My weekend project to help decorate my house for Valentine's Day! Very simple, quick, and cute idea for those of you with tons of buttons lying about the house. Let's dive in and I'll tell you how to make your own!
What you need:
--Burlap Canvas - I purchase a two-pack of flat 8" x 8" burlap canvas board at Hobby Lobby for $5. This however, means it can't be hung unless you glue a ribbon hanger on it, so I'm using an easel.
--Paper to draw a template heart
--Scissors to cut out the template
--Pencil to trace on the canvas
--Buttons. I used tons of red and pink together. Old and new, too.
--Hot glue (I used high temp, but it did singe my fingers a bit!)
Since my canvas was 8x8, I used a sheet of 8x8 paper, folded in half, to make a heart template that would fit well in the middle of my canvas. Cut it out, make sure you love it and then trace it in the center of your canvas very lightly. I just eye-balled the center but you can get OCD and measure if you need to do so.
Thankfully, I had sorted out pink and red buttons from my piles, but Sweet Niece #2 helped mix them all back up... but get your buttons together and get an idea of what works by laying it out first on your canvas. I promptly messed up my layout as I was gluing, but it still came out ok. Then, grab those buttons with the tabs on the back because they fit in all the bare cracks well and start gluing a second layer. If you see burlap peeking through, glue more buttons on top.
It really takes NO time at all to finish this! And hot glue dries so fast, it's set and ready to decorate your house as soon as you are done! I watched TV and glued like nuts and finished in about an hour. Not bad for such a cute project.
Hope you enjoy! If you try it, send me a pic, I'd love to see! B_covington (at) yahoo.com Thanks ya'll!
