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These wings took me about a day to make. I designed them for a special little girl (my cousin) for Halloween so she could be a fairy queen! They are incredibly lightweight and are durable enough to withstand all the energetic activities little kids do.

I like the elaborate butterfly wing design look, but personally suck at manipulating wire to get it. So I decided to cut the vein designs out of bristol board, and then reinforce the overall outline with wire.

This is also a no-sew method for those of you who find it a hassle to whip-stitch fabric onto a wire frame.

Questions? need clarification? Feel free to leave a comment and I'll do my best to demystify things for you ^_^

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~Doyoulike-Yaoi Oct 28, 2012  Student Artist
Bwa! This looks amazing!!! I can't wait to make a pair >u<b
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~animegirl007 Aug 16, 2012
Ingenious :wow: you did a wonderful job!
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*vickybunnyangel Aug 20, 2012  Hobbyist Artisan Crafter
Thank you so much! I'm glad you like it ^_^
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Mood: Wow! ~Zchanning Aug 15, 2012  Hobbyist General Artist
Thank you SO much for this! I love making fairy wings but I can't tell you how many fingers I've stabbed/needles I've broken trying to sew around the dang coat hangers I always use (too lazy for hand sewing, bah). I am definitely going to try this next time, you did a great job at making a simple tutorial and the results are amazing. They look so intricate, like you'd expect to pay a lot of money for them at a costume shop.
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*vickybunnyangel Aug 20, 2012  Hobbyist Artisan Crafter
My laziness (and also the time restraint I was under) prompted me to forgo the usual whipstitch around coat hanger method. I also can't shape wire very well without it looking all wonky. The aim was definitely to make my cousin the envy of all the other girls who got their fairy wings from Wal-Mart :P
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~Pinkgirl3 Aug 15, 2012  Student General Artist
How'd you come up with this?
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*vickybunnyangel Aug 20, 2012  Hobbyist Artisan Crafter
I get pretty creative when I'm on a tight schedule. I had a bunch of materials lying around that could work, and I knew what I wanted the end product to look like. I just took a risk and experimented to see if it would come out any good. I always take pictures to document my work, so turning those progress pictures into a tutorial was easy once I determined that "yes" the end product was successful enough to share :).

If the wings ended up being a hot mess, my back-up plan was to go buy replacement fairy wings and give them to my cousin >.>
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~Pinkgirl3 Aug 22, 2012  Student General Artist
Wow!
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~cardcaptor-eternity Aug 15, 2012  Student Digital Artist
Oh wow, nice!! I know I'm really late ^^; but I bet she loved the fairy wings (even more so because you made them for her :heart:). Is there a picture of her in the outfit?
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*vickybunnyangel Aug 20, 2012  Hobbyist Artisan Crafter
I think she did! My cousin is the type of girl who enjoys getting lots of attention, and I was told that she got an abundance of it on halloween. Most likely glares from girls who had the panty-hose stretched over wire type wings from wal-mart. My aunt said a lot of parents wanted to know where she got the wings.

There are pictures of her in private family albums, but I haven't gotten around to asking my aunt if I can post up a picture on the net for all to see :P.
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