Wreaths — March 14, 2025

Make a Watercolor Butterfly Wreath to Welcome Spring

Wreaths — March 14, 2025

Make a Watercolor Butterfly Wreath to Welcome Spring

Up here in Portland, Oregon the sun is peeking through the clouds. We made it through our “once every five years” snowstorm and now I am craving spring. So to get things started I am sharing one of my spring project that is perfect for the front door or for any room in the house. I painted these butterflies in pretty spring shades of watercolor. They are ready for you to download and print, both back and front of the butterflies. You can then follow my step-by-step tutorial below to make this spring wreath. Enjoy! ~ Lia

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27 Comments

Kerstin March 18, 2021 at 10:02am

Since you firstly offered these butterflies (long ago) they are my yearly Easter decoration: as garland on my window and on my Easter bunch (twigs of pussy willow and fresh greenery). I love them.

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1. Lia March 18, 2021 at 6:42pm
  
  @Kerstin
  
  Oh I love to hear that, Kerstin! (And we love hearing from you, in general 🙂 )
  
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Patty January 1, 2015 at 12:27pm

Your creations are stunning! I was wondering: You have several printable sheets like this butterfly. Is there a way to use the print and cut feature on the Explore to cut these out?

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1. Lia January 6, 2015 at 1:04pm
  
  @Patty
  
  I don’t provide it at this point but you can import a jpeg into Cricut Explore for the print and cut feature. Their customer service team should be able to walk you through the process.
  
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Nicole April 21, 2014 at 2:08pm

I love this!! Pinned it awhile back and planned on printing it to make tomorrow, but when I downloaded the file the colors don’t seem to be the ones shown on your post, especially the green, which is so pale I can’t see the butterfly well. Am I doing something wrong with the file? I really adored the way it looked in your post. Also, just a question about the butterflies being double-sided: are the backs the file that is just a solid color, not the butterfly shape? Thanks so much for your help!!

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1. Lia April 21, 2014 at 3:13pm
  
  @Nicole
  
  The watercolor does not show well on your browser preview. You will need to actually download it onto your computer and open it in Adobe Acrobat. The colors are all there!
  
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Angie March 3, 2014 at 3:37pm

Thank you so much! Awesome project, as always!

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1. Lia March 3, 2014 at 5:45pm
  
  @Angie
  
  Thanks Angie. So happy you like it!
  
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Veronica February 23, 2014 at 11:40am

The wreath is beuatiful!! and I agree with Adrienne, those books look awesome and you have Little Women my favorite when I was growing up and still is 🙂

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1. Lia February 23, 2014 at 2:34pm
  
  @Veronica
  
  Thanks Veronica!
  
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Deb February 21, 2014 at 7:31pm

So very pretty, love the watercolour effect! Thank you so much Lia.

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1. Lia February 22, 2014 at 8:45am
  
  @Deb
  
  Thanks Deb!
  
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Lisa February 20, 2014 at 10:26am

I’d love to see this wreath with hummingbirds & fuschia flowers.

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1. Lia February 20, 2014 at 6:55pm
  
  @Lisa
  
  That would be so pretty!
  
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Evie February 19, 2014 at 5:02pm

This is adorable! You have such good ideas, Lia.

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1. Lia February 20, 2014 at 6:56pm
  
  @Evie
  
  Thanks Evie!
  
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Ted February 17, 2014 at 9:25pm

This is not only beautifully simple, it’s simply beautiful! However, I’m puzzled about something… the instructions say the butterflies should be printed on both sides, but how does one do that without reversing the colors/sizes? There’s just one page of graphics, so nothing would match up when you print again on the back page.

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1. Lia February 17, 2014 at 9:37pm
  
  @Ted
  
  Thanks Ted! And thanks for pointing out my error. I have reposted the correct PDF with both the font and the back. Now it should make sense. 😉
  
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Melissa@TheChicDream February 17, 2014 at 7:05pm

This is so cute! A friend of mine was telling me that I need to make a Spring wreath for my blog because she needs some ideas. I’m going to pass this along to her because it is much nicer than whatever I’m going to come up with!

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1. Lia February 17, 2014 at 8:34pm
  
  @Melissa@TheChicDream
  
  I will work on a few more ideas too! 🙂
  
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Adrienne February 17, 2014 at 6:02pm

I love that you made this practically impossible not to make. 🙂 I was just looking at my front door wreath and wondering how I could use it to will spring to commence. Pretty sure this is it!

Thank you!

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1. Adrienne February 17, 2014 at 6:04pm
  
  @Adrienne
  
  Gorgeous book collection, by the way.
  
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  1. Lia February 17, 2014 at 6:08pm
    
    @Adrienne
    
    I LOVE old books and I have collected some good titles for sure! I always have my eyes open for them.
    
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    1. Adrienne February 18, 2014 at 5:58pm
      
      @Lia
      
      Love the old ones, but I can’t keep myself from the new ones either. It makes moving houses a bear. 🙂
      
      I have fallen in love with a new series of reissued titles (old and new classics) with covers illustrated by Jessica Hische. The series is referred to as Drop Caps. The bindings are all the colors of the rainbow, with the edges of the pages to match. I’m working towards owning a good portion, if not all.
      
      Might not be news to someone with as fine an eye for design as you, but thought I’d share. I rarely tire of discussing books or food. 🙂
      
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      1. Lia February 18, 2014 at 6:07pm
        
        @Adrienne
        
        Books are the worst to move! Someday I want a floor to ceiling library with a big ladder. Why not right? I haven’t heard of Drop Caps but I am going to go look now! Thanks for the tip. 🙂
      2. Lia February 18, 2014 at 6:08pm
        
        @Adrienne
        
        WOW! Gorgeous. A new obsession. haha.
2. Lia February 17, 2014 at 6:07pm
  
  @Adrienne
  
  Haha! Best comment of the week. Thanks Adrianne!
  
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