This is the perfect no-sew craft for anyone who loves to sew! LucyKate Crafts is a cute blog filled with clever projects like this button necklace. Sometimes there’s just not enough hours in the day to stitch up handmade gifts, but this simple project still screams crafty!
Continue ReadingSometimes the perfect hand-sewn project needs the perfect handmade button. These animal buttons are custom made for Home Ec, the cutest little shop for the cutest little things. The description for these porcelain pieces of art nailed it, “They are like portable sculptures you can wear!”
Continue ReadingAs our Make Space for Crafting series so clearly shows, a well-organized work space is inspirational and motivating, albeit perhaps tomorrow’s ambition. But for those times when your craft nook is tidy, it can be easy to forget what you’ve packed away so neatly in the drawers. Haylie B. Waring shares this wonderful DIY on […]
Continue ReadingSeattle’s Schmancy crafter Kristen Rask has an adorable new book that just came out, called Button and Stitch: Supercute Ways to Use Your Button Stash. Supercute, indeed! Kristen’s love and appreciation for the humble button comes through on each page, as she shares 24 button-infused projects that are as approachable as they are clever. The […]
Continue ReadingIn this Thing video, Steve Reeder of Motmot Shop in Vienna, demonstrates how to make pinback buttons. Buttons were one of the things I first got serious about making as a tween. I saved up my allowance money and bought a hand-held button-making machine. I even had something of a cottage industry for a time, […]
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Here’s an easy tutorial for pendants made from Scrabble tiles and decorative papers. The process is interesting – it could be used for modding buttons and knobs. I’d never heard of Diamond Glaze before, it looks like that’s the key to the professional looking finish. Via Angry Chicken
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Here’s a DIY topic you don’t see covered often – Have you ever touched those gummy buttons on an old Sony Betacam recorder? Ever admired this warm glow beneath the play-button? Ever wanted to add some of these to your own do-it-yourself projects, only to find you can’t buy them nowhere? well here’s a cheap […]
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