Today, we are excited to share that we are blog hopping with Poppy Stamps!
Don’t miss all of the fun ways that designers are sharing to mix these beautiful stamps with our buttons! Also, there’s special discount codes and a giveaway to enter too! Start hopping to get all the details!
Happy Hopping!
We have an exciting announcement today for fans of our beautiful sequins: New 28 Lilac Lane Premium Sequin Tins by designer May Flaum are available now on our web store! This new collection of six sequin tins includes fun sequin options for fall and winter holidays, as well as for vacation and everyday.
First, let’s take a look at Bon Voyage…a red, white and blue mix that includes 5 different kinds of sequins and features blue stars and white hearts! Use it for patriotic projects, scrapbooking trips to national monuments, and many other things!
Next up is Mermaid Tale! In beautiful shades of turquoise blue, Mermaid Tale features pretty leaf shapes and stunning white sequins with blue tiger stripes. This mix is perfect for those beach or pool themed projects. (Or mermaids, of course!)
Pet lovers will love the new “Happy Place” sequin tin! This new sequin mix features red heart sequins, large gold sequins and a mix of brown sequins. Happy Place will be perfect for your pet projects, celebrating your love of autumn, or sending greetings to your favorite guy!
Halloween is coming fast, and we’ve got the Haunted House sequin tin for that! In a trendy purple and silver palette for Halloween, its clear and silver stars are paired with several shapes and sizes of purple sequins to create a mix that will give your projects the perfect spooky touch!
Of course, before we know it the Christmas tree will be going up…and you’re going to love the Retro Holiday sequin tin! This festive Christmas sequin tin features red and green hearts, clear stars, green sequins, and pink sequins (this year’s hot Christmas color!).
But just one holiday collection isn’t enough, so we’ve also got the shimmering Festival of Lights! This mix includes three different star sequins (silver, blue, and clear), clear flowers, and two types of blue sequins (large clear and deep blue metallic). This mix is perfect for many winter holidays (such as Christmas, Hanukkah, and New Year’s Eve).
All of these new premium sequin tins come packaged in a brush metal tin containing 30 grams of sequins, and are available now from our online store. Don’t miss out!
We’re so excited today to be able to share with you the members of our new Buttons Galore & More design team!
We’d like to thank all of the fabulous designers who applied. It was an honor to review your applications.
In the end, we selected six designers for the team, all immensely talented ladies who work in a variety of different crafts and styles. We look forward to sharing their work with you in the next few months, and hope that you love them as much as we do!
So, without further ado…here they are…your Spring 2017 Buttons Galore team!
Aimee says: “I come from a long line of women makers. I sleep under quilts that my grandmother made, my head rests on pillowcases that my aunt embroidered, and my memories are full of time spent watching my mom and grandmother create. The majority of my sewing and embroidery skills are self-taught, and I’d like to think there is a little bit of genetic love seeping through.”
Follow Aimee at her blog, her instagram, and her Pinterest to learn more about her!
Anaya enjoys designing jewelry, paper crafts, and home decor items embellished with colorful buttons. In 2007, she started YanaDesigns.com to share her love for fun projects and creative craft ideas.
Follow her at her website, her Facebook, her Instagram or her Pinterest to learn more about her.
Connie says: I am a wife and a mom. I am also “Nini” to six beautiful “grands”. I have been a crafter for over 30 years and still love the creative process. Looking forward to getting crafty with Buttons Galore & More.
Follow Connie at her blog, her instagram, or her Pinterest to learn more about her!
Katie King is a DIY blogger, who believes that crafting should be simple, fun, and unique! She started her blog, Running with a Glue Gun, in order to share her DIY projects and to meet other people who loved to craft! On Running with a Glue Gun she shares DIY tutorials, writes craft product reviews, and shares crafting tips. Her overall goal is to spread the word that you don’t need a ton of money to create an awesome, one-of-kind project!
Follow Katie at her blog, her Facebook page, her instagram, or her Pinterest to learn more about her!
After studying Culinary Arts in Portland Oregon, Kelli went back home to the sunny South West where she decided she wanted to do different kinds of Art. This busy mom of three spends all of her available free time creating in her Craft Shack “she shed” where she can be found burning wood, repurposing old stuff, crafting, sewing, and painting just about anything she can get her hands on.
Follow Kelli at her blog, her Facebook page, her instagram, and her Pinterest to learn more about her.
My name is Lorrie McCullers and I am an avid crafter. I have loved crafting with paper since I was a kid — who knew that making collages from magazine cut-outs and playing with stickers would lead me to my life-long passion? I am an AFCI Designer Member and currently serve as a brand ambassador for several crafting companies. In addition to crafts, I love to travel, read, and geek out to several sci-fi TV shows.
Follow Lorrie on her blog, her Facebook page, her instagram, and her Pinterest to learn more about her.
Congratulations again, and welcome to the new Buttons Galore team! We look forward to seeing their work on the blog in June!
It’s National Scrapbook Day and we are sure celebrating here at Buttons Galore!
First up, don’t miss our fabulous sale in our online store! We’re giving 25% off storewide when you use coupon code “NSDFREE” – plus as always on our website you’ll get free U.S. shipping on orders over $30.
This means you can stock up on our colorful new mason jars, get those Button Bonanzas for summer kids projects, or score some beautiful new 28 Lilac Lane for your mixed media projects – all at great prices and with free shipping (over $30).
The sale runs through tomorrow (Sunday) but don’t delay – grab your favorite item before it sells out!
It wouldn’t be National Scrapbook Day without a giveaway…so make sure to stop by and follow our Facebook and Instagram accounts so you don’t miss out, because later today (Saturday) we’ll be running a giveaway on each of those sites!
Need some ideas of what to do with your new buttons, sequins and charms? Make sure to check out our Pinterest page to get loads of great 28 Lilac Lane and button project ideas!
Do you like to make things with pretty buttons, beads, and sequins? You might be the perfect match for the new Buttons Galore design team!
Our new design team members will be working with our traditional and practical Buttons Galore brand products as well as our trendy 28 Lilac Lane line. We’ll show your creations to the world via our blog and social media channels. You’ll get exciting free products and programs to earn cash bonuses, as well as the possibility to develop partnerships for teaching and other professional opportunities.
We’re looking for four designers (crafters of all kinds are welcome) with great blogs and engaged social media followings who want to share their talents using beautiful buttons, beads, sequins, and other embellishments! Successful applicants should have versatile craft skills, photograph projects well, be able to follow instructions, and be prompt with deadlines.
Responsibilities:
Benefits:
Application deadline is Midnight eastern time on April 30th, 2017.
To apply for the team, send the following information via email to nancy@nallystudios.com with subject line “BGM Team Spring 2017”:
Name:
Address:
Email:
Blog Address:
Facebook Account:
Instagram Account:
Twitter Account:
Pinterest Account:
Current Design Teams:
Previous Design Teams:
What Types of Crafts You Do Regularly:
Tell us about yourself:
Notification of new team members will be made on or about May 8th, and the new team will be announced on or about May 12th.
We look forward to working with our new team members!
One of our favorite things about attending shows is the chance for our staff and some talented craft designers to show off in our booth the beautiful range of possibility that can be created with Buttons Galore products. So today, for those who weren’t at Creativation, we’re going to give you a peek into our booth at the show to see all of the gorgeous inspiration we shared!
It may have been warm in Arizona, but inside the convention center it was snowing a blizzard in our booth! These snowflakes, created by Buttons Galore staff, show that buttons make gorgeous snowflakes of all sizes from tree ornaments to wall art.
This American flag wall art piece, also created by Buttons Galore staff, combines our bulk buttons with our 3D decorative star buttons. It’s perfect for holiday decor for occasions like July 4th, or leave it up all year round for a patriotic touch of homespun decor.
Speaking of special occasions, our decorative button grab bags are a beautiful and affordable option for creating decor for events like showers and weddings! This button cake, created by designer Jen Goode, is perfect for decorating a buffet table.
Love to entertain? Our decorative 3D buttons will make your tea time, cocktail hour, or coffee break oh so elegant! This tray project, by Buttons Galore staff, is quick and easy, too!
And let’s not forget our furry family members! Our booth went to the cats and dogs with these fun frames to display your favorite picture of your pet cat (by me) or dog (by 28 Lilac Lane designer May Flaum). For the instructions for the cat frame, click here.
If you’d rather hang your pet photo on the wall, try out this dog bone wall art project by Buttons Galore staff!
This button monogram is easy to make and perfect for a nursery or kids room! (Click here for instructions.) Or create an ombre heart wall art piece for someone special to remember you by. (Click here for instructions.)
It seems everyone is in love with butterflies this season, and we agree! Our wall art butterfly, made by Buttons Galore staff, is great decor for a kid’s or teen’s room.
Text as wall art is very hot in home decor, and our staff decided to pay tribute to the greatest sentiment of all: love! These easy to make letters could be made in any colors to coordinate with the decor of a nursery or a shabby chic home decor.
Our buttons are fabulous for working in mixed media, and designer Maura Hibbitts took them to canvas for us! This whimsical sea monster is full of texture and color!
