{"id":30203,"date":"2017-08-22T15:39:00","date_gmt":"2017-08-22T15:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/craftyourhappiness.com?p=30203&#038;preview=true&#038;preview_id=30203"},"modified":"2025-03-16T03:21:25","modified_gmt":"2025-03-16T03:21:25","slug":"butterfly-decor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craftyourhappiness.com\/2017\/08\/22\/butterfly-decor\/","title":{"rendered":"Inexpensive DIY Framed Butterfly Decor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-30206 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/craftyourhappiness.com\/abode\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Butterfly-Decor-SQ.png\" alt=\"Hard to believe but this beautifully DIY framed butterfly decor piece was made with an old black frame that was missing the glass and some toy butterflies!\" width=\"630\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/craftyourhappiness.com\/abode\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Butterfly-Decor-SQ.png 630w, https:\/\/craftyourhappiness.com\/abode\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Butterfly-Decor-SQ-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/craftyourhappiness.com\/abode\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Butterfly-Decor-SQ-100x100.png 100w, https:\/\/craftyourhappiness.com\/abode\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Butterfly-Decor-SQ-600x600.png 600w, https:\/\/craftyourhappiness.com\/abode\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Butterfly-Decor-SQ-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/craftyourhappiness.com\/abode\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Butterfly-Decor-SQ-45x45.png 45w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-30207\" src=\"https:\/\/craftyourhappiness.com\/abode\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/blank630x20.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"630\" height=\"20\" srcset=\"https:\/\/craftyourhappiness.com\/abode\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/blank630x20.png 630w, https:\/\/craftyourhappiness.com\/abode\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/blank630x20-600x19.png 600w, https:\/\/craftyourhappiness.com\/abode\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/blank630x20-300x10.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/>It might be hard to believe but this beautifully framed butterfly decor piece was made with an old black frame I had that was missing the glass\u00a0 and some toy butterflies.\u00a0 From trash and toys arose a classy piece of wall art and no one was the wiser. I love the feeling of creating something beautiful out of odd things such as this, especially when I can incorporate items I already have such as the frame. Glad I kept it as I needed a frame without glass for this particular project!\u00a0 I&#8217;ll bet your house is full of things just waiting to be turned into something gorgeous! If you particularly love butterflies you must check out our <a href=\"https:\/\/craftyourhappiness.com\/2016\/09\/20\/butterfly-dream-catcher\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Butterfly Dream Catcher<\/a>! It&#8217;s gorgeous!<\/p>\n<h1>Butterfly Decor Supplies<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/30D3n9u\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Realistic Toy Butterflies<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Frame with glass removed (Size depends on the size of and how many butterflies you use.) For the package of 12 I purchased on Amazon my frame was a 11 x 16.<\/li>\n<li id=\"title\" class=\"a-size-large a-spacing-none\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2NTTEnS\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gold Spray Paint<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 (<span id=\"productTitle\" class=\"a-size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2fZKnKC\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rust Oleum<\/a> American Accents Ultra Cover 2X Spray Paint, Metallic Gold is the BEST gold I&#8217;ve ever found. Pricey on Amazon however.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3lqNyux\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hot Glue<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-30207\" src=\"https:\/\/craftyourhappiness.com\/abode\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/blank630x20.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"630\" height=\"20\" srcset=\"https:\/\/craftyourhappiness.com\/abode\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/blank630x20.png 630w, https:\/\/craftyourhappiness.com\/abode\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/blank630x20-600x19.png 600w, https:\/\/craftyourhappiness.com\/abode\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/blank630x20-300x10.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/>Instructions<\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Gather your supplies. I had an old frame already with no glass already and the paint. My only cost was the toy butterflies. \u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-30209\" src=\"https:\/\/craftyourhappiness.com\/abode\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Butterfly-Decor-1.jpg\" alt=\"Hard to believe but this beautiful DIY framed butterfly decor piece was made with an old black frame that was missing the glass and some toy butterflies!\" width=\"630\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/craftyourhappiness.com\/abode\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Butterfly-Decor-1.jpg 630w, https:\/\/craftyourhappiness.com\/abode\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Butterfly-Decor-1-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/craftyourhappiness.com\/abode\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Butterfly-Decor-1-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I painted my frame white.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-30210\" src=\"https:\/\/craftyourhappiness.com\/abode\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Butterfly-Decor-2.jpg\" alt=\"Hard to believe but this beautiful DIY framed butterfly decor piece was made with an old black frame that was missing the glass and some toy butterflies!