Beads of Courage Butterflies

[FosterFire]

HELP! My local bead group is asking for Butterflies for the Beads of Courage. In case you may not remember, the butterflies are given to the parents of the kids who don't make it. I want the butterfly to be beautful and graceful and mine are..needing help.

The attached scan shows the best ones..the ones I didn't put in the fish tank, if you know what I mean.

Anyway, anybody got a good looking butterfly design they would be willing to share??

[NLC Beads]

Sharon Peters posted one in the butterfly thread in the Gallery - it helped me loads!

I like the amber one, it's pretty, AND your murrini aren't deviting, so you're not as bad as you think! :)

[tt4st]

Hi Robin,
Sharon Peter's also has a detailed drawing demo on how she makes her butterflies on the Beads of Courage website.

I haven't attempted a butterfly yet. I feel like losing a child would take a spectacular butterfly so I am hoping the kids are enjoying my purple hearts for now. I'll start practicing graceful butterflies soon and hope I can do them justice!

[Bluejeangirlnc]

Here's the link where Sharon posted her butterfly design the other day: http://www.lampworketc.com/forums/showthread.php?t=66139&highlight=butterfly+tutorial

Hope that helps.

~Wendy

[sarsigirl]

I have tried but ended up with strange bug things that didn't look like butterflies at all. I can make purple hearts just fine though!