Last but not least, 28 Lilac Lane designer May Flaum shared her take on the 3D paper flower trend in our booth. Accented with a center of buttons, this flower will bring color and pattern to your walls or your party decor!
We hope that you enjoyed this peek at some of our booth projects from Creativation! Thanks to all of you who visited to see them in person!
We’re very excited to share today that Ellen Hutson is featuring our 28 Lilac Lane product line by May Flaum this month in their monthly Mix It Up Challenge, pairing their favorite products with their own Essentials by Ellen products!
As part of the challenge, 28 Lilac Lane designer May Flaum has shared two new fabulous projects on her blog that use her gorgeous new 28 Lilac Lane Unicorn Shaker Mix:
May’s quick and fun cards pair watercolors with 28 Lilac Lane embellishments to send love for Valentine’s Day (or any day). The first one uses sequins to add “pop” to an Ellen Hutson flower stamp.
You’ll really “heart” the fun simplicity of her second card – a hand watercolored heart that is embellished with sequins! It’s a little bit artsy, a little bit whimsical, and a whole lot of fun. It’s easy enough that the kids can do it – but the grown-ups will want to as well!
To see the finished cards, instructions, and supply lists, check out May’s blog for all the details! And don’t miss the chance to enter the challenge on the Ellen Hutson blog – entries close on February 14th.
It’s show time! This past weekend, our staff traveled to Phoenix, Arizona to exhibit at the annual trade show put on by the Craft & Hobby Association (which is now called Association for Creative Industries). Thanks to everyone who stopped by to see us at Creativation 2017!
Our booth in aisle 12 was stuffed with colorful sample boards featuring our numerous button lines, such as Button Bonanzas, Button Basics, and of course our 3D buttons!
And of course an entire section of the booth was devoted to the beautiful 28 Lilac Lane collections designed by May Flaum.
Plenty of our new products were on display. Our new Button Mason Jars, which we sneak peeked last week, were on display in a rainbow of button color!
Over on the 28 Lilac Lane wall, we showed how you can organize our cute new Sequin & Bead Mixes in a nailpolish organizer!
May’s six new embellishment bottles full of bright colors looked fabulous on a shelf in the booth!
The new 28 Lilac Lane shaker mix cubes really show off the shimmering sequins, buttons, and beads inside of them!
Our booth wasn’t the only place that you could see Buttons Galore buttons at Creativation! Designer Tammy Tutterow was doing a make & take event in the Spellbinders booth on Saturday morning that combined her signature collection’s dies with our buttons to make beautiful clips for your planner!
Our pastel Button Bonanza buttons looked great with Tammy’s felt flowers!
Thanks to all who visited the booth at Creativation! We really enjoyed spending time with all of you, and look forward to seeing you again soon!
Today we are back with one last CHA sneak peek for the Creativation trade show this weekend. This sneak peek is from our main Buttons Galore line – and what could be a more perfect combination than buttons and mason jars?
Our brand new Buttons Galore Mason Jars are filled with over 200 assorted buttons in a rainbow of colors that are perfect for your sewing, crafting, and mixed media projects. They come in 15 trendy color assortments, and retail for $5.99. Look for these in stores in mid-February 2017!
Our first color is “Greenery”, one everyone is buzzing about for 2017! This color will add an of-the-moment touch to your sewing, papercrafting, and home decor projects!
Yellow is also a hot color for this year and our beautiful “Lemon Twist” will make you long for sunshine and tall glasses of cool lemonade! Equally at home in fun kids’ projects and trendy fashion, this citrus shade is as versatile as it is cheerful.
Dive right into “Tidewater”! These turquoise blue tones will have you longing for a Caribbean beach – and is a great unisex color for a variety of mixed media, scrapbooking, and sewing projects!
Our new Buttons Galore Mason Jars come in fifteen different color assortments, and retail for $5.99:
Visit us in booth #1227 at the CHA Creativation show in Phoenix this weekend to see the whole collection of new Buttons Galore Mason Jars, as well as beautiful samples using a variety of products from our whole product line!
If you can’t attend the show, please watch our social media (links in sidebar) for posts from the show and links to blog articles with projects featuring our latest products! And watch for all of our new products in your local stores in mid to late February!
Today is our fourth and final CHA Creativation Sneak Peek for 28 Lilac Lane. (But stay tuned tomorrow for our final Buttons Galore sneak peek!) They’re cute, they’re colorful…they’re 28 Lilac Lane Sequin & Bead Mixes!
The twelve new 28 Lilac Lane Sequin and Bead Mixes retail for just $2.99, and are packaged in 20ml “nailpolish” style bottles. these special blends combine seed beads and round sequins with fun shaped sequins to create beautiful projects!
Easy to store on a shelf or in a drawer, these pretty bottles contain just the right quantity of sequins and seed beads for cards or mixed media projects!
The refreshing palette of “Citrus Fun” features crisp shades of orange and yellow paired with crystal beads. The highlight, however, is the large yellow sequins that will add a floral sparkle to your shakers or mixed media designs!
Of course, we can’t forget our furry friends! The brown shades and white sequin accents of “Puppy Paws” are definitely man’s – and woman’s – best friend in the craft room! And for the shaped sequin in this kit, what could be better than a heart to honor our furry family members?
Americana is an oh-so-trendy for 2017, and of course May has given 28 Lilac Lane its own interpretation of it. “Stars & Stripes” sparkles with a mix of blues and red, accented with gold stars. Use it for patriotic shaker cards or to accent that American farmhouse style project!
Whatever your need, there’s a new 28 Lilac Lane Sequin & Bead Mix for every occasion. Collect them all:
Visit us in booth #1227 at the CHA Creativation show in Phoenix this weekend to see the whole collection of new 28 Lilac Lane Sequin & Bead Mixes, as well as beautiful samples using the whole 28 Lilac Lane product line!
If you can’t attend the show, please watch our social media (links in sidebar) and May’s blog for more reveals! And watch for these in your local stores in mid to late February!
Today we are bringing you yet another 28 Lilac Lane CHA sneak peek – our newly repackaged 28 Lilac Lane Shaker Mixes by designer May Flaum!
The 28 Lilac Lane Shaker Mix product line isn’t exactly new – eagle eyes may have noticed that it received a stealthy launch via our web store a few months ago. But now it’s getting the spotlight with brand new packaging – a clear storage cube that makes it easy to see the beautiful sequins, buttons and seed beads inside! These larger mix packages now have a retail price of $5.99.
This blend of embellishments is especially designed to make perfect shakers for all of your cards and other craft projects, but you’ll want to use these gorgeous blends on all your designs!
With white buttons blended with blue, pink and green sequins and a sprinkling of beads, “Rainbow Unicorn” will take you on flights of fancy! This is perfect for princess projects, welcoming baby, or whatever else tickles your fancy!
Winter blues got you down? Our “Rose Garden” is in full bloom, with lush pink buttons and embellishments paired with gold sequins. It’s warm, elegant, and oh-so-pretty!
In shades of orange, yellow, and gold, “Safari Sunrise” will transport you to an African Savannah – or sunset at your favorite beach. Perfect for birthdays, mixed media projects and travel scrapbooking, these brilliant colors will light up your projects with color!
The first six themes in the Shaker Mix collection are:
Visit us in booth #1227 at the CHA Creativation show in Phoenix this weekend to see the whole collection of new 28 Lilac Lane shaker mixes, as well as beautiful samples using the whole 28 Lilac Lane product line!
If you can’t attend the show, please watch our social media (links in sidebar) and May’s blog for more reveals! And watch for these in your local stores in mid to late February!
Today we are continuing our week of sneak peeks for the CHA Creativation 2017 show at Buttons Galore with more 28 Lilac Lane previews! Today we’ve got two sneak peeks of new products to share with you from 28 Lilac Lane designer May Flaum.
Our first sneak peek is for lovers of our immensely popular 28 Lilac Lane embellishment bottles! May has designed six fabulous new bottles, to join the beautiful palette of 18 that are already available.
Do you yearn for the smell of fresh plowed dirt, grandma’s plaid dish towels, and berries picked fresh off the vine growing on the fence at the bottom of the yard? Then our “Farmhouse” embellishment bottle, a mix of Americana reds and blues paired with antique brown and creams, is just what your projects are looking for!
The full list of new 28 Lilac Lane embellishment bottles that are shipping to stores February 10th are:
The 28 Lilac Lane embellishment bottles include a blend of buttons, sequins, seed beads, and pearls, and retail for $5.99.
But wait…there’s more! We’ve also redesigned and added to our 28 Lilac Lane sequin tins!
Our popular sequin tins are still in the same great round tin packaging with a transparent lid. But now (instead of being a single round size) our new sequin tin mixes features a blend of 3mm, 4mm, 6mm and 8mm round sequins along with special shaped sequins. And the best part is the price – our new sequin tins are priced at only $3.49.
Are you ready for the wearing o’ the greenery? Lady Luck is! This new 28 Lilac Lane sequin tin blends shades of green sequins with white sequins, along with fun golden stars!
