Pinterest #2

For Mother's Day I wanted to make something special for my Mom. I saw this awesome tutorial on Pinterest for how to make a fleur-de-lis design out of buttons in a picture frame, so I decided that would be perfect. We are French and from New Orleans, so fleur-de-lis' are always a win.

Here is the tutorial:
http://livingwithlindsay.com/2010/01/easy-artwork-thats-as-cute-as-a-button.html

(can I just say, her name is Lindsay so obviously this was going to be awesome!)

If you're too lazy to click over to her page, here is my guide:

Things you'll need:
1. A frame
2. Some type of adhesive
3. Fabric to cover the glass with
4. A stencil of whatever design you choose
5. Hot glue gun
6. Buttons!

How to do it:
1. Find a stencil of whatever you want online and print it out. Then cut it out.
2. Get some sort of fabric (I used T-shirt material) and cut it out to fit around the glass.
3. Glue the fabric to the glass. She says to use spray adhesive, but I didn't have any so I resorted to double stick tape. It worked fine but I may go back and use the spray to make sure it stays in place.

4. Place stencil where you want it, and trace with either pencil or fabric pen.

5. Lay out buttons to see how you would like them to fit.

6. Hot glue the buttons in the lines.
7. Put frame back together and VOILA! You have a pretty, 3D picture!

This craft was super easy and quick to do. It only took me about 20 minutes to complete once I had all of the supplies. My Mom loved it and showed it off to all of the other New Orleans people she was with after I gave it to her. Dad says it was very popular! So I would say this was another success!

Thanks Pinterest!