Help/advice needed - birthday prezzi

Originally Posted by missyorkie_chris

+1, we need to have photographic evidence that a biker can be light and delicate when making pretty butterfly ornaments

ahem

can women bikers not be delicate?

Originally Posted by missyorkie_chris

I see....or not....can a biker not be a man?

there were no men = superflical common ground
there were no bikers of either sex = superfical common ground

i didnt list any other superfical listing of people, as not seeing a team of footballers was hardly suprising, or relvant

I think ive got you on this one!!

Originally Posted by pencil shavings

ahem

can women bikers not be delicate?

see the following correction

Originally Posted by missyorkie_chris

+1, we need to have photographic evidence that a male biker can be light and delicate when making pretty butterfly ornaments

Originally Posted by pencil shavings

there were no men = superflical common ground
there were no bikers of either sex = superfical common ground

i didnt list any other superfical listing of people, as not seeing a team of footballers was hardly suprising, or relvant

I think ive got you on this one!!

Was just the way I read it then

"No men.......And no bikers"

Bikers being a different gender/species

so you know where to go to pull - no competition

Right, pictures! Step by step and 8 days till B-day!

The craft balls only had a hole in one end, so I had to use a big safey pin to make a hole all the way through.



Three craft balls with holes all the way through, super glued together. This will make the body.



Then I got some of the siliver wire and just bent it into a wing shape with my hand, and it came out somthing like this



infact exactly like that. Then I made holes in the body and glued the wing in place.



The next wing didnt get made quite so easily and nicly, oh well, hopfully it wont be noticable



Same process of holes and super glue



the next step was the hardest so far, the fabric stuff just wouldnt stick to the silver wire. So eventually I decided it would be best to put the fabric (organza i think its called??) on both sides of the wing and let the superglue dont on the organza rather than the siliver wire. I cut out slightly too big squares so they could be trimmed down to size afterwards.



Then the other wing, same method as the 1st wing, so much quicker the second time, but still fiddly



This project has given me a nice break from revision, I can pick it up and do abit when my brain is getting tired. Here it is with one wing trimmed.



i found that trimming it loosed the bond of the superglue so I had to do abit of re glueing afterwards. Here it is with both wings trimmed and glued and solid.



Thats not the finished version, going to make some antenis and put glitter glue stuff on the wings to make them bling! lol

very pretty, those craft balls are effective!

are you going to put any additional decorative bits on the wings?

the craft balls look effective when coloured with felt tip too.

good job

felt tip - top tip that! (wow, that is aliteration in mega form! lol) I will give it ago.

yep, ive got some gitter glue for the wings, anything else I shoudl think of trying?

Looks really good....

You can buy little tubs of tiny sequins and sparkly things, they might look nice glued on

Wow! That looks really good! Would love to see it when it's finished. Only a few days to go...will it be revision or butterflies?? How many more butterflies are you going to make?

Originally Posted by Mrs Blue Pete

Wow! That looks really good! Would love to see it when it's finished. Only a few days to go...will it be revision or butterflies?? How many more butterflies are you going to make?

Well, hopfully revision wins, becasue I do want to pass! lol

Im not sure on the amount, but at least 5, I think the amount is dependant on time.