Button button who’s got the button?
June 3, 2009 by Noreen Crone-Findlay
Filed under crafts, eco projects & green projects & recycling craft, jewelry, tutorial
There is something just sooooooooooo magical about buttons. It seems to me that buttons have the capacity to tell stories.
The buttons in this photo came from a second hand store in Quebec City (including the 6 inch diameter ancestral photo ‘buttons’):
Many of the buttons have gone back to Québec City, as I used them to embellish a handmade book that I made for a dear friend in Québec City. And, she will fill the book with her poems, and I am willing to bet that she will hear the whispered stories that the buttons are imbued with.
Another friend gave me …read more
Need a button? Make your own crochet one.
One of the best things about making your own projects is that you can have full creative control over it. You choose the yarn, the color and if you’re brave and adventurous enough, you can create your own unique patterns.
What to do when you need a button, but you can’t find the perfect one? Or they’re just too expensive or you just really feel like making your own?
This tutorial on making a crochet button teaches you how you can use materials you probably already have at home to make just the button you need. It’s quick, easy and saves you money, which …read more
