The Beautiful And Fragile Butterfly Cards And Gifts.

Beautiful Butterfly On Flowers Notebook
by RaintreeDesigns
 

I adore butterflies. The amazing colours, how delicate they are, the fleeting beauty and the way they fly and flutter about. They always remind me of summer, flower meadows, warm days and sunshine.

Butterflies have been around for about 50 million years and their evolution probably started around 150 million years ago.

They are amazing creatures yet are in decline. In the UK we have lost three-quarters of our butterfly population. Their fragility makes them quick to react to changes in climate, and loss of habitat. 

Many other birds and animals rely on the butterfly as a food source so their loss can have an effect up the chain. Butterflies are an indicator of a healthy ecosystem and environment.

Freedom, Beauty and Peace are often depicted by the Butterfly. They have often been mentioned in literature such as Shakespeare, The Bible and modern-day poetry.

I also love to take photographs of butterflies. They are however a difficult subject as by their very nature they rarely keep still! 

So any photographs I have taken are the result of hours of patience and good luck! I often have the best results taking a comfortable seating area close by some of the flowers that butterflies love.

Here are just some of the items I put together that feature the beautiful butterfly.

I do love cushions and these two below both feature butterflies at rest on flowers. The first is more a summery look with the purples and oranges and the second gives a more autumnal feel I think. Both will look at home with many decorative styles and can be used in a bedroom or living area with ease.

Beautiful Butterfly On Flowers Cushion
by RaintreeDesigns

Autumn Butterfly Throw Pillow
by RaintreeDesigns

If you would like a postcard that is colourful, cheerful and depicts a wonderful relaxed nature scene.

Butterfly On Flowers Postcard
by RaintreeDesigns


I do like to give Thank you cards, I think it just shows appreciation and care. There are two versions here that will suit many Thank you occasions 

 

Two Butterflies On Flower Thank You Card
by RaintreeDesigns

Butterfly At Rest On Flowers Thankyou Card
by RaintreeDesigns

If you are looking for a canvas to display on your home or office wall these two butterflies that came to the rest of a beautiful yellow flower make a lovely relaxing and peaceful scene that will look good and fit in with many styles of home decor.

Two Butterflies On Flower Canvas Print
by RaintreeDesigns

If you prefer a poster here we have a great photograph of the butterflies' wings outstretched feeding or resting on this pale yellow flower. Again will suit many styles of home decor.  

Autumn Butterfly Poster
by RaintreeDesigns

I will be ordering this Welcome mat! I love the two butterflies and the cheerful greeting it will give visitors. A little out of the ordinary for a Welcome mat that will create a unique and lovely first impression of your home.  

Two Butterflies On Flower Doormat
by RaintreeDesigns

I don't know about you but even in this age of computers, ipads and technology I still always need a notepad to handwrite things in!! However, I don't want a boring one so one like this that is beautiful with the butterfly and flowers fading into the distance is so much better.    

Beautiful Butterfly On Flowers Notebook
by RaintreeDesigns

Do you wear leggings? Would you wear a unique pair of leggings like these butterfly and flower design ones? I adore the colours and think that they would go with many different tops in green, purple, orange, brown, white and black so very versatile.  

Butterfly On Flowers Leggings
by RaintreeDesigns

If you need a lunch box for work or school and you love nature, flowers and butterflies this is a lovely one  

Butterfly On Flowers Metal Lunch Box
by RaintreeDesigns

I do hope you enjoyed my butterfly photos and browsing the items here. If one or more catches your eye do click through to find out more.Thank you so much for your visit and for appreciating nature and the butterflies. 

Bulrushes By Water Cushion

Bulrushes By Water Throw Pillow

by RaintreeDesigns

 

I took this photograph on a beautiful hot summers day in July at a nature reserve we discovered recently. 

It used to be a quarry and the Wildlife trust worked with the Quarry Owners to release the land once it was no longer productive and then they filled the quarry pits with water, planted it up and waited for the wildlife to arrive-which they did in droves :)  

It is a truly beautiful place now and I love to see all the beautiful natural plants and weeds and all manner of wildflowers surrounding the large lakes.

Bulrushes are in decline where I live and so it was a wonderful sight for me to see these. It brought bak memories of my childhood when Mum and me used to go for long bike rides often alongside river banks and we so often saw these beautiful bulrushes which were a favorite of my Mums. Bulrushes are somtimes known as reed mace or cattatils as well.  

In the story ark of bulrushes in the Book  of Exodus it is said that Moses as an infant child was found in a boat made of Bulrushes. 

So I love this cushion which has the photograph design on both sides and incorporates the relaxing colours of blue, green and brown in a very natural way.  It would fit into many different style sof home and colour schemes and of course make a lovely gift  especially if the person loves natural scenes. 

Bulrushes By Water Cushion

Bulrushes By Water Throw Pillow
by RaintreeDesigns

 

Here are some other products made from the same Bulrushes photograph.

Bulrushes
by Annie (Raintree Designs)