Filling in the Gaps

I love how our new apartment is looking. We've really taken some time to decorate and make the new place a home (more pictures coming soon!).

There was a gap, however, in our living room that I didn't quite know what to do with.

So I pondered on our new picture (above the couch) and came up with an idea!

I found a couple of matching frames that we weren't using.

I printed out two different leaves on card stock, cut them out, and glued them to some pretty pieces of scrapbook paper. The card stock made the scrapbook paper a bit thicker and added a little life to the leaves (a.k.a. they didn't just lie flat).

I glued on some twine to make them look even more life like.

In the meantime, I raided the button drawer. You know when you get a new shirt or sweater and you get the extra button? Since high school/early college I've just been sticking those extra buttons in a pouch and keeping it in my sock drawer. I never really opened the pouch very wide. Just wide enough to add a new button to the growing collection. For this project, I decided to crack open the sock drawer and pull out my buttons...oh my gosh it was unreal. I have been saving extra buttons for years and I have never once needed a spare button. Not once! I took all the tiny buttons from their tiny bags and added them to my real button collection (mostly vintage buttons). Now they are pretty and there just in case I need a spare.

Anyway, I gathered some black buttons in various sizes and used them to embellish my plain black frames. I used some string and hot glue to hang the leaves and ta-da...

A perfect addition to the living room!