Project 6 - Covered Button, Double Sided Necklace

(if you can, click on the picture to get a better view of the necklace...these pictures don't show it very well.) After making covered button clips yesterday, I found myself browsing the internet (for faaar toooo long!) for other covered button ideas. There are so many cute ideas out there.

I saw a necklace on etsy and decided I could make something similar but "not the same" on my own.

The double sided necklace is completely my own! :) You'll see, because it is kind of a "ghetto" way of making it.

(I'm sure, somewhere out there, there is another "brilliant" woman who lay awake last night, and came up with this idea too! ;)

I'm so happy with how it turned out!

Here's what I did:

1). Get some material. I used scraps that I inherited from my Grandma B.

The black is tulle, so white flowers can show through.

2). These are just paper scrapbook flowers. I dotted the middle of

each with a black pen.

3). I used a little glue to set the flowers where I wanted them and

covered with the tulle.

4). Use the botton covering "tools" to complete button.

(See previous post)

5). First button is complete...set aside.

6). For the second button I decided to use some lace...again from Grandma.

To back the lace up, I used the golden fabric again.

7). After covering the botton in the gold fabric and lace,

I glued an antique button on the front. To get it to lay flat,

I removed the shank from the button and then just hot glued it on.

8). Now I have 2 buttons. I filled the concave back side in

with a few pieces of stiff felt...with hot glue.

9). I then used a hook screw (find them at a hardware store...for picture hanging)

and glued it in. Make sure to turn in the correct way so it hangs correctly on the necklace.

Hot glue the middle of one button and glue it to the other side.

Voila! You have a cute, interchangable necklace.

Project 5 - Button Hair Clips

We cut bangs on the little girl and she and I both hate them. She hates them because they don't look like a princess. I hate them because they are always in her eyes, make her look like a rat head, and I can't see her big 'blues'. I needed more hair clips to sweep those bangs out of the way. I love fabric covered buttons. Especially in the hair. Here's how I did it:

1). You can purchase button kits at most craft stores. I got mine at JoAnns. Make sure you get the kit that has the "tools" in it. Then you can purchase just the refills. You can get different sizes, *however, you need to purchase the same size "tool" kit for each size.

2). Pick some fabric. Some instructions say to cut circles of fabric. I just cut some scraps of squares. I also cut little circles of bunting to give it a little padding and for shear fabrics.

3). Layer the fabric, (center the design where you want it on the button) next the bunting (optional) and then the button shell. Push all 3, into the mold.

4). I trim the material a little bit.

5). Tuck the sides of fabric.

6). Place back of button over tucked fabric and press down with (blue) pusher. *Before doing this, I remove the button shank with plyers....optional.*

7). Now you have a covered button.

8). Because the button back is a little concave, I hot glue a piece of stiff felt inside.

9). And last, I clue the cute covered buttons onto alligator hair clips, covered in grosgrain ribbon. And voila! No more messy bangs!