Buttons, yep you see them every day and may have lost one or two in your life. Did you Mom or Grandmother have a jar or another type of container filled with buttons laying around? My Grandmother did, she often recycled shirts and dresses into quilts and of course she cut off the buttons and reused them also.
This is just one of the jars of buttons that came from my grandmothers house. There are all kinds of ideas for reusing buttons even for display purposes.
If you don't have a jar or 7, of your own buttons, be sure to check out goodwill, yard sales and other people's homes, you might be surprised at what you find. Or you can always head over to your local fabric store or craft store, buttons are an "in" craft right now. They have various packages in different sizes and color combinations.
Ok, you've got your hands on some buttons now what should you do with them?
Here's a couple of ideas for you!
They are a great project helper for kids, use them collages or as accents to drawings,
What a great interest piece from With all my Art and Soul
Have some fancy vintage buttons- Turn them into pins and jewelry
Check out these simple DIY instructions
I've seen buttons like these come in by the jar full in auctions and go for a couple of dollars, I'll be jumping on it next time!
I'm seriously in love with this idea from Robin at Happy at Home
Jewelry not your thing? How about other uses in the home or office..
Buttons as Magnets for your Fridge! From Lundagard
Give your Cork Board some Interest with information from An Oregon Cottage
Or add them to paperclips and use them as Books Marks- Check out I heart naptime for this idea
Buttons are part of our daily life and often are under valued, until you need one and don't have one. So don't throw out those buttons, there are so much you can do with them,wall art, kids crafts, handcrafted cards, add character to drawer pulls or even make a button bouquet ..
How awesome is this? Wedding season is fast approaching, check out Button Floozie for this idea. The original store has gone out of business but there are tons of ideas to be found on Pintrest!
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What awesome project ideas for buttons! My grandmother did have jars of buttons and I used to dump them out and sort them in all different ways. I had a few favorites that I wanted her to keep in the jar and not use. I love the button paperclips and the accent wall art.
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Both my grandmothers and my mother had button jars. So when I grew up, I knew I needed one as well. I used it frequently but mending but never for crafts. Since I'm not a crafty person and rarely mend, the jar is gone replaced with a small assortment of generic buttons. But I have saved several great images of button crafts...maybe someday. You never know...
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Those are all gorgeous! :) I do have a button necklace, but this makes me want to do more button crafts :)
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I remember buttons as being fairly plan when I was a child, now you can get a button in any shape. I'm hoarding mine but I'm not against buying some new ones for crafts and there are so many ideas out there!
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