Holiday Craft--Button Trees

Ok, so the wonderful Ali Edwards lead me to a great Button Tree project that I just had to make! She saw it first here and shared it on her blog. It was so very easy, yet beautiful! It took 350 straight & corsage pins and I lost count of how many buttons. It took one full hour to make, which I didn't think was bad at all for something so detailed. (I really liked stacking the buttons!) And it became a great little homemade gift idea as well! (cost=about $15) This is mine above-I made it to match our living room with browns and reds. I must say that it looks so much better in person. My sister has requested a multi-tonal green and my mom wants a blue one to go in her bedroom. I'd better get busy...