Tired of shoveling snow? A “Seaside Holiday” is just what you need! With Caribbean blues and golden sand sequins, accented with large seashell sequins, you can almost hear the waves and feel the sand between your toes!
The new sequin tin mixes debuting at CHA Creativation 2017 and shipping February 10th are:
Visit us in booth #1227 at the CHA Creativation show in Phoenix this weekend to see the whole collection of new embellishment bottles and sequin tins, as well as beautiful samples using the whole 28 Lilac Lane product line!
If you can’t attend the show, please watch our social media (links in sidebar) and May’s blog for more reveals! And watch for these in your local stores in mid to late February!
Today, we are starting five days of sneak peeks for new product releases for the upcoming CHA Creativation trade show that starts later this week! We’re kicking off these CHA sneak peeks today with some brand new 28 Lilac Lane products from designer May Flaum.
If you loved the first twelve craft embellishment kits that May designed for CHA Winter 2016, then you’ll love the six new kits that she’s designed for 2017! Here’s some sneak peeks of a bit of what you have to look forward to…
Ahoy matey! This treasure chest of pirate booty will shiver your timbers! Created in blood red and skull & cross bones black, the dastardly plunder of Pirate’s Life will make your lair’s party decor, invitations, and scrapbook layouts overflow with pirate character.
Tea and crumpets, anyone? Tea time, a collection of greens and blues paired with lace, a crown and a cameo, will have you pinky up and passing the finger sandwiches! This collection is perfect for card makers, vintage mixed media, and even travel layouts!
Click! Snap! Are you the wandering type? “Let’s go” then! It’s collection of turquoise, brown, and buttery yellow, along with touches of gold, will take you from sunrise to sunset and from sea to shining sea.
Above is just a preview! The full list of six new 28 Lilac Lane embellishment kit themes coming for CHA Creativation 2017 are:
The new 28 Lilac Lane craft embellishment kits retail for $8.99, and include buttons, charms, sequins, pearls, seed beads and trim in a divided plastic box – an all-in-one solution for embellishments that works beautifully for scrapbooking, card making, mixed media, sewing, and a variety of craft projects. The new products will be shipping to stores by February 10th.
Visit us in booth #1227 at the CHA Creativation show in Phoenix this weekend to see the whole collection of new embellishment kits, as well as beautiful samples using the whole 28 Lilac Lane product line!
If you can’t attend the show, please watch our social media (links in sidebar) and May’s blog for more reveals! And watch for these in your local stores in mid to late February!
It’s time to share who won the Season’s Giving Blog Hop!
And the lucky winner is….Cindy H!
Cindy will get to enjoy a prize pack of 28 Lilac Lane embellishments:
Thanks for reading the Buttons Galore blog and to everyone who entered our giveaway! Make sure to come back later today for sneak peeks of new CHA products!
Welcome to the Seasons Givings blog hop at Buttons Galore! Today, we are joining with a group of industry companies and bloggers to start 2017 off by saying a big “thank you” to the people that make us possible – YOU!
To say thank you, we’re giving away a goodie bag of 28 Lilac Lane products that will make your Valentine’s Day and spring scrapbooking and cardmaking simple and a joy! Your treats include one of our BRAND NEW 28 Lilac Lane Shaker Mixes, called Unicorn Rainbox – a mix of buttons, beads and sequins that is perfect for making shaker cards (and lots of other things, too).
One lucky winner will receive:
How To Enter: All you have to do to have a chance to be the lucky winner is leave a comment on this blog entry before 11:59PM US eastern time on Friday night, January 6th, 2017. Make sure you include your email address in the line reserved for it on the comment form (for your own protection, don’t put it in the text of the comment, where it will be visible to the public – just in the line labeled “email” in the form where only Buttons Galore staff can see it). We will need it to notify you if you are a winner. Winners will be drawn by random drawing from all eligible entries. One entry per person. Sorry, US delivery addresses only.
Thanks for visiting – and now, on with the blog hop!
October is flying by, and that can only mean one thing…that chill in the air is going to bring snow soon – and Christmas!
Today we’re excited to be announcing new 3D buttons that are perfect for your winter and Christmas crafting. We’ve got snowmen and snowflakes perfect for all of your project needs. (And don’t miss the peek at the end of even more new holiday goodness!)
Adorable snowmen are a holiday must-have, and we’ve got two versions – a bright one and a more rustic one. No matter what your style…we’ve built the snowman for it!
If you are dreaming of snow…snow…snow…in your winter holidays (and your winter craft projects), we’ve got a huge new selection of 3D snowflake buttons!
Our new 3D snowflake buttons come in three different styles that are available in several sizes and shades of blue. Packaged in five different assortments, there’s a perfect one for your needs no matter what your project!
All of these buttons, except for the snowflakes on the far left above, have shank backs for sewing them on to projects. But for crafters who prefer flat backs, the shanks can be easily removed with scissors or a button shank remover. (The set of snowflake buttons that doesn’t have shanks has a flat back and holes that can be used for sewing it onto projects.)
In addition to our snowflakes and snowmen, we’ve also got a great selection of new 3D Christmas designs such as gingerbread men, Christmas trees, stars, adorable holiday icons, and more!
All of our new holiday 3D buttons are available now on our website – click to see the entire selection!
I could not be more excited to announce six brand new 28 Lilac Lane embellishment bottles. I’ve added in new sequin sizes, all new colors, and I am thrilled with how these beautiful mixes turned out. From scrapbooking to mixed media canvas projects to decorations for the holidays – there is a lot to love in these mixes and I hope you enjoy creating with them as much as I do!
Candy Corn is inspired by my favorite fall treat, all yummy shades of yellow, orange, and white just perfect for Halloween crafting and so much more. From citrus inspired creations to bright summer scrapbooks this mix will be perfect year-round. The best part? This mix is calorie and guilt free.
Coral Reef is full of rich aqua hues and shades of coral – blending together beautifully for a bright and beautiful mix. Feel like stepping outside the box? Try this embellishment mix for some non-traditional color palette Christmas crafts!
Savannah Stroll is inspired by the flowers and greens in one of my favorite cities. A city so perfect in spring time, I wanted to capture some of my favorite shades and bottle them up to use on all kinds of creative projects. From the soft green beads to the pink buttons I love every part of this lovely mix.
Through The Woods is as the name implies, a stroll through the woods! My favorite element in this mix is the woodgrain sequins. I can’t get enough of them and I love all of the rich green and brown hues not only for my camping and hiking scrapbook projects, but for all kinds of nature inspired creations!
Winter Wonderland is inspired by bright fluffy fresh snow and all the shades of a white Christmas. While it doesn’t snow here, it seemed like the perfect name for such a mix. Of course if you’re simply needing more white in your embellishment stash or you have a special bride you wish to create something special for this would also be the perfect mix for you.
Yuletide Greetings is a season I can’t get enough of! From decking the halls to making things merry, I’m always in for a good traditional holiday mix like this. I am especially excited about all of the shades of green in this mix.
These new 28 Lilac Lane embellishment bottles are shipping now, so check with your local retailer about availability!
The new product introductions keep coming! Today we’re introducing 6 new colorways of Button Basics, our button candy bags that are just the right size for making fun projects. The new additions to the Button Basics line-up include two seasonal offerings for fall and Halloween, two blue assortments for winter and Christmas, and two new trend-based color groupings.
First, let’s take a closer look at Fall Festival! This beautiful assortment of browns, leaf green, rusty orange, and mellow yellow will have you yearning for a cup a cider and the crunch of leaves under your feet.
For Halloween, we think you’re never too old to love to Trick or Treat! Shades of light orange and green combined with pops of bright purple make this the perfect collection for the cutest Halloween projects on your block.
Blue is a hot color for Christmas, and we’re bringing it to you with Cool Winter! This mix adds a sophisticated shade of red to a cool mix of pale blue and white to create an elegant mix that will work for cards, ornaments – and even holiday party wear.
Are you “blue” this Christmas? Then Winter Flurries is the collection for you! Not content with just on shade of blue, this collection gives you an entire range of shades from deep midnight to pale ice to choose from so you’ll be able to find exactly the shade you need for your festive Christmas or winter project.
If you are a fan of heathered pastels – especially the colors of the year for 2016 – then you’ll love our new trend mix Bohemian Style. With rose pink, blue, and a pop of sunshine yellow, this trend mix matches well with current home decor, fabric and fashion color trends so you can create up-to-date looks.
And finally, we have Party Time! This bright and happy combination of teal and bright pink with touches of white is perfect for parties, fashion, and everyday papercrafting projects.
Which of the new Button Basics is your favorite? You can get all of these new Buttons Basics on sale for $1 off from now until September 10th. That’s a great deal at $5.99 each! Why choose just one? Get yours now!
Editor’s Note: Today 28 Lilac Lane designer May Flaum is visiting us on the blog to introduce her new Limited Edition 28 Lilac Lane “Fall Jewels” Mix that is available only from our online store while supplies last!
When I think about fall I think of cooling temperatures and cozy sweaters, bringing in jewel tones and saying goodbye to summer brights. Inspired by these things, I have pulled together this new limited edition mix of embellishments to celebrate my favorite season. For anything from back to school to falling leaves, paired with the autumn afternoon kit or used on its own – this mix is sure to inspire a wealth of crafting ideas. From a beautiful carved button to the berry, green, and blue buttons and plenty of matte gold sequins you won’t want to miss out on this special mix.
One of my favorite things to do is create a card with a simple hand cut or die cut shape, a sentiment sticker or stamp, and plenty of embellishments! Inspired by the large beautiful wood button in this mix, I started from there and worked smaller with my details. Clustering embellishments is one of my favorite things to do, and I always encourage people to start with the biggest and work smaller to fill any gaps or spaces.
I do so love to decorate frames with buttons and embellishments, but this time I didn’t have a frame quite the right color. What’s a crafter to do? Recolor it! I used alcohol inks, however paints, staz-on ink, or other color mediums could also work well depending on your surface. To keep the focus on the photo and the project from being overwhelmed I worked in one corner instead of covering the entire frame.
Both of these projects would work with any of the 28 Lilac Lane products, and this new mix is beautiful combined with a number of other kits and bottles such as the Attic Findings, Paws & Pets, Autumn Afternoon, Toasted Graham, Birds of a Feather, and more.
SPECIAL OFFER: This limited edition 28 Lilac Lane “Fall Jewels” kit, regular price $6.99, is available through Friday for a special price for $5.99 if you use code “LL400” when you order!
Don’t forget that all orders from our online store over $30 qualify for FREE SHIPPING!
You can find all of these products that May mentioned in her video in the Buttons Galore online store:
Today we are thrilled to share with you some gorgeous new products for crafting and sewing – six new seasonal and trendy Button Bonanza color mixes!
Our six new Button Bonanza totes, available today, include two new trend mixes, a Halloween mix, and three new Christmas and winter holiday mixes! Let’s take a closer look!
First up is Coral Reef, full of beautiful heathered blues and pinks that are reminiscent of this year’s colors of the year. Also, there’s a touch of white for some neutral to pair them with.
Coral Reef is great for baby projects, of course…but also so much more! These on-trend tones are great for stylish fashion projects, coordinating with many of the latest paper crafting collections, and so much more.
Up next is Glam Girl. This collection combines several very hot color trends into one gorgeous color palette that will make your projects look girly and glamorous! Navy, the neutral of the moment, anchors a palette of yellow, aqua, and rose pink to create Glam Girl. Yellow is THE home decor color at the moment.
This palette of trend forward colors will work well year-round for all sorts of projects. Glam Girl is especially perfect for quilting, papercrafting, and feminine fall fashion projects!
Now, let’s talk holidays! The weather may still be hot, but cooler days are coming soon and with them the fall holidays. We’ve got the perfect new Button Bonanza for all of your Halloween crafting: Scary! It’s a mix of seasonal orange shades, with some black thrown in for extra scare!
The Scary collection will take you from fall to Halloween to Thanksgiving with a perfect shade of orange for every project. Whether it’s treat bags, table decor, or a scrapbook page of your adorable trick or treater – it’s got to be Scary!
Christmas will also be here before you know it! Our three new Button Bonanzas for Christmas cover a wide range of popular color schemes for winter holidays.
Our Tis the Season Button Bonanza is a classic holiday color scheme – rich reds and deep greens, with a few contrasting lighter green shades to create perfect Christmas greenery!
This versatile combination is great for making ornaments & cards, wrapping presents, festive sewing projects…Tis the Season!
Blue, red, and white is also a popular winter color scheme and for fans of that palette, we bring you Winter Wonderland! Two different shades of blue – one light and one dark – paired with deep red and topped off with white and brown neutrals make Winter Wonderland perfect for everything from cute Christmas projects to winter snow scrapbooking!
Winter Wonderland is a really versatile addition to your embellishment collection – when the winter is over, use the red, white and blue buttons for patriotic projects!
Finally, we have what may be The Merriest collection of all – a mix of pink, pale blue, lime green, and cranberry with white neutral. This fun combination is a great match for kids’ projects and for many of season’s more whimsical papercrafting collections. It’s a lighthearted alternative to the more traditional shades of green and red.
All of these new Button Bonanza products are available today in the Buttons Galore online store (and for wholesale order as well for our retail clients). We can’t wait to see what you all make with them!
If you follow our Instagram, you know that the whole Buttons Galore team spent a good deal of the last ten days in Anaheim, California at the annual Craft & Hobby Association trade show. It’s one of the year’s premier events to display craft products to retail buyers to make wholesale purchases for their stores, and also a great opportunity for people from all parts of the crafts industry to meet and share.
The event took place at the Anaheim Convention Center and the show floor was open for four days.
Our booth, of course was wall-to-wall buttons – about 40 feet of them in all! In the picture below, that’s me (Buttons Galore social media manager Nancy Nally) standing in front of the rainbow wall of Color Blends, Button Basics, and Button Bonanzas. There’s so many choices, and they are great for my favorite types of craft projects that use a lot of buttons!
And of course we had walls of our 3D specialty button designs on display as well! This is just one small part of the huge wall to choose from.
Mixed in with the buttons, we had lots of fun button project ideas as well. Many of these will be shared on the blog and on our social media in more detail in the coming weeks, so make sure you subscribe to the blog, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Pinterest so you don’t miss any of them!
One of the projects on display may have looked slightly familiar to our blog readers….back in November I created this rag quilted patch tote in soft pastels for the Handmade Holidays blog hop. For this version, I went with bold fabric from a Lola charm pack by Quilting Treasures, and used a black Button Bonanza bag to create a Tic Tac Toe game on it. Circles win!
At the entrance to the booth, visitors were greeted by our papercrafting project feature wall. Buttons are perfect for cards, tags, and layouts!
We also took part in the show’s “Open Market”. At this immensely popular event – a first for the CHA Mega Show – attendees had the chance to purchase cash & carry product from us at discounted prices. We offered a selection of 3D specialty buttons, Button Bonanza and Button Basics bags to excited customers.
Buttons Galore co-owners Dan & Lisa Hagenman were quite camera-shy in the booth but with some stealth skills I managed to get them on camera for our readers during the frenzy at the Open Market. That’s the lovely Lisa in the foreground, and her husband Dan at the other end of the table, helping customers find what they were looking for in the product selection.
Of course the biggest excitement in the booth was the launch of the 28 Lilac Lane line by designer May Flaum.
May created a huge display wall full of samples for the booth (you’ll see many of them on her blog and ours in the coming weeks) and a beautiful demo table where she spent hours showing visitors what they can do with 28 Lilac Lane embellishments.
Of course, there had to be sample boards to show off the gorgeous color palette of the new kits and bottles! For the embellishment kits, embroidery hoop collages showed the entire contents of each kit. The hoops were even finished off with the ribbon or trim from the kit!
For the bottles, a color board shows the entire rainbow selection of all the kits’ schemes in one place:
We’re so appreciative of how many people stopped by the booth to visit us and see May demo her 28 Lilac Lane collection! It was such fun hosting you all and sharing the new products!
Here’s a peek at some of the friends that dropped by to talk all things buttons in the booth at CHA!
Scrappycampysisters stopped by and got a video tour of the booth from May personally:
And I finally got to meet Erica of Clique Kits when she dropped by!
And last but not least…who can forget the Periscope of a Periscope that created an internet black hole with Cathy Zielske and Sandy Allnock? (And then we Instagrammed it too, for good measure!)
CHA was so much fun we’re taking the show on the road again in less than two weeks! European retailers will have a chance to catch Dan and the fabulous Buttons Galore buttons – including 28 Lilac Lane – at Creativeworld in Frankfurt at the end of the month. We’ll be located in Hall 4.2 Booth G50, across from the Creative Impulse awards display. Please do stop by and visit if you are at the show!
It’s the moment we’ve all been waiting for – the CHA Sneak Peek with the full reveal of the new Buttons Galore line by signature designer May Flaum called 28 Lilac Lane that we’ll be showing in Anaheim at the CHA Mega Show 2016. We’re so excited to share this with all of you!
There’s actually three parts to the 28 Lilac Lane collection being shown at the CHA Mega Show 2016!
Let’s start with the biggest element…embellishment kits! Each item in these themed kits has been painstakingly hand selected by May to be perfect for creating beautiful designs for paper crafters, mixed media, collage, fabric crafts, and a wide variety of creative projects.
The kit pictured above is called “French Quarter”. The initial release of 28 Lilac Lane embellishment kits will include twelve themes:
The kits include buttons, shimmering pearl accents, seed beads, trim, sequins, and charms. Some kits also include felt shapes and/or novelty buttons. The embellishment kits will have an MSRP of $8.99.
Below (clockwise from top left): French Quarter, New Leaf, Love Story, Adventure At Sea
Below (clockwise from top left): Hello Cupcake, Party On, Paws & Pets, Attic Findings.
Below (clockwise from top left): Tropical Twist, Autumn Afternoon, Holly Jolly, Let It Snow.
We couldn’t stop with all of that fabulousness though! You can never have too many basics like buttons, pearls, beads and sequins – versatile and useful embellishments for crafters of all kinds. So, May created a collection of additional decorative embellishment jars in color mixes especially designed to coordinate with and extend the embellishment kits!
These jars include 3 oz of buttons, 50 Pearl Accents, 10 grams of seed beads, and 10 grams of sequins, and have an MSRP of only $4.99.
The decorative embellishment jars come in twelve color themes:
Below (left to right): Cotton Candy, Hello Sunshine, Dragon Fire
Below (left to right): Pumpkin Spice, Toasted Graham, Winter Blues
Below (left to right): Minty Fresh, Birds of a Feather, Just Peachy
Below (left to right): Oh Christmas Tree, On Lilac Lane, Pretty Princess
Now that is a lot of embellishment goodness to play with. But before we go…there’s one more thing. How about some sequin tins?
The final piece of the 28 Lilac Lane collection for the CHA Mega Show is a group of tins containing sequin mixes for those projects that need an extra bit of sparkle! These color mixes coordinate with the jars and kits above, so you can mix and match to create the perfect look for any project.
Below (clockwise from top left): Reds, Yellow, Pastels, Neutrals, Bold & Bright, Blues
The tins contain 40 grams of sequins, and will MSRP for $2.99.
All of these fantastic 28 Lilac Lane items will ship to stores from Buttons Galore in February 2016!
Stop by our booth (#1809) at the CHA Mega Show 2016 to see the products anytime during show hours. May Flaum will be doing demos with the 28 Lilac Lane products on Sat/Sun/Mon from 10-11:30am and 4-5pm.
A few lucky attendees of May’s demos are going to take home a CHA exclusive 28 Lilac Lane button mix…don’t miss your chance to be front and center for her demos in booth #1809!
Also, be sure to follow us on Instagram and Facebook to get live updates from the show, including booth project photos and a peek at May’s demos!
Dying to know more about the new 28 Lilac Lane collection that is coming from designer May Flaum at the CHA Mega Show next month? Well, she’s here via video to tell you some more about it!
We hope that you enjoyed a peek behind the scenes at May’s studio and the new line! Keep your eyes open soon for the full reveal of the collection!
Today we are excited to share with the craft world that the Buttons Galore family is expanding! Well-known designer and instructor May Flaum is partnering with Buttons Galore to design a signature line of products, which will launch at the CHA Mega Show in January 2016.
May runs a popular blog and education website called Craft with May, and has worked as a designer with many major craft industry brands. She’s authored two books, Scrapbook Workshop: The Best Techniques From Your Favorite Craft Bloggers and Paper + Pixels, and appeared on several seasons of the PBS television series Scrapbook Soup. Prior to the launch of her own site, May was known to many crafters as a successful instructor at Big Picture Classes, where she taught more than 25 classes.
It’s fitting, May says, that her first product line is centered around buttons.
Crafting is all about the details for me. From a light splatter of color to a trio of little pearls, a seemingly random scatter of sequins to a cluster of buttons I love adding my own touches to my projects. As a kid, my favorite spot to hunt for treasures was a set of drawers at my grandma’s house. She had everything from vintage costume jewelry pieces to tiny figurines to buttons. Here in my studio, my own set of creative treasure drawers dominate my work desk and it is always my favorite part of the creative process when I get to dig in and search for the perfect finishing touches to whatever I’m making. Scrapbook layouts to mixed media canvases, décor project to playing with the kids I love using the bits & pieces that I’ve collected over the years.
The one item that dominates my collection is buttons. Small or big, fancy or simple, I adore the versatility and universal usability of buttons. When Buttons Galore approached me about working on a line with them, I thought about my creative process and style, and how the details are my favorite part! Thinking about all of my favorite embellishments, and beginning this collection for them has been a true labor of love. I am inspired by all of the colors and happenings in my own world, and I’m excited to bring this collection to you in 2016.
The new May Flaum signature collection for Buttons Galore will be sold under the brand name of 28 Lilac Lane. The 28 Lilac Lane release at the CHA Mega Show in 2016 will include embellishment kits as well as custom button mixes specially created by May.
“Buttons Galore & More has been my main supplier of buttons for over a decade, and I am really excited to be working with them on 28 Lilac Lane,” May says. “Their button quality and variety is unmatched, and they have been wonderful to collaborate with in bringing 28 Lilac Lane to life.”
Buttons Galore is excited to have found in May the perfect collaborator for its longtime goal of creating an embellishment line, says company president Daniel Hagenman.
“May is an incredibly talented designer who is very passionate about her work. Working with May has enabled us to bring to market a product line that has been in the planning stages for several years. It has been our goal, at Buttons Galore to develop a line of embellishments that complement our vast array of buttons. May has provided the knowledge and insight to make this goal a reality. Her attention to detail and knack for selecting pieces and colors that work perfectly together make these embellishment kits special.”
In the next few weeks, we’ll be sharing more details about the products here on our blog and on our social media. Wondering what they’ll be like? Here’s a hint from May: “I am so excited to dig into these buttons, pearls, charms, and more and get creative. From card making to mixed media, sewing projects to scrapbooks – this is a line of embellishments that will allow you to create in your own way, and in your own style. The finishing touches that bring that special something to your projects.”
For our readers who will be attending the CHA Mega Show, don’t miss your chance to see the products (and May) in person in booth #1809. May will be in the booth demonstrating and answering questions about the new product line during the hours below.
For an appointment outside of those hours, please contact Nancy Nally at Nancy [at] nallystudios.com.
Thanks for joining us for the “See You At CHA” blog hop!
Make sure to visit the other participants in the hop today, and don’t forget to enter the giveaway below to win a $500 Visa gift card!
It’s time for the Fall Quilt Market trade show, and that means new products from Buttons Galore!
This fall, we’re debuting products that fit perfectly with one of the hottest trends in the craft world: pet-themed projects. Buttons Galore is going to the dogs – and cats – with our new “Pets & Pals” collection!
These buttons come in a variety of assortments and individual design packs.
With shank backs, these fun 3D buttons are perfect for sewing projects or craft projects!
These new products can be seen now on our website, or if you are at Quilt Market in Houston this weekend you can stop by our booth #562 to check them out in person!
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Join the Button Bevy and the Glue Dotess in a “Gifts for Guys” blog hop on May 7th-9th 2013. 20 great inspirational projects for the men in your life – from Dads to Grads and babies to boys. Two prizes, one from each company. Join us.
from Dads to Grads and babies to boys. Two prizes, one from each company.
Buttons and Birdhouse Challenge Winners – we have a Winner Winner Chicken Dinner!
Thank you to everyone for viewing all the projects with buttons. We had our best participation ever and I cannot tell you how excited that makes me. Our designers place a lot of time, energy and love into each one of their projects in the hopes of inspiring you, our wonderful fellow crafters and showing you how to make really cool crafts. Enough of my mushiness and on to the important stuff.
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Nancy, Please contact us with your shipping address. nikimeiners@ yahoo . com She will take care of it for you.
The viewers favorite was Mai Larsen. We are very lucky to have Mai as she is bi-lingual and has brought a whole new group of fans to our blog. Muchas gracias Mai. Speaking of Mai – she also had the most votes too. ¡Felicidades! Mai.
Stay tuned to the blog for some great button jewelry ideas. Thursdays this month will feature unique DIY jewelry ideas with buttons for everyone. Tutorials and instructions will be provide for some of the pieces and materials lists for the rest.
The Giveaway winner was chosen via computer and she chose the green container. Congratulations Barb please contact us with your shipping information by 3-28-13. Congratulations to our Designer Craft Connection members for a beautiful button inspired hop. Also please congratulate Sue Eldred she won the other Viewtainer filled with buttons and ribbons.
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As an added bonus we have another beautiful card creation by Allie Gower of My Card Party to share with you. Be sure to check back soon for other giveaways.
Allie writes … “My favorite technique lately is using Avery Labels in my crafting. I have a tutorial on making faux Washi Tape here on my blog.”
Products Used – Stamps (Unity), Button (Buttons Galore, Bling (Want2Scrap), Ink (Close to My Heart), Accents – Smooch (Clearsnap)
Handmade craft ideas abound in this creative blog hop. Please join the Designer Craft Connection, Viewtainer and Buttons Galore in presenting this blog hop. You have a chance to win a Viewtainer filled with an assortment buttons and 45 feet of ribbon. (picture below)
A blog hop is where, as a reader you check out the host blog and then follow the links to the other blogs participating in the hop. You hop from one blog to another by clicking the Designer Craft Connection logo on each page. The arrows will take you backward and forward. Leave comments if you like something, follow them on facebook, twitter or even pinterest. Most of all have fun and enjoy the projects. The designers have created projects that include paper crafts, sewn projects, jewelry and mixed -media and much more.
To win one of the Viewtainers filled with ribbons and buttons – Leave a comment here on this very post. The comment should contain your favorite project from the hop, and the container you would like to win. Comments need to be made by March 17th, 2013 at 11:59 eastern standard time.
The Buttons Galore and More Designers participating in the hop are listed below. Visit their blogs too. If you really like something leave them a comment. We all like to hear compliments. I know I sure do.
If you would like to purchase any of the buttons used in the many craft ideas presented you can shop the
The Button Bevy is the creative branch of Buttons Galore and More. We are pleased to announce the newest members. Each person brings a unique skill set to the team and will be providing you with wonderful inspiration for you to recreate as you wish. They specialize in scrapbooking, card making, paper crafts, embroidery, hand sewing, altered art, home decor, jewelry, hand made gifts and so much more.
To get your button go here
Allie Gower from My Card Party
Please welcome to Angie from The Country Chic Cottage
Carla from Carla Schauer Designs
Holly Gagnon from Ribbons and Glue
Jen Goode from J Goode Designs
Laura Bray from Laura Bray Designs
Laura Kelly from Laura Kelly Designs
Mai Larsen from Creando Con Detalle
Melony from Mel Bradley Designs
Tracy Mc Lennon from Scrappy Chick
Please give these wonderful ladies a warm welcome and leave a little love here on the blog for them. Who knows we might surprise a commenter or two. Be sure to get your badge and tell the world that you love BUTTONS!!!
We have a few openings on our design team we want to fill with YOU!
Do you have a love of a love of buttons, a passion for color, an eye for design and it shows in everything you touch? Well, It is time for you to embrace your talent and design skills can give them the spotlight they deserve!
We’re looking for a few designers who love buttons, to add to our existing and wonderfully talented design team. We want people who can create fun, fresh, functional and innovative project ideas for our blog, online galleries and other materials.
Are you good with a camera? Even better. Because those dynamic, brilliantly shot, perfectly cropped photos give your designs a definite edge.
Here’s what you need to do:
Send us images of your favorite 3-5 projects. The ones that really highlight your mad design skills. One hard and fast rule – they have to be your own original creations.
We’ll announce our new design team on Feb 4, 2013.
When you submit your project, please include:
All BGM Design Team applications must be received by January 31st to buttonsgaloreteam@yahoo.com to be considered. If selected you will be notified via email and the new team will be announced on our blog by February 4th.
Design Team Requirements
The CSI Project has partnered with us this week. They have a set schedule of events and this week they will feature tutorials using buttons. We are sponsoring a FANTASTIC GIVEAWAY – a $100 of goodies. To win the goodies you need to link to the linky party on the CSI site. There are two other opportunities to win a prize – leave a comment on this page and we will do a drawing at the end of the week and one for our new facebook friends. Entries must be received by midnight November 10th, 2012.
Our design team will also have button projects posted on their blogs this week. Please stop by and visit them.
Each of
Hand stamped card ideas and mixed media projects by the MFT stamps team and the Buttons Galore team lead to an overwhelming amount of comments. We appreciate each and every one. The designers especially send their THANKS for all of the wonderful comments that you left on their Buttons Galore and More and My Favorite Things Blog Hop Projects.
We hope that you had as much fun visiting with all of the designers as they had working on their projects. If you missed the blog hop for any reason, you can find all the participants here. We’re pleased to announce the two winners of the MFT Gift Certificates.
MFT winners, be sure to check your email boxes, MFT sent vouchers today via email!
From Laura Evangeline’s Blog Sue Ann said…
“MY DEAR is right ~ this is BEAUTIFUL!! All the elements are pulled together SO beautifully. What a way to wake up with such a beautiful card on this blog hop!!!”
From Jessie’s Blog Thelma said…
Great hop excited to glance at your buttons Who doesnt love buttons
The pin it to Win It Contest ends on Friday and we would not want you to miss out on great inspiration, and a chance at being a GUEST DESIGNER or winning a prize.
We are celebrating spring and what better way to do it than with Pinterest. The site makes our hearts swoon— we use it as a creative kick-start, to figure out what’s for dinner, and to get inspired by gorgeous color combinations for our own projects.
Now we’d like to turn the spotlight on YOU & your creativity. Show us your BUTTON-inspired pinboards!! At the end of the contest we will send the Pinterest user with our favorite pin collection a tote bag filled with fabulous & inspiring crafting supplies. If you are the creator of our very favorite button project, you will receive an invitation to be a guest designer for a mutually agreed upon month at Buttons Galore & More and receive $25 worth of products of your own choosing from the Buttons Galore & More site. In addition, your creation will be featured on our website and in our newsletter — reaching thousands of crafters around the world who will turn your idea for a fabulous project into reality.
WHAT YOU NEED TO DO
Be sure you follow Buttons Galore and More on Pinterest. Create a new Pinterest board entitledButtons Galore Pin It To Win It Party.
Fill that board with at least 4 pins (feel free to add more!).
-2 of the pins must be of your favorite projects from the Buttons Galore blog
-2 pins must be of your own creations featuring buttons of any kind.
All the pins (even those not from ButtonsGaloreandMore.com) must have a caption explaining the pin’s relation to the party.Is it your favorite color mix? An awesome project? A card created by you? Your favorite scrapbook page? Tabletop decor?
All the pins (even those not from ButtonsGaloreandMore.com) must be hashtagged with both #buttons and #pinitparty.
Once your party pinboard is complete, enter the contest by posting a link to the pinboard in the comments section of April 2nds post Titled Pin it to win it starts TODAY.
This contest launches on April 2, 2012, and will run through 5 p.m. April 27, 2012. The Pinboards will be judged on originality, creativity, adherence to the contest rules, and a general sense of style, appreciation for all things interesting, authentic, and fun.
Note: You must be a member of Pinterest.com to enter, and you must be following ButtonsGalore. If you do not have a Pinterest account, you can sign up for one here or request an invitation in the comments section.
The Buttons Galore Party Pinboard Contest (the “Contest”) is sponsored by Buttons Galore and More (“Sponsor”).
ONE (1) GRAND PRIZE: A gift bag filled with craft supplies approx. retail value $75.
ONE (1) FIRST-PLACE PRIZE: approx. retail value $25
All federal, state and local laws and regulations apply; void where prohibited. PRIZES MAY BE SUBJECT TO TAX; ALL APPLICABLE TAXES ARE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE WINNER.
ELIGIBILITY: The Contest is open only to individuals, eighteen (18) years or older at time of entry, who are legal residents of the United States and Canada, excluding the Province of Quebec. Employees and Creative Team Members of Buttons Galore and More, their immediate families (defined as parents, children, siblings, spouse and grandparents), and those domiciled with any of the foregoing are not eligible.
ENTRY: All entrants must submit a Pinterest board entitled Buttons Galore Pin It Party, containing at least 4 pins, 2 of the pins must be of your favorite projects from the Buttons Galore blog and 2 pins must be of your creations featuring buttons of any kind.
Submissions to the Contest must be received by April 27 2012 at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time (“ET”) in order to be eligible; entries received after that date will be deemed ineligible to win. Sponsor is not responsible for lost, late, inaccurate, incomplete, damaged, illegible, or misdirected entries.
Each entry must be submitted on an individual basis (i.e., no team, joint, or corporate entries) the entries created by the contestan must be the original creation of the submitting participant.
Entries may not contain profanity, nudity, pornographic images, violent images, anti-competition messages, illegal material, or material that violates the rights of third parties. Entries may not include confidential information, trade secrets, trademarks or copyrighted material belonging to any person or entity other than the entrant absent a suitable license or permission agreement, proof of which is required. Entries containing any forbidden matter or material otherwise deemed by Sponsor to be inappropriate will be disqualified. Online entries will be deemed submitted by the authorized account holder of the email address submitted at time of entry. One entry per person; multiple entries will be disqualified.
JUDGING: The Creative Team members and editors will select the winning entry based equally upon the criteria of originality, creativity, adherence to the contest rules, and a general sense of style appreciation for all things interesting, authentic, and fun.
By entering, you agree to be bound by these Official Rules, and that the decisions of the judges are final and binding in all respects. Judging will be completed by April 30, 2012, and potential winners will be notified by Pinterest comment on or before May 1, 2012. Sponsor reserves the right not to select any winning submissions based upon the quantity or content of submissions.
If required winner announcement is not in contact with Buttons Galore within seven (7) business days of notification, or if notification is returned as undeliverable, any prize will be forfeited and an alternate winner will be selected.
PRIZE AWARDS: Prizes will be awarded within sixty (60) days after winner verification. No prize substitution or transfer is permitted, except that Sponsor reserves the right to substitute a prize of equal or greater value for any reason. Sponsor is required by law to report prize values to taxing authorities; all taxes and any other incidental expenses on prizes are the sole responsibility of each winner.
We are celebrating spring and what better way to do it than with Pinterest. The site makes our hearts swoon— we use it as a creative kick-start, to figure out what’s for dinner, and to get inspired by gorgeous color combinations for our own projects.
