Two years ago I made Christmas tree, Santa, and snowman button ornaments. Well, recently I saw an angel on Pinterest, and I knew I had to add one to my collection. I love her:
I purchased an array of white, pearl, and clear (with glitter!) buttons, as well as some beads for the heads and ribbon for the wings. The first task was to sort the buttons for my towers:
I couldn't find gold buttons in the right size for the halos, so I painted pearlized buttons with gold glitter nail polish (which worked better than the gold glitter craft paint I tried):
The "wings" were the tough part. I made a bow out of wired ribbon by tying elastic string around the center like so:
(Can you tell I had been trying on nail polish at the store before I did this?)
Then, to attach it to the ornament, I tied another, loose knot on the other side of the ornament string. (You want the knot to be loose so that the bow falls behind the head bead. I stuck the tips of my scissors under the knot when I tied it; you could also use a pencil.)
I made one for my mom and she put in an "order" for three more for her friends. These were slightly more complicated than the others because of the wings, but worth it.
