Butterfly kisses—what are they?

A butterfly kiss is an affectionate gesture made by fluttering the eyelashes against someone’s skin or eyelashes.

Where do butterfly kisses come from?

From your heart, and/or that deep desire to creep out your significant other by fluttering your eyelashes against their cheek….😜

Actually, “Butterfly kisses date back to at least the mid- to late 19th century. An early use was in 1863, when a story in the English literary magazine Cornhill used butterfly kiss to describe a gentle, nearly imperceptible kiss (with the lips rather than the eyelashes). An 1891 novel Edleen Vaughan: or, Paths of Peril by Carmen Sylva (the literary pseudonym for Romanian Queen Pauline Elisabeth Ottilie Luise zu Wied) provides an early example of the modern meaning of a butterfly kiss. In it, one young girl flutters her own eyelashes against the eyelashes of another and explains that this is called a butterfly kiss. In 1894, a correspondent in the scholarly journal Notes and Queries mentioned receiving one with eyelashes against their face. As the early examples illustrates, this gesture likens eyelash fluttering, and the sensation it causes, to the wispy lightness of a butterfly”.— thanks urban dictionary.

While butterfly kisses might be a suitable way to to express your affection towards your special person, they might not be for everyone—they might think you’re bat shi*crazy. In that case, gift them this print—titled “Butterfly Kiss,” so you don’t have to reveal your inner weirdo—just yet…. 💜🦋

The design was sketched and carved by hand, then printed with traditional oil based printmaking ink onto 100% cotton, acid free paper. Each piece will be titled, signed. This is an open edition.

*This block is printed on white Stonehenge 250 gsm paper, and the Monarchs and Heart are individually hand painted with watercolor paint.

Each print is produced using a manual printing press, therefore, each print will be unique and may differ slightly from the pictured original. This is the beauty of linoleum block printing.

Paper Size: 9”x9”

Image Size: 5”x5”

Paper: Stonehenge White

*print does not come framed

Shipping: Prints are carefully packaged and shipped within 3-5 business days.