Monday, September 30, 2013

Christmas Tree Decoration

I've had this polystyrene cone hanging around in my craft room for, oh about three years now. I also have a metric ton of buttons and brads. So, in an effort to somehow combine the two, I made this little tree decoration for the mantle.

I painted the cone red first (it's a little bit rough looking for my liking) and then started adding buttons and brads all over it. It's actually way nicer from afar lol, but I'm happy enough with it for a 15 minute project.

I started with a ring of buttons around the base, but then I got impatient and just added the others in a haphazard way!

Thanks for looking!

 

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12 comments:

  1. Grá O'NeillSeptember 30, 2013 at 11:43 PM

    What a great idea! Love how the polystyrene texture shows through and what a great collection of buttons :)

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    1. EmmaOctober 1, 2013 at 12:41 PM

      Thanks Gra! I'm a bit of a button hoarder so it was time to do something about it!

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  2. UnknownOctober 1, 2013 at 9:08 AM

    I love it Emma! It looks great xo

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  3. Lou Fu-FuOctober 1, 2013 at 8:58 PM

    getting festive early, great idea to use up all those buttons!

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  4. LollipopsDaydreamsOctober 3, 2013 at 10:07 PM

    That is fab! It looks great.

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  5. Quilling WonderlandOctober 4, 2013 at 12:59 PM

    Looks really nice and woe 15 min!! Fab!

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  6. UnknownOctober 4, 2013 at 1:02 PM

    Great and simple idea, and the result is so adorable.

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