Button Bouquet

I am a member of www.swap-bot.com and I like to do swaps that teach me something new.  This swap was for a button bouquet.  I decided to make mine with "petals".

First I dyed some coffee filters and ironed them flat. 

Then I picked out the buttons.  You want to layer them so pick different sizes.  I decided to layer 3 buttons.  I wired them together with copper wire and twisted the tail into a stem.

Then I poked the "stem" through the middle of the coffee filter.  I pulled the coffee filter closed about 1 1/2-2 inches below the buttons and then using floral tape wrapped around to secure it.

I tied them altogether with a piece of lace trim.

There you go!