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Vintage Button Christmas Tree

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christmas button tree
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i am a major hoarder of buttons and decided to make a christmas tree out of some of my favourites this year - because alot of them are really special to me i wanted to make it a temporary decoration so i used pins rather than glue.

1. first i wrapped the cone in black felt and pinned this into place

2. i started to add a layer of buttons - i mainly used green but also added a scattering of red and black

3. when i had covered the cone in a layer of plainish buttons i started to add the fancy ones!

4. i used a lot of floral and buttons on the top layer along with my favourite little fawns and bakelite swallows

5. i topped the tree with a bright yellow cutwork star button.

it was really fun to make and really could be done a lot quicker but i spent a lot of time faffing about choosing the "perfect" button!

hope you like it.

p.s. i've entered it in a competition which ends on friday 19th december - voting details are on my blog!

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michelle G.

michelle G.

16 Dec 14:07

wow, I will vote for you

vInTaGe~VioLeT

vInTaGe~VioLeT

16 Dec 14:38

thanks michelleG !
you can see the tree in full length on my blog - the photo's are cropped here - will have to try and work that out?!

Ezme

Ezme

16 Dec 15:26

thats awesome!

if you cick on the pics they enlarge!

Ezme

Ezme

16 Dec 15:26

thats awesome!

if you cick on the pics they enlarge!

Marieke

Marieke

16 Dec 17:37

Awesome!

Candice C.

Candice C.

16 Dec 22:33

how cool!

~ The Mad Craftwoman~

~ The Mad Craftwoman~

19 Dec 04:30

Amazing! I love vintage craft ideas.

ninethreeo

ninethreeo

19 Dec 21:28

That is FANTASTIC!

vInTaGe~VioLeT

vInTaGe~VioLeT

20 Dec 10:02

HURRAH!!!!!
i got third prize in the competition with other 50 votes!

thank-you to anyone who voted for me x

DIS.AR.RAY

DIS.AR.RAY

02 Jan 06:19

that is so cute!!! jeeezzz!

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