Framed Button Christmas Tree
by
Debbie/Dragonfly Treasure
(IC: blogger)
4 Materials
This idea has been in the back of my head for a few years now but time always seems to slip away. It's not that it's a difficult project, in fact it's very simple, it's just "me projects" seem to get put on the back burner.
Make a Christmas Tree with buttons and frame it ~ simple right?
Make a Christmas Tree with buttons and frame it ~ simple right?
I always have a stack of frames at the ready ~ whether from the Dollar Store, yard sales, or Thrifts. I snatch any cheap frames I see. You can do sooo many thing with frames - no matter what they look like -makeovers are always an easy way to upcycle even the ugliest.
I wanted a glittery background and it happened to come to me in the mail! My cousins beautiful Wedding Invitation, just happened to have a silver glittery background sheet.
So I dismantled it (so sorry Chris and Amanda) and I cut it to fit inside the frame
I painted the frame all black to get rid of the gold-ish scrolling it had.
Then proceeded to play with some white buttons until I found a shape of a Christmas Tree I like and glued them on.
Before I knew it I had a gradient blue button Christmas Tree!
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Suggested materials:
- Frame (Dollar Store)
- Buttons (Had on hand)
- Glitter background (Had on hand)
- Hot glue, Nail Polish (Had on hand)
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Published December 2nd, 2016 11:30 AM
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Debbie/Dragonfly Treasure on Jan 14, 2017Great jdeas! Thanks so much 😊
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Hipshot1960 on Apr 10, 2017
IIt reminds me a bit of a Christmas picture we took. Four children and four more foster children; we wanted to be coordinated without the matchy-matchy look. We bought each person a sweatshirt in their favorite color and created a Christmas tree on the front with their choice of cool buttons that matched their s
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