Antique Button Card

We had purchased about a half dozen artsy papers to back up the antique buttons that Sarah picked out, but nothing worked. Instead, we brewed up some tea and used it to distress the paper backing. We used two different sheets of paper to make it a little more interesting. One was heavily stained with tea, and the other was lightly sprayed with tea. If making multiple passes at staining the paper (recommended), you can use a hair dryer to get each layer of tea to dry faster. The paper is probably my favorite part of this project.

Once we got the buttons arranged, I drew on some vertical lines to mimic a button card, then we started sewing.

This one was pretty easy. We might pick up another frame and make another piece with white buttons. I staged it next to a really cool lamp we got from the same antique store for the photo.