Button Bracelets

Hello! I have a lot of buttons. ALOT of buttons. Some of my favorites are my Papertrey buttons. I bought them with the intention of using them on cards, but quickly realized that they added alot of bulk to the cards and made them pretty unmailable - unless I wanted to design special thicker envelope boxes and pay much more in postage. So they've sat in my crafting room for a couple years now. I have to admit that they are very pretty to look at on the shelf in their jars.

As pretty as they are, I wanted to find a way to use them and enjoy them everyday. Now I have to start this off with the disclosure that I said I would NEVER get into jewelry making. I am in to WAY to many other crafts that take up space and time. But those buttons just begged to be made into button bracelets like some I've seen on pinterest and etsy. And it WOULD allow me to enjoy them more. But it WOULD also involve getting some jewelry making supplies. Not too many... but you know how that goes. Anyway, I watched you tube videos on jewelry making, picked up some brochures and set to making things with all my buttons. 

I have an etsy shop, so I will be putting these up there soon. IF I can part with them!

 

 

 

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New Flair buttons up in Etsy shop!

Hello! I have been making flair, or flat back button sets for my Etsy shop. It's like eating candy - the more I make, the more I think of to make - just can't seem to stop. These flair buttons are used alot nowadays on scrapbook pages, mini albums and in jewelry. You can get them with a flat back, a sew-on back, or as a magnet. Here are some pictures of the sets I've made and put in my Etsy shop. You can go to my Etsy shop by clicking on the tag on the right of this post or by going here.

Back to School buttons

 Banner Day Buttons

Flower Buttons

 Merry Monster Buttons

 Owl Buttons

 Princess/Heroine Buttons

Robot Buttons

 Seashore Buttons

Aren't they just the cutest things you've ever seen?? Well, maybe not the cutest, but aren't they cute? I just love making them and using them on my scrapbook projects. If you like them, check them out in my Etsy shop - thanks for looking!

Cloth covered buttons up in my Etsy shop!

Hello! I have just listed several cloth covered button sets in my Etsy shop today. Hope you will go check them out by clicking on the link on the right of this page - Thanks!

Papertrey Anniversary Card #3

Hello! I'm back again with my last card for the My Favorite Things challenge. Nicole Heady, of Papertrey Ink,  challenged us here on her blog to case one of the design team's favorite projects. This time, I chose Danielle Flanders. Danielle always seems to come up with out-of-the-box ways to use PTI stamps. It's one of those "Why didn't I think of that?" moments each time I look at her blog. Thanks Danielle for sharing your amazing creativity with us! 

Danielle made these awesome glassine envelopes for her daughter's birthday party invites using Blooming Button Bits.


I made a similar envelope to send a special encouragement to my daughter. I don't have Blooming Button Bits, so I used Everyday Button Bits. Such a fun set! I'm no Danielle, but I think it turned out pretty cute - I think I'll use this idea again!

Thanks for stopping by - have a great week!

Papertrey Anniversary Challenge #1

Hello! Thanks for stopping by my blog! All this week we will be celebrating Papertrey Ink's 5th anniversary. I've been purchasing Papertrey stamps and supplies a little over 2 years now, and have really enjoyed all the inspiration I've received from the Design Team at Papertrey. They are the most talented cardmakers I've seen ANYWHERE! They just keep coming up with new innovative ways to use PTI stamps. And that Nicole Heady! She is AMAZING! I can always count on fabulous projects each month on her blog! Anyway, I want to wish Papertrey Ink a HUGE HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!

 Over on Nicole's blog, she is running a contest to receive a HUGE prize today. Each person on the design team has chosen their top 5 favorite PTI products, and the prize is to receive all 12 designers products! That over 60 different things - stamp sets, cardstock, ribbon, twine and tons of other things! So the contest is to take one of the design team's favorite projects and case something about it. After spending hours looking over their projects, I chose Mish's button cards to case. I just love her style and love to have a cute embellishment to put on the front of my cards. Vintage is definitely my style, so I go to work. I cut out 10 button cards from vintage cream cardstock. Then I chose my focus fabric and cut little bitty background blocks from each coordinating fabric. What I actually used was a charm pack (5" squares of fabric) from Moda. I chose my PTI colors from the fabric - aqua mist, autumn rose, raspberry fizz, spring moss, Hawaiian shores and kraft. I used the Button Boutique stamp set to stamp various styles on the button cards, then started layering with bits of the fabric and leftover scraps and felt flowers I had in my scrap bin. I really like the way they turned out and the fact that I have a nice stash now.

Here are Mish's button cards:

Thanks Mish for the inspiration! Here are my button cards: