Tuesday's Butterfly is... Extravagance!

Hello Lovelies,

I recently stumbled upon this extravagant Schiaparelli dress and thought it would be perfect for a "Tuesday's Butterfly". Isn't it just grand?

I also love this quote involving butterflies:

Enjoy!

Alix of TeaButterfly.

Tea (and butterflies) With... Siobhan Wilson

Hello Lovelies,

It's Tuesday - time for this week's butterfly!
I spotted this Tuesday butterfly on the most beautiful & talented girl, and it's pinned high in her hair as you can see...

Her name is Siodbhan Wilson, she's more than pretty and I love her music!  One of my favorites from this artist is her "Song for Anthony" and it achingly says about childhood:

Of course, I'd love to have tea with her some time... Now that I'm back in Paris, France (yes, I've moved back!), this is all the more possible! ;-)


Siodbhan Wilson's details:
Facebook page 
YouTube channel
More  images of that pretty face



Enjoy!

Alix of TeaButterfly

The Life of Tropical Butterflies

Hello Lovelies!

 Tropical butterflies at the Detroit Zoo. via the "obsession with butterflies" site.

No TV At Home.

I don't have a TV at home, but I'm staying at a friend's right now and just saw a very interesting documentary on the life of tropical butterflies. And you know me, I'm crazy about butterflies!
This particular program was broadcasted by ARTE, the German-French TV. You can re-play this "X:enius" program here for a few days (in French and German).

photo found via Dominique's Browning's blog, Slow Love Life. No, wait! Dominique has indeed mentioned her love for caterpillars on her fantastic blog, but this particular image is via the jjjjound.com blog.

The Appetite of the Caterpillar.

One thing that really struck me, watching this program, was the caterpillars' huge appetite, for fresh leaves and for life! Maybe thats why they're called caterpillars, with cater like in catering? I'll have to check in a dictionary. But what I witnessed was the caterpillars' - of any species - huge growth, literally within days, following that massive eating of leaves.

Image from the program X:enius on ARTE TV

But Not Just Any Leaves... 

Most butterfly species feed on a specific herb, leaf or plant. That's what makes them so fragile. Hunters and collectors of exotic butterflies don't seem as much as a big threat as deforestation is, or the disappearance of a given environment.
Caterpillars are hungry indeed, but most times they would rather die than eat another leaf than the one they're used to eat! So if a given forest, with the given plants and trees that grow there, disappear, the butterflies disappear with their environment. Just another reason to protect tropical forests and wildlife!

 Funky Caterpillars, a triptych made of three of my Flickr faves.
1. Chenille de Bombyx à livrée (Malacosoma neustria) The Lackey caterpillar, 2. la chenille ne tient qu'a un fil, 3. Chenille Machaon (Papilio machaon) Swallowtail Caterpillar

Butterflies in Your Garden.

So you'd like to preserve butterflies and have plenty of them in your surroundings? That's quite simple really. You can either grow specific butterfly-attracting plants like the famous buddleia. Or you could simply let nature do the hard work and leave a small part of you garden unweeded. Yes! Grow weeds! "Weeds", or whatever plants grow naturally in your soil, are the most likely to attract the butterflies that would naturally develop there. Just wonderful, and simple!

-Vic from TeaButterfly.

buddleia !

Tuesday's Butterfly is... "Amour"!

Hello Lovelies,

"amour" - collage by Vic Lipson (c) 2007

Today I'm pleased to share with you a butterfly collage I did a while ago.
I love the mix of color/patterns in it, and the meeting of a butterfly with the word "amour" (that's "love" in French).

Enjoy!

-Vic from TeaButterfly

Tuesday's Butterfly is... Perfection!

image found via pinterest

Hello Lovelies!

I really really love this home decor with framed winged coleopters. Oh! That perfect splash of red that "makes it" (without dominating). That hint of very warm yellow. The vintage mirror. And white lilies? Those are my favorite flowers! Elegant, classy and so very fragrant.

Of course, what I love most is the Wunderkammer (aka "cabinet of curiosities") Spirit of the framed insects. Gonna draw me some!

Have a nice Tuesday, and enjoy!

-Vic from TeaButterfly.

Tuesday's Butterfly is...

...on Betty's shirt.

yes, Betty from the Mad Men series. How timely!

such a fashionable TV series indeed! So classy, elegant, and cynical in tone.

Do enjoy any TV series? Would you care to share which one?

-Vic from TeaButterfly.

Exotic Insects as Inspiration

Hello Lovelies,



It's time for some Thursday's Insect Inspiration... So I wanted to share with you some beautiful pictures of nude males...ahem... insects! (just kidding).
They are my daily inspiration. Please open your mind to their natural beauty, and don't say "yuck, bugs!"
(All images from the "Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, France", found via MSN Entertainment).










Enjoy!

-Vic from TeaButterfly.

Tuesday's Butterfly

Hello Lovelies!

It's no secret by now that I love butterflies (hence my nickname, for instance!)...
So I decided Tuesday will be from now on the day to show you on this blog, first, an inspiring butterfly I've found on the Net, second, a butterfly I have drawn or doodled myself!

I also started a Flickr gallery called "Butterflies inspire me", check it out!

So without further ado, here's this Tuesday butterfly:

it is a brown butterfly tray, skillfully made of decoupaged glass, and you can see and purchase it here.

And a page from my notebooks, with a doodled butterfly:

Have a nice "butterfly" day everyone!

Vic from TeaButterfly.