Obsession with Butterflies was created as a means of spreading an awareness of butterflies and the need to preserve their natural habitat. By providing quality butterfly gifts and information on butterflies and butterfly gardening, we hope to interest and educate others about these enchanting creatures.

 

Ultimately, in our world today, the more that butterflies are admired and supported by people the more likely they are to thrive in the future. Through Obsession With Butterflies we are helping butterflies by spreading knowledge about them and raising funds for their conservation efforts. It is our wish that butterflies will continue to grace our world, inspiring generations to come with their miraculous journeys.

Young children love to "sew" even if its just simple lacing.

This kit of five colorful "BUGS" are sure to delight the young homemaker while they learn, play and enjoy. Five different colored laces can be used to outline a Bee, Cricket, Butterfly, Dragon Fly and a Firefly.

Discover Unique Butterfly Jewelry

where each piece has been inspired by some of nature's most exquisite butterflies. Beautifully adorned necklaces, bracelets and earrings give reverence to the brilliant and colorful patterns found upon their wings.

Butterfly Gardening

By gardening for the benefit of butterflies, you will not only bring some of their beauty and wonder into your yard, but you will also be helping to ensure the survival of some of these lovely creatures!
Below are a few simple guidelines to follow when creating your Butterfly Garden.

• Provide a Variety of Nectar Plants
• Provide Butterfly Host Plants
• Food and Shelter for the Butterflies that Visit your Garden
• Pesticide Free Organic Gardening
• Supply Your State's Native Host and Nectar Plants

Butterfly Host plants

Host are the most important plants for a successful butterfly garden. Host plants are the plants that the female butterflies will need to lay her eggs on. Most species of butterflies have evolved to be very selective and will only lay their eggs on one or two specific species of plants. To learn more about gardening for the benefit of butterflies, visit our "Butterfly Gardening" page.

 

Butterfly Dreamin' by Kristen D'Angelo

Ever dreamed of the land where palm trees sway? Well, if you're a butterfly enthusiast, there is much more than surf and sand to keep your imagination busy where Southern California is concerned and as for the butterfly gardener, Southern California is a dream come true..

click here to read the whole story from the spring 2008 issue of NABA Butterfly Gardener.

Butterflies are God's confetti, thrown upon the Earth in celebration of his love - K. D'Angelo

Enter the Butterfly Dimension

For centuries, men, women and children, the young and old alike, have found themselves admiring the graceful flight of the butterfly. This aerial display, however, is only the beginning of this winged beauty's allure.

Once the butterfly has drawn you in with its visual charms, and you have become a captive audience, more wonders of their world will begin to be revealed, forever rendering you a willing student.

The butterflies domain is one of mystery and grace, where the miracle of metamorphosis rules. The tiniest egg becomes a colorful caterpillar. That caterpillar then changes into a curious chrysalis, from which then emerges a butterfly. . .To read more about the amazing metamorphosis of the butterfly, visit our "Butterfly Dimension" page.

One can never consent to creep, when one feels an impulse to soar - Helen Keller

Obsession With Butterflies' Blog

We welcome you to visit our new OWB Flutter-Blog where you can join in and share your own butterfly stories with us, learn and experience the joy of raising butterflies, butterfly gardening, butterfly photography and poetry...all about butterflies.