Hi All!
There are several different types of butterflies on this cake that a very specific sweet sixteen-er wants. Any suggestions on what exactly they're made of and how to do it??

for some reason I can't upload the photo, they look like the ones on both of these cakes:
http://www.google.com/imgres?q=butterfly+sweet+sixteen+cake&start=248&um=1&hl=en&client=firefox-a&sa=N&rls=org.mozilla:en-USfficial&biw=911&bih=384&tbm=isch&tbnid=w7v7zwnpGSMpvM:&imgrefurl=http://www.myweddingfavorsetc.com/product/WS%2B9152%2B21.html&docid=FGcb-UUkjK_HFM&w=500&h=600&ei=L7KUTuHoL6nh0QHP3bTDBw&zoom=1&chk=sbg
and
http://www.google.com/imgres?q=butterfly+sweet+sixteen+cake&start=248&um=1&hl=en&client=firefox-a&sa=N&rls=org.mozilla:en-USfficial&biw=911&bih=384&tbm=isch&tbnid=FvhgGXxg_Az3jM:&imgrefurl=http://arteatsbakery.wordpress.com/2009/04/09/amazing-butterfly-wedding-cake-by-art-eats-bakery/&docid=j5K8mFwF3NKy3M&w=1600&h=1025&ei=L7KUTuHoL6nh0QHP3bTDBw&zoom=1&chk=sbg

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Please help!!!!!!!!

They look like they are made of rice paper. There is a tutorial here on cc--http://cakecentral.com/articles/76/how-to-make-realistic-edible-butterflies
You may also want to take a look at http://www.clockworklemon.com/2011/06/gum-paste-butterfly-tutorial.html--these are gumpaste butterflies
Hope this helps.

The blue ones look like rice paper. Following is a "how to" posted on Cake Central (http://cakecentral.com/articles/76/how-to-make-realistic-edible-butterflies). The white ones look like gumpaste.

http://www.mireille-angelique.blogspot.com/p/english.html

The second link looks like the butterfly plunger set from PME http://www.countrykitchensa.com/catalog/product.aspx?productId=636808

Here's a suggestion if you would like to buy some delicate butterflies for cakes. I think this site may be blocked by Cake Central, but try putting f-a-n-c-y f-l-o-u-r-s in a Google search (without the hyphens); it should be the first site that comes up. On their site, in the search box, put "wafer paper butterflies." I've always had good luck ordering from them.

P.S. I can't see the cake pictures. The links take me to the Google Images main page--no images.

Thank you sooooooooooo much CarrotJockey!!! I saw the tutorial using the rice paper but I haven't been able to find it anywhere and the gumpaste ones in the tutorial you posted look amazing.