Now we’d like to turn the spotlight on YOU & your creativity. Show us your BUTTON-inspired pinboards!! At the end of the contest we will send the Pinterest user with our favorite pin collection a tote bag filled with fabulous & inspiring crafting supplies. If you are the creator of our very favorite button project, you will receive an invitation to be a guest designer for a mutually agreed upon month at Buttons Galore & More and receive $25 worth of products of your own choosing from the Buttons Galore & More site. In addition, your creation will be featured on our website and in our newsletter — reaching thousands of crafters around the world who will turn your idea for a fabulous project into reality.
WHAT YOU NEED TO DO
Be sure you follow Buttons Galore and More on Pinterest. Create a new Pinterest board entitledButtons Galore Pin It To Win It Party.
Fill that board with at least 4 pins (feel free to add more!).
-2 of the pins must be of your favorite projects from the Buttons Galore blog
-2 pins must be of your own creations featuring buttons of any kind.
All the pins (even those not from ButtonsGaloreandMore.com) must have a caption explaining the pin’s relation to the party.Is it your favorite color mix? An awesome project? A card created by you? Your favorite scrapbook page? Tabletop decor?
All the pins (even those not from ButtonsGaloreandMore.com) must be hashtagged with both #buttons and #pinitparty.
Once your party pinboard is complete, enter the contest by posting a link to the pinboard in the comments section of April 2nds post Titled Pin it to win it starts TODAY.
This contest launches on April 2, 2012, and will run through 5 p.m. April 27, 2012. The Pinboards will be judged on originality, creativity, adherence to the contest rules, and a general sense of style, appreciation for all things interesting, authentic, and fun.
Note: You must be a member of Pinterest.com to enter, and you must be following ButtonsGalore. If you do not have a Pinterest account, you can sign up for one here or request an invitation in the comments section.
The Buttons Galore Party Pinboard Contest (the “Contest”) is sponsored by Buttons Galore and More (“Sponsor”).
ONE (1) GRAND PRIZE: A gift bag filled with craft supplies approx. retail value $75.
ONE (1) FIRST-PLACE PRIZE: approx. retail value $25
All federal, state and local laws and regulations apply; void where prohibited. PRIZES MAY BE SUBJECT TO TAX; ALL APPLICABLE TAXES ARE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE WINNER.
ELIGIBILITY: The Contest is open only to individuals, eighteen (18) years or older at time of entry, who are legal residents of the United States and Canada, excluding the Province of Quebec. Employees and Creative Team Members of Buttons Galore and More, their immediate families (defined as parents, children, siblings, spouse and grandparents), and those domiciled with any of the foregoing are not eligible.
ENTRY: All entrants must submit a Pinterest board entitled Buttons Galore Pin It Party, containing at least 4 pins, 2 of the pins must be of your favorite projects from the Buttons Galore blog and 2 pins must be of your creations featuring buttons of any kind.
Submissions to the Contest must be received by April 27 2012 at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time (“ET”) in order to be eligible; entries received after that date will be deemed ineligible to win. Sponsor is not responsible for lost, late, inaccurate, incomplete, damaged, illegible, or misdirected entries.
Each entry must be submitted on an individual basis (i.e., no team, joint, or corporate entries) the entries created by the contestan must be the original creation of the submitting participant.
Entries may not contain profanity, nudity, pornographic images, violent images, anti-competition messages, illegal material, or material that violates the rights of third parties. Entries may not include confidential information, trade secrets, trademarks or copyrighted material belonging to any person or entity other than the entrant absent a suitable license or permission agreement, proof of which is required. Entries containing any forbidden matter or material otherwise deemed by Sponsor to be inappropriate will be disqualified. Online entries will be deemed submitted by the authorized account holder of the email address submitted at time of entry. One entry per person; multiple entries will be disqualified.
JUDGING: The Creative Team members and editors will select the winning entry based equally upon the criteria of originality, creativity, adherence to the contest rules, and a general sense of style appreciation for all things interesting, authentic, and fun.
By entering, you agree to be bound by these Official Rules, and that the decisions of the judges are final and binding in all respects. Judging will be completed by April 30, 2012, and potential winners will be notified by Pinterest comment on or before May 1, 2012. Sponsor reserves the right not to select any winning submissions based upon the quantity or content of submissions.
If required winner announcement is not in contact with Buttons Galore within seven (7) business days of notification, or if notification is returned as undeliverable, any prize will be forfeited and an alternate winner will be selected.
PRIZE AWARDS: Prizes will be awarded within sixty (60) days after winner verification. No prize substitution or transfer is permitted, except that Sponsor reserves the right to substitute a prize of equal or greater value for any reason. Sponsor is required by law to report prize values to taxing authorities; all taxes and any other incidental expenses on prizes are the sole responsibility of each winner.
GENERAL RULES & LIMITATIONS: By entering, you represent that: (i) your entry is your own original work; and (ii) you own or have the rights to convey any and all right and title in any material submitted as part of your entry into the Contest. By entering, you grant to Sponsor a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license to edit, publish, promote, republish at any time in the future and otherwise use your submission, along with your name and likeness, in any and all media for any purpose, without further permission, notice or compensation (except where prohibited by law). By participating in the Contest, you agree to release Sponsor and its parent companies, affiliates, subsidiaries, employees, directors, officers, and agents from any and all liability, claims or actions of any kind whatsoever for injuries, damages or losses to persons and property which may be sustained in connection with the receipt, ownership, possession, use, or misuse of any prize. Sponsor is not responsible for technical, hardware or software failures, or other errors or problems which may occur in connection with the Contest, whether computer, network, technical, mechanical, typographical, printing, human or otherwise, including, without limitation, errors or problems which may occur in connection with the administration of the Contest, the processing or judging of entries, the announcement of the prizes, in any Contest-related materials, or that may limit prize fulfillment or a participant’s ability to enter the Contest. Sponsor reserves the right to amend these official rules and to disqualify permanently from the Contest any person it believes has intentionally violated these official rules.
************ the winners are Teresa Godines and Alicia Hatch****************
Thank you everyone who commented on the RANDOM GIVEAWAY this weekend. “And the Winner Is” has chosen:
awesome giveaway! became fan of fb sent by Pinky. thanks for a chance to win.
Dan and Lisa - Owners
We’re back! From Winter CHA (Craft and Hobby Association) trade show, that is.
A few members of our design team, past and present, were able to make the trip to Anaheim, CA from January 29th – February 1st 2012. I was lucky enough to be there and I thought I’d share a few photos I took of the booth with you.
Above are Dan and Lisa – the owners of Buttons Galore and More. Buttons Galore and More was one of only a few companies I found that sells both to wholesale customers and on their retail website at buttonsgaloreandmore.com
Summer
I love the seasonal themed packages.
Spring
New button collections by Laura Kelly. The packages all have a little project sheet as part of the packaging!
The Haberdashery line is probably my favorite!
Aren’t the Color Blends great? No matter what project you are working on you’ll have a selection of buttons in the same color family to choose from!
And the Button Bonanza packages… because you can NEVER have too many buttons!
It’s always kind of sad to say goodbye…especially to such talented people as Carla Schauer, Jenny Barnett Rohrs, Beth Watson, and Jen Goode.
Some of our original design team are still with us … Vicki O’Dell, Niki Meiners, Elise Durenberger and Laura Bray.
Haberdashery Heart by Laura Bray
And to them we have added new members to our design team… Dana Gustafson, Cristal (Pinky) Hobbs, Ann Butler, Laura Evangeline and Allie Gower.
To see the bios of our Design Team Members as well as links to other sites where you can follow them please visit our MEET THE DESIGN TEAM PAGE.
The instructions for row 10 are up on the Fabric Party page here.
And as always there is a give away that includes a Sock Hop button pack from Buttons Galore and More!! WhooHoo! :)
Do YOU have a great button project that you would love to share with our readers?
Did you discover a great technique or alter an object?
Looking for an ‘ATTA GIRL/BOY from someone other than your mom or best friend?
Would you like to have a button for your blog saying you’ve been Featured on Buttons Galore and More and maybe a little THANK YOU gift to boot?
Send a photo of your great idea, project or technique to buttonsgaloreteam (at) yahoo (dot) com and we’ll let you know if we can feature your idea/project on our blog. If your project is accepted we’ll ask for more photos (step out process photos if they are available) and written instructions. We’ll let you know when your project will be featured so you can share the good news with all your friends and we’ll even send you a little thank you gift!
In case you haven’t heard, Pinterest is one of the hottest new sites around. For those of us who operate VISUALLY it’s nothing short of eye crack! LOL! Just look at this button embellished Mona Lisa I found the other day. Crazy cool!!
Be sure to follow our Pin Boards to share the button love!
Buttons Galore and More Design Team Call
We are looking for gifted designers for our Button Bevy! If you want to be a part of a fun, creative community that is passionate about connecting with and empowering crafters while promoting our products then we would love to have you apply. We seek paper crafters, card makers, scrapbookers, mixed media artists, jewelry makers etc.
To apply, please email to buttonsgaloreteam (at) yahoo (dot) com:
Current and prior Design Team Members are welcome to apply!
