I put in the eyelet and then shrunk the polyshrink. I think, I'm going to have to go back and stitch on the buttons, though, because when I looked at it again today, the buttons were coming loose with just the glue dots to hold them.
I should have said in my earlier post what a great card it is! Sorry about that. I think it would look cute if you brought the thread from behind the buttons and tied it in the front, leaving a little tail.