a nice base for the mobile. it took a little while for me to make it but the idea stayed in my head. so, i stripped the bark off the branch and really debated over keeping it natural v. painting it and the painted version won in the end. i covered the butterflies in cute pp (& painted the backs with different coordinating solid colors) and then hung them at varying lengths with clear twine. and when the window is cracked (from the top) the butterflies sway gently in the breeze.....perfect! i couldn't be happier with it. not sure the picture does it justice. inspired by this - clearly i went a totally different route but still love the original as well.