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!

 

12 comments:

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

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

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  2. I love it Emma! It looks great xo

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

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

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