After sacrificing an old painting for its frame last year, I wound up with a naked wall space. Apart from being naked, it was also large. And I don’t know about you, but I think anything naked and large needs to be covered up stat. The offensive nudity blared in my face every time I walked past it- taunting me: “I’m fat and naked, what are you going to do about it?” (I hate when that happens!) This was my solution:
This little ditty was surprisingly easy to create! I was inspired by buttons (they run through my veins, after all) and trees- because they are one of the easiest and prettiest things to paint! I saw something like this on pinterest and sought out to make it bigger and better more fun. Here is what went down:
First I got 2 canvases and gave em a couple of coats of paint in my desired background color. (Don’t forget the sides.) I used to use mugs to hold my paint, but I drank one-too-many sips of narsty that way.
THEN I needed to come up with a good distraction for kid #3… Thanks, Playdoh!
After the background had dried, I painted a simple, black branch. And I kept #1 out of my hair by giving her some painting to do! (which turned out awesome-you’ll see.)
Don’t forget to paint the sides of the canvi. (“Canvi” is plural for “canvas”, right??? It sounds like some kind of prehistoric sea creature…”And here we have a beautiful specimen! The great rod-toothed canvi.”) ANYWAYS… This tree is lookin a little bare… who do I know with an ungodly amount of buttons???
Oh, right… Me >:)
Now, get glue-gunnin! I chose green and pink buttons cuz I wanted it to look like some precious lil cherry blossoms 🙂
The button gluing is fun, but might take a while- check out those bored kids! (Actually it only took an hour, but that was a long time to focus on one task for me!) Oh, and once again, don’t forget the sides of the rod-toothed canvi! They get angry when neglected…
AND THERE YOU HAVE IT! Wouldn’t this be perfect in a baby’s room?!?!?! You could even make just a teensy weensy one! So easy, so quick, so fun!
And here is my fave lil blossomy branch. ❤ I love!
…And I haven’t forgotten-here is what kid #1 created:
This is her ‘Winter Queen”. I love it!
And here is another version- with a little sparrow in the branch! I’ve got one just like it for sale on Etsy right here! The possibilities are endless, as you can see in my portfolio.
*No Canvi were harmed in the making of this tutorial.
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I wish I was artsy like you. I can guarantee my branches would look like . . . bigfeet. Or rotten tortellinis.
LOL! rotten tortellinis!
Love this Dot! not only did you make want to take all the buttons off of every piece of clothing in my house and make a pretty tree but I also laughed a ton!
aw thanks ariel 🙂 omg wouldnt it be an awesomely terrible prank to sneak into someones house and take every single button off of everything????
Katie you are truly artistically talented!!!! Wonderful job you did, with the help of your capable assistants!
heeheee im not katie- but thanks a lot 😀
you go girl! that it so cool!
Thanks Rebekah! you are so encouraging 🙂
I’m super impressed with your blog! Also with your camera! That close-up of the buttons is awesome.
thanksannie!!!!!! ❤
Ah haha you’re hilarious.
my branches always end up bigger at the ends that are supposed to be smaller. I have never been able to master tree art like you. bee-utiful.
sometimes ill use a smaller brush at the ends. and angled brush helps too 🙂 and practice…ive been doing bassiiccallly just trees forever, lol unoriginal hahah
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Any idea where I can find a large amount of buttons in assorted sizes and colors for a reasonable price? I really like the button trees and want to try one in all four seasons.
Hi Rachelle! You will have to scour your local dollar stores- some sell them and some don’t. Michaels also carries a lot of buttons- and if you are lucky you can find grammas old stash at a second hand shop! Good luck on your hunt and you can check out my four seasons button tree here: https://bustedbutton.com/2012/04/30/four-seasons-button-tree/
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No es fcil dar con articulos adecuadamente escritos, de
forma que tengo que reconocertelo.Saludos.
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