After sifting through it for hours and hours there were certainly some buttons that I couldn't part with. For some reason I felt too close to them. Perhaps that's a little strange, they're just buttons after all, but I do and so will not be parting with them. Especially some rather special pearly ones, which are most definitely my favourites!
I decided that the ones I couldn't part with would become jewellery just for meeeee. I have a number of works in progress at the moment, in particular a little gold charm bracelet with lots of those extra special pearly buttons on it. I'm even thinking of adding a watch face to it...but as I say, that's a work in progress. I'll be showing it of shortly though, so don't you worry about it!
The rest of the little pretties will be used in my shop :)
The first thing made from my Nan's treasure trove are these little (well 20mm so not so little) button stud earrings...my first studs at that!
Here they are for your viewing pleasure :)
Sweet Buttoncup.
These are now available from Lou Lou's Luxuries! Along with a couple of other pairs of studs that I had a go at a couple of days ago...Quite proud of them I am :)
And so you should be proud of them...they are very very nice! They really lend themselves to being stud earrings.
ReplyDeleteGlad you have kept some just for you!
Mick
I have a box of my Nan's buttons too. I saw these on craft juice earlier and I hope you're not offended when I say that they looked quite a lot like nipples in that picture!! Still like them though! x
ReplyDeleteOooer! I never thought of that! I guess they could look like nipples!
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