Button woes

I finished the Anouk dress a few days ago--well, everything but the buttons. The ideal button for this dress, I think, would be something round, in an antique gold finish, and with a bee motif on it. Those buttons do exist...but unfortunately they haven't been made since the Victorian era and are currently going for about $13 (plus shipping) each on eBay. Anouk needs five buttons, so those aren't an option (at least, not until I win the PowerBall...then I'll hire highly skiled artisans to custom-make buttons for me whenever I need them!)

Last Thursday I went to my local yarn store, hoping to find something that would work for Anouk. The store had lots and lots of nifty buttons in stock, but nothing that really suited the dress. Everything was either the wrong design or the wrong color. And there were no bees whatsoever. I ended up getting five of these rather plain (but nice) light-mocha-colored buttons, figuring I could always go the generic route. But I wasn't completely happy with them, and decided to give myself a little more time to find something better.

And this morning I hit pay dirt! No bees, alas, but I did find this cute little leaf buttons at a JoAnn fabrics shop. They're an amazingly good match for the green yarn in the dress, and the leaf motif works with the intarsia flowers to get a whole garden theme going. Now I just have to sew those puppies on!