We have been so busy it is hard to get all the work done and get time to write.
We have come up with a great new idea for our customers to share their art work while also entering a competition for "Best Pic Of the Month".
We will be sending out prizes such as giftware , Free Butterflies or some other creation we whip up for the occassion.

Here are jut a few we have been sent lately.

Sarah O Keefe from Aararat, Victoria did a lovely job on a 21st Cake (see photos below)




Thanks so much Sarah we have entered your pics in the competition and will get back to you :)




Nicky Sent in some sample of how she has used our Butterflies for
her room decor.



From Dining Room to Bedroom they suit any environment.



Renae made this cake for a 40th Birthday for Shelly and she was delighted.



They are so easy to use and have just been attached here directly onto the buttercream
icing. You can them wash them and re-use for another event or just as decoration ( Do not use the sticky dots on the cake)

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Is it that time of year already? With three months of various holiday celebrations ahead of us, it's not too early to start to plan for seasonal events, as well as the seasonless birthdays, weddings, sports victories and other occasions that fill our calendars.

Looking ahead to Halloween, the ever-popular CCC insects add an appropriately creepy touch to decorations indoors, and outdoors too (they are wonderfully weatherproof)! Or for a prettier touch, our range of orange butterflies would brighten up any autumn-themed decor.

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Children are delighted by the colours and variety of butterflies, and these glamorous winged creatures are such accessible examples when teaching about migration, natural adaptation and other subjects in a science curriculum.

But of course real preserved butterflies can be distressing to young children - it can be hard for them to deal with the idea that these beauties have been killed to be framed - as well as being very delicate when handled by little hands, and expensive too.

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I just re-read an interview that LadyCCC, the founder of Clear Cut Crafts, did a couple of years ago, and found some inspiring advice for would-be entrepreneurs.

She talks about how, in the early days, there were some setbacks after she began designing and making butterflies. For example: "After seeing how great they looked I thought maybe I could sell these so I started designing more and creating more uses; testing them on different surfaces and using different adhesive products. I sold them at a few markets to see how consumers would take to them and to my surprise they were a hit. I gave my mother some and she had a spill on them then ran off to wash it and OH Heavens!!! Sorry to all those that bought them prior, but the ink ran."

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I'll admit it, of all the 150+ critters to choose from at CCC, these are not my favourites. But then, we have customers who are rascally boys, practical jokesters, science teachers, and budding entomologists who think they're the best thing ever!

This multi-legged collection was the creepy highlight of a Halloween wedding too (although I'm trying VERY hard to avoid thinking of that particular wedding cake!).
Sure, I'll always be drawn to the beautiful and colourful butterflies and dragonflies in the collection, but these realistic crawlers are made and hand-cut with the same care and attention, and of course they have their place. Just don't make it my place, okay? :-)

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