How to make button baubles

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How to make button baubles

Embracing the craft trend this Christmas? Deck a mini tree with buttons and beads - simply follow Country Homes & Interiors' step-by-step guide.

What you'll need

Silver florist's wire
11 lime green buttons in different sizes
6 decorative beads in different designs
Pearl flower head decoration, or any similar wired tree
decoration.
Off-cut of narrow ribbon

Step-by-step guide

1) Cut a 30cm length of florist's wire and thread on all the buttons so that the largest sits in the middle tapering to the smaller ones either side.

2) Thread 3 beads on to each end of the wire,pushing them to the centre so they sit flush with the buttons.

3) Bring the two ends of the wire together and twist along the length. Create a hanging loop above the uppermost beads then bend the excess wire out to one side.

4) Hold the pearl flower head decoration so that it hangs upside down between the two top beads under the loop. Bend the excess wire around the sprig to bind it in place.

Snip any excess wire using pliers. Bend the wired end of the pearl flower head decoration neatly around the hanging loop.

5) Wind a short length of ribbon around the binding wire and tie neatly. Hang decoration in place on your tree.

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