I've been tinkering around with fabric stiffener for the last month or so (seems I'm not the only one) and had come up with a solution that I thought would work for Lucie's mobile-- little fabric butterflies cut from a Liberty print.  I was really happy with the butterflies and yesterday I sewed them on to stripey string to attach to the top of the mobile that I had made ages ago.  They were all perky, and I was pretty happy with it overall, just a few steps left to go.

As I put Lucie to bed last night, I turned on the humidifier because she was congested.  I thought at the time that it may take away the stiffness of the butterfles, but figured I should test it now so I didn't put even more work into it only to have it ruined later.  So, this is what I awoke to-- floppy butterflies.  I think I am going to cut my losses at this point...I am ready to move on, and I won't be a professional mobile maker any time soon.  I do have some plans for the other half of the butterflies that I made in another part of the room, and I think they will work just fine.  As for these, every girl needs a few strands of butterflies in her life, don't you think?  Elliot has already requested that one strand of them be attached to a wand for him.