\" width=\"630\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/craftyourhappiness.com\/abode\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Butterfly-Decor-2.jpg 630w, https:\/\/craftyourhappiness.com\/abode\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Butterfly-Decor-2-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/craftyourhappiness.com\/abode\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Butterfly-Decor-2-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I would have painted the background white but it had holes in it so I had to do something else.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-30211\" src=\"https:\/\/craftyourhappiness.com\/abode\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Butterfly-Decor-3.jpg\" alt=\"Hard to believe but this beautiful DIY framed butterfly decor piece was made with an old black frame that was missing the glass and some toy butterflies!\" width=\"630\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/craftyourhappiness.com\/abode\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Butterfly-Decor-3.jpg 630w, https:\/\/craftyourhappiness.com\/abode\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Butterfly-Decor-3-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/craftyourhappiness.com\/abode\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Butterfly-Decor-3-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I found a large sheet of white paper I could use to cover it with. <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-30212\" src=\"https:\/\/craftyourhappiness.com\/abode\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Butterfly-Decor-4.jpg\" alt=\"Hard to believe but this beautiful DIY framed butterfly decor piece was made with an old black frame that was missing the glass and some toy butterflies!\" width=\"630\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/craftyourhappiness.com\/abode\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Butterfly-Decor-4.jpg 630w, https:\/\/craftyourhappiness.com\/abode\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Butterfly-Decor-4-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/craftyourhappiness.com\/abode\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Butterfly-Decor-4-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I traced the back onto the sheet, cut it out and used spray adhesive to glue it on. Now I had a nice white background to place my butterflies on.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-30213\" src=\"https:\/\/craftyourhappiness.com\/abode\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Butterfly-Decor-5.jpg\" alt=\"Hard to believe but this beautiful DIY framed butterfly decor piece was made with an old black frame that was missing the glass and some toy butterflies!\" width=\"630\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/craftyourhappiness.com\/abode\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Butterfly-Decor-5.jpg 630w, https:\/\/craftyourhappiness.com\/abode\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Butterfly-Decor-5-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/craftyourhappiness.com\/abode\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Butterfly-Decor-5-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Next I spray painted my butterflies. <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-30214\" src=\"https:\/\/craftyourhappiness.com\/abode\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Butterfly-Decor-6.jpg\" alt=\"Hard to believe but this beautiful DIY framed butterfly decor piece was made with an old black frame that was missing the glass and some toy butterflies!\" width=\"630\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/craftyourhappiness.com\/abode\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Butterfly-Decor-6.jpg 630w, https:\/\/craftyourhappiness.com\/abode\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Butterfly-Decor-6-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/craftyourhappiness.com\/abode\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Butterfly-Decor-6-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Here are all my golden butterflies. <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-30215\" src=\"https:\/\/craftyourhappiness.com\/abode\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Butterfly-Decor-7.jpg\" alt=\"Hard to believe but this beautiful DIY framed butterfly decor piece was made with an old black frame that was missing the glass and some toy butterflies!\" width=\"630\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/craftyourhappiness.com\/abode\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Butterfly-Decor-7.jpg 630w, https:\/\/craftyourhappiness.com\/abode\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Butterfly-Decor-7-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/craftyourhappiness.com\/abode\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Butterfly-Decor-7-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">As I wanted them to lie a bit flatter, I took some wire cutters and cut the legs off. (No way to make that sound good is there?)<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-30216\" src=\"https:\/\/craftyourhappiness.com\/abode\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Butterfly-Decor-8.jpg\" alt=\"Hard to believe but this beautiful DIY framed butterfly decor piece was made with an old black frame that was missing the glass and some toy butterflies!\" width=\"630\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/craftyourhappiness.com\/abode\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Butterfly-Decor-8.jpg 630w, https:\/\/craftyourhappiness.com\/abode\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Butterfly-Decor-8-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/craftyourhappiness.com\/abode\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Butterfly-Decor-8-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I then place a dob of hot glue on each one and pressed them in place. <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-30217\" src=\"https:\/\/craftyourhappiness.com\/abode\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Butterfly-Decor-9.jpg\" alt=\"Hard to believe but this beautiful DIY framed butterfly decor piece was made with an old black frame that was missing the glass and some toy butterflies!