Button Bouquet

I took a leaf from my daughter-in-law's book for this craft project. She'd shown me some button flowers some time ago, and I really liked them. I thought it would be fun to do some button bouquets for some of my co-workers for the first of May. I found some cute little bud vases at Walmart which were the perfect size. (I originally wanted to buy all the vases from thrift stores and call them "vintage", but I couldn't find enough of the right size that way - that's what I get for coming up with a plan with only a few days to execute it!)I bought some bright colored buttons at the fabric store, as well as some floral wire. I added a few beads from my stash below each stack of buttons. I also bought a bag of crushed shells to go in the bottom of the vases. At the last minute, I decided to add some copper colored wire, twisted with beads as an accent to each vase. I stamped a tag for each vase, with a "to and from" on the back. I managed to sneak them onto everyone's desk the afternoon before so they'd see them the first thing the next morning. Everyone loved them!