From the Button Jar...

Pentecost, which signifies the end of the Easter season, is coming up quickly!  Before the season is over, I want to share this Easter layout with you.

Supplies: bandana patterned paper (October Afternoon), gingham patterned paper (Lily Bee Design), woodgrain patterned paper (American Crafts), all other patterned paper (Vintage Street Market), gold cardstock (The Paper Company), cream cardstock (Pulp), red alphabet stickers (Basic Grey), brown alphabet stickers (Reminisce), mini alphabet stickers (Lily Bee Design), decorative stickers (MAMBI), rub-ons (October Afternoon), flowers (Petaloo), blue twine (Panda Superwash by Crystal Palace), household brown twine, buttons from old garments.

As I have mentioned before, my husband Scott grew up on a farm in the western state of Montana.  I love this old childhood photo of Scott and his brother with their baskets and cowboy hats on Easter morning.  As my sticker journaling (shown in the photo below) says: "That is so typically Montanan!"

In keeping with the theme of the page, I added several Western touches, including the cowboy-style Easter basket pictured below.  The hat and boots are MAMBI stickers adhered to cream cardstock, and I made the basket by fussy-cutting and layering several rope images from Vintage Street Market paper.

One of my crop buddies frequently decorates her layouts with vintage buttons that her grandmother saved.  I felt inspired to try something similar.  I do not have any vintage buttons, but I do have some old buttons that I've cut off worn-out garments that were destined for the rag bag.  On the right-hand side of my layout I sewed a row of these repurposed buttons, using a criss-cross stitching pattern.  I tied tiny bits of twine at regular intervals between the buttons.  I think the look calls to mind barbed wire fences--another "Western" image.

Hope you enjoyed this little dose of "Yee Haw!"  Thanks for dropping by my blog.