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Rustic Christmas Ornaments with Glitter Buttons

By Holly Gagnon on December 3, 2013 in Christmas, Holidays

Holly here from Ribbons & Glue sharing with you how to make Rustic Christmas Ornaments with Glitter Buttons for your tree this year by using Hemp Cord and Pearl Buttons from Buttons Galore.

I love the feel of cozy, rustic Christmas Decor. You can find pine cones, tree branches, birdhouses and various things wrapped up in hemp cord along with lots of glitter around my house during the Holidays.

How to make Rustic Christmas Ornaments:

Adhere a ribbon loop to Styrofoam Ball using hot glue
Hot glue one end of hemp cord on to ball.
Start wrapping cord tightly around ball.
Wrap cord around ball in various directions until the foam is no longer showing
When foam ball covered, tuck and hot glue end of cord into ball.
Hot glue ribbon bow on to ribbon loop.

To add a little sparkle to my rustic Christmas Ornaments, I made glitter buttons.

How to make Glitter Buttons:

Apply DecoArt Decou-Page on to button.
Sprinkle DecoArt Glamour Dust over button.
Shake off excess glitter, let dry.
Hot glue glitter button on to bow.

So pretty! The glitter just adds a little sparkle to your cozy, rustic Christmas decor.

Supplies used to make Rustic Christmas Ornaments with Glitter Buttons:

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Reversible Button Bracelet

By Allie Gower on September 5, 2013 in Jewelry

A quick and simple Reversible Button Bracelet.

Thread twine down then up in the lower row, and up then down in the top row. The lower button will overlap, but when you get to the end, it all lines up just right.

Be sure to get each set of buttons pretty snug before moving on so that your bracelet lays nicely. Leave room at the ends to tie off. I like to put small knots at each end so the buttons can’t move anywhere, then just tie a little bow to keep it on my wrist.

Another note: when measuring your wrist, remember that larger buttons need more room to go around your wrist. I found it best to check sizing as I went along, rather than the actual length of the bracelet. The average woman’s wrist is 7.5″ and while my wrist is actually a bit smaller, my bracelet is 8 inches and fits snugly.