Vintage button tree canvas

Last time my mom was up visiting, 

she brought me a tin full of old vintage buttons,

because I think every mom has a tin of old buttons, do they not?

I know I do!

I've been wanting to do something with the buttons but wasn't sure what.

This vintage button tree canvas is what I came up with.

It's easy!

Let me show you how!

I picked up these two small canvases at a garage sale this summer for a quarter a piece.

You can't go wrong with a blank canvas.

I sorted through my buttons

{even found a cool vintage wooden button in there}

and I picked out the ones that I liked and that would make a nice pattern.

Not one to leave a canvas blank, I decided to cover it with sheet music.

I used mod podge to cover the canvas and then let it dry.

Once the canvas was dry, 

I used my glue gun to attach my buttons.

I used some ink to distress the edges of the paper

and found a brown ribbon to create a hanger.

It was a fun project to use what I had on hand. I'm always looking for projects with buttons. Do you have any for me?