\" width=\"630\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/craftyourhappiness.com\/abode\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Butterfly-Decor-9.jpg 630w, https:\/\/craftyourhappiness.com\/abode\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Butterfly-Decor-9-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/craftyourhappiness.com\/abode\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Butterfly-Decor-9-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">If desired you can measure and place a dot where each one will go. I did mine by eye and started in the corner and was careful to place them so they were evenly spaced around. No matter how many butterflies you use you want to keep about 2&#8243; between them.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-30218\" src=\"https:\/\/craftyourhappiness.com\/abode\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Butterfly-Decor-10.jpg\" alt=\"Hard to believe but this beautiful DIY framed butterfly decor piece was made with an old black frame that was missing the glass and some toy butterflies!\" width=\"630\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/craftyourhappiness.com\/abode\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Butterfly-Decor-10.jpg 630w, https:\/\/craftyourhappiness.com\/abode\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Butterfly-Decor-10-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/craftyourhappiness.com\/abode\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Butterfly-Decor-10-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">This is my finished butterfly decor frame. <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-30219\" src=\"https:\/\/craftyourhappiness.com\/abode\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Butterfly-Decor-11.jpg\" alt=\"Hard to believe but this beautiful DIY framed butterfly decor piece was made with an old black frame that was missing the glass and some toy butterflies!\" width=\"630\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/craftyourhappiness.com\/abode\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Butterfly-Decor-11.jpg 630w, https:\/\/craftyourhappiness.com\/abode\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Butterfly-Decor-11-600x470.jpg 600w, https:\/\/craftyourhappiness.com\/abode\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Butterfly-Decor-11-300x235.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-30207\" src=\"https:\/\/craftyourhappiness.com\/abode\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/blank630x20.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"630\" height=\"20\" srcset=\"https:\/\/craftyourhappiness.com\/abode\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/blank630x20.png 630w, https:\/\/craftyourhappiness.com\/abode\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/blank630x20-600x19.png 600w, https:\/\/craftyourhappiness.com\/abode\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/blank630x20-300x10.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-30220 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/craftyourhappiness.com\/abode\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Butterfly-Decor-12.png\" alt=\"Hard to believe but this beautifully DIY framed butterfly decor piece was made with an old black frame that was missing the glass and some toy butterflies!\" width=\"630\" height=\"975\" srcset=\"https:\/\/craftyourhappiness.com\/abode\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Butterfly-Decor-12.png 630w, https:\/\/craftyourhappiness.com\/abode\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Butterfly-Decor-12-600x929.png 600w, https:\/\/craftyourhappiness.com\/abode\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Butterfly-Decor-12-194x300.png 194w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-30207\" src=\"https:\/\/craftyourhappiness.com\/abode\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/blank630x20.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"630\" height=\"20\" srcset=\"https:\/\/craftyourhappiness.com\/abode\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/blank630x20.png 630w, https:\/\/craftyourhappiness.com\/abode\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/blank630x20-600x19.png 600w, https:\/\/craftyourhappiness.com\/abode\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/blank630x20-300x10.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It might be hard to believe but this beautifully framed butterfly decor piece was made with an old black frame I had that was missing the glass\u00a0 and some toy butterflies.\u00a0 From trash and toys arose a classy piece of wall art and no one was the wiser. I love the feeling of creating something [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":30208,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1603,1611,1674,1714],"tags":[1677],"class_list":["post-30203","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-1-blog","category-diy-decor","category-wall-decor","category-z-last-min-gifts-post-2017","tag-faux-taxidermy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/craftyourhappiness.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30203","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/craftyourhappiness.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/craftyourhappiness.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/craftyourhappiness.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/craftyourhappiness.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30203"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/craftyourhappiness.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30203\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37298,"href":"https:\/\/craftyourhappiness.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30203\/revisions\/37298"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/craftyourhappiness.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30208"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/craftyourhappiness.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30203"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/craftyourhappiness.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30203"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/craftyourhappiness.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}