Well, this adds a whole new meaning to the term “butterface.” The Midwest Dairy Association has just launched a new Facebook app called “Butter-Fy Yourself” that allows you to — get this — create and share of image of yourself that replicates the butter statues of state fair fame.
If you’re anything like me — who hails from a town in Connecticut where people are mortally afraid of butter — you’re probably not aware of the illustrious history of the butter statue. Apparently, the first such statue was created by Tibetan monks, who carved animals and gods out of the fatty substance, which was then jazzed up with colorful dye. After that, the buttery creations found their way to North America in the early 1800s, where people whipped up decorative patterns and displayed them at state fairs. In 1910, the first butter cow was created at the Iowa State Fair, and now you can find sculptures of all shapes and sizes at fairs across the Midwest.
All right, history lesson over — on to the app. It’s simple and rather fun, actually — just select a photo from Facebook or your desktop to butter-fy, and then select a butter persona — Dairy Princess, Butter Hippie, Butter Cow, Butter Liberty, Butter Bouffant and Butter Up — you can then arrange your photo within that frame, slap it on a postcard, and share it with your friends via your wall, photo album or personal invite to join in the fun. I tried it out below, selecting Butter Hippie and Illinois, seeing as how I used to live there.
Yeah, it’s a silly app — and probably legit horrifying to the vegans among you — but with temps topping 90 around the U.S. of A. today, we’re all melting anyway, right?
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