Southern Scraps

image source Button, button, who's got the button? I love to collect buttons- bright and modern or bling or vintage, doesn't matter. But what to do with all of them? 1. Embellish a headband . stitch craft create   2. Turn them into stamps and gift wrap embellishments.     Martha Stewart   3. Make button art .     The Life of a Craft Crazed Mom   4. Button bookmarks .     I Heart Naptime   5. Make a button clock .     The Country Chick Cottage   6. Make button napkin rings .     Martha Stewart   7. Make a button charm bracelet .     SouthernScraps

A while back I posted some button jewelry projects  that I wanted to do. I have had some vintage buttons from my grandmother's stash picked out for quite some time, and I finally got around to making a button charm bracelet. I started with an 8 inch chain bracelet from Michael's, my vintage buttons, a couple of heart buttons and vintage looking buttons purchased from Michael's clearance, and some 9mm jump rings. You can also use any chain cut to length and clasps of your choice if you don't have a premade bracelet.

There are several button jewelry projects out there that I'd like to do. Since it's getting time to think of Christmas, I thought I'd highlight a few. They would make great gifts: Fabric button necklace from Blue Cricket Design

A couple of weeks ago I posted some headbands I wanted to try. I tried my own version of Little Miss Momma's button headband .

button - (but'n) n. 1. A disk shaped fastener used to join two parts of a garment, or for decoration. 2. A versatile craft embellishment. As a child, I loved to sift through my grandmother's buttons, many of them vintage. Today I love to use them on cards and crafts. Let's examine some ways to use them. I used buttons to create a border on these cards . A button became a flower center on this tag Many other crafters and fellow etsians use buttons in their work or to create whole pieces. Marymarsh uses fabric covered buttons in her hair accessories as does CoutureBrewToo Strings of buttons become earrings by liasaun1 and by nakedtile MichellesCharmWorld makes bracelets out of buttons and Crazy Dreams Studio makes these bracelets Aren't these just so cool and fun? Ambika has accented a purse with buttons and if accessoire aren't your thing, how about the button eyes on this adorable monster by Tizzalicious These are just a few ways buttons are used in cr...