Requirements:
Compensation:
Our goal is to have the design team together and begin posting on buttonsgaloreandmoreblog.com by February 1st. So please make sure your application is submitted by Friday January 4th 5pm EST.
Email your application by emailing buttonsgaloreteam (at) yahoo (dot) com
Please email us with any questions. We look forward to your applications!
Image from The Vintage Workshop
The instructions for row 10 are up on the Fabric Party page here.
And as always there is a give away that includes a Techie button pack from Buttons Galore and More!! WhooHoo! :)
Please join our Christmas Card/Tag Linky Party!!
And if you don’t have a blog but would like to share a card or tag please visit our Facebook Landing Page (where we have EXCLUSIVE content just for YOU), “Like” us and share your photo (photos only, no links please) with all of our friends.
The instructions for row 8 are up on the Fabric Party page here.
And as always there is a give away that includes a Birthday Balloons from Buttons Galore and More!! WhooHoo! :)
Congratulations to our Button Bonanza Christmas Bag winner!!
Those are so cute. I ran into some pipe cleaners the other day and was thinking about how I could use them. Just found your site from Facebook!
Yesterday I held a random give away on our facebook page. Anyone who wanted to enter only had to come to the blog and leave a comment on this post Start Up’s for Mixed Media Projects by Lindsay Olstrom.
To have a chance to win goodies during any of our random giveaways be sure to follow us on FACEBOOK!
The instructions for row 8 are up on the Fabric Party page here.
And as always there is a give away that includes a Jack O’ Lanterns Button Pack from Buttons Galore and More!! WhooHoo! :)
The instructions for row 7 are up on the Fabric Party page here.
And as always there is a give away that includes A Knights Life buttons from Buttons Galore and More!! WhooHoo! :)
Congratulations Elise!! Your Halloween card won the reader vote!!
And the winning reader is #14!! June Gibbs
June, send your address to buttonsgaloreteam (at) yahoo (dot) com and we’ll get a goody package out to you!!
Have a great weekend everyone! :)
Well here is it the end of September (all ready?) and it’s time to choose your favorite project made with Start Ups and enter for a chance to win your own Start Ups so YOU can create some fabulous projects!
Simply leave a comment telling us which was your favorite project and your comment will be an entry for the prize. We will post again on Friday after 5pm to announce the winner. GOOD LUCK!! :)
Elise Durenburger
Halloween Crafting by Elise
Jenny Barnett Rohrs
Faux Cloisonne by Jenny
Jen Goode
Button and bead embellished headband by Jen Goode
Beth Watson
Mixed Media Necklaces by Beth
Lindsay Ostrom
Full Moon Choker by Lindsay Ostrom
Carla Schauer
Foil Embellished Pendant by Carla Schauer
Niki Meiners
Inspiration Journal by Niki Meiners
Ready, set, GO!
Button Jars
I used Random.org to choose the winner;
Congrats Kristy!!
Kristy also has sweet blog at Hopeful Threads.
Buttons Galore and More Tins
The instructions for row 5 are up on the Fabric Party page here.
And as always there is a give away that includes School Days buttons from Buttons Galore and More!! WhooHoo! :)
Halloween MedleyWe have a winner!!
I used random.org to find our winner who is:
Dennise Perri!!
Please send your address to buttonsgaloreteam (at) yahoo (dot) com and we’ll get those right out to you!
We didn’t quite make it to 700 on FACEBOOK but we are excited about the new friends we have made.
We’d appreciate it if you’d tell your friends about us! :)
I am so excited about the month of September here on the Buttons Galore and More blog. We will be sharing lots of ideas and inspiration for our line of Start Ups PLUS we’re having a bit of a Contest style Show Down with the Design Team and, at the end of the month, a GIVE AWAY!
Each member of the Design Team will post a project they made using the fabulous Start Ups giving you lots of inspiration for creating your own amazing cards, crafts, home decor and more with these versatile, white, plastic shapes. At the end of the month, YOU, our wonderful readers will get to vote on which project you liked best and the designer with the most votes will WIN bragging rights and each vote by YOU is an entry to WIN a goodie bag of Start Ups and MORE from Buttons Galore and More!
Here are two warm up posts from yours truly showing just how fun the Start Ups are to create with.
September is STARTING to look like a fantastic month full of crafting inspiration!
Halloween MedleyBecause it’s the end of the month.
Because we have 666 followers on facebook and I have a goal to get to 700 by the fist of September .
Jack O' Lanterns
Because Halloween isn’t so far off.
Halloween Treats
And just because I like you so much!!
Buttons Galore and More will give away these THREE, super fun, and brand spankin’ new Halloween Themed Button Packs!!
These are brand new for Halloween 2011. You can bet the lady next to you at the crop doesn’t have these yet!! :)
How to Enter:
Go like us on FACEBOOK and come back here and leave a comment saying you did.
That’s it!
I will choose a winner on Thursday September 1st in the afternoon and announce the winner here! :)
GOOD LUCK!!
This is my daughters last year in school. She is a senior. And I am having a bit of senior-itous. I am feeling like this is the end of an era. Three kids, 17 years, endless projects, tons of scrapbook pages… I am a bit sad. So… to cheer myself up, I decided to make a book cover. For me!
I took a standard three ring notebook and made a paper cover for it. I added fabric embellishments and sewed the whole piece together.
Using the old free motion foot, I “wrote” the word homework in thread and placed a bunch of Haberdashery Buttons all intermixed in the heart border. Not sure what I will use it for… maybe a last year in high school scrapbook for my baby!
The instructions for row 4 are up on the Fabric Party page here.
And as always there is a give away that includes Nautical buttons from Buttons Galore and More!! WhooHoo! :)
Monica does a make and take at the Buttons Galore and More booth
We’ve been having a great time at the CHA (Craft and Hobby Association) Summer Show 2011 held in Rosemont, IL this week.
I thought I’d share a few photos from the Buttons Galore and More booth.
Our beautiful new line of buttons from Laura Kelly
One wall of the booth was made to look like a candy shop
Rolls of "candy" buttons
An amazing array of buttons
Jen Goode, Carla Schauer and Jenny Barnett Rohrs
Vicki O'Dell, Niki Meiners and Lisa Hagenman (Buttons Galore co-owner)
Laura Kelly, Vicki O'Dell and Lisa Hagenman
The instructions for row 3 are up on the Fabric Party page here.
There is a give away that includes buttons from Buttons Galore and More – the give away happens Monday July 11th!!
The instructions for row 2 are up on the Fabric Party page here.
There is a give away that includes buttons from Buttons Galore and More – the give away happens Monday morning!!
The instructions for row 1 are up on the Fabric Party page here. There is a give away that includes buttons from Buttons Galore and More – the give away happens Monday morning!!
We are pleased to announce that we are a sponsor in the Victoriana Quilt Designs Fabric Party!!
You can learn more about this great online party by clicking on the link: http://bit.ly/VQDFabricParty
Button Jars
Yes, I know I work for Buttons Galore and More and it may be strange that I’m bragging a bit about the company I work for but I just had to share some photos of the product I, and the rest of the design team, get to work with.
Button Tins
You see, sometimes the website doesn’t let you see just how cool the packaging is for these products.
Button Bonanza
So not only are buttons fun to craft with, they are fun to look at too! And I imagine you creative souls out there would find lots of uses for the great packaging once all of the buttons are gone as well.
Ok, I’m finished bragging. Craft on! :)
Click on the images to go to the pages where the product are shown or just click HERE to go to the main page.
Thanks to all who entered!!
According to Random.org the winner is number #20
Becky Weimer says:
Like! Like!! I “liked” you on FB, too!! I checked out your website yesterday. I must place an order!!
Becky, please send your shipping information to buttonsgaloreteam (at) yahoo (dot) com and we’ll get that right out to you!! Congrats!
Don’t forget you can follow us on Facebook and Twitter:
GREAT BIG bunches of gratitude go out to all who have made our blog re-launch a HUGE success! We LOVE our customers and all of the great feedback we’ve gotten about the Design Team and the new projects.
We also love Amy Barickman who has donated the two beautiful books we’re giving away this week. Yes, that’s right…TWO.
Our second (and final) Blog Re-Launch give away is for Amy Barickman’s Vintage Notions. You can read a review of Vintage Notions on Vicki O’Dell’s The Creative Goddess Blog PLUS a package of Botanical buttons so that you can create something of your own.
There are three ways you can enter:
1) Comment
2) Like us on Facebook – and come back here and leave a comment saying that you did.
3) Follow Us on Twitter – and come back here and leave a comment saying that you did.
We’ll leave this give away open until around Noon est on Friday 4/8.
Good luck!!
Button Bonanza - Vintage
According to Random.org our winner is comment #28!! And by my count that is
Sarah Forhan who said:
Very exciting thank you for the opportunity to win two great prizes! Congrats on re-launching the blog.
WhoHoo Sarah!! Send your mailing address to buttonsgaloreteam (at) yahoo (dot) com and we’ll get that prize right out to you.
Don’t dispair if you didn’t win because we’ll be announcing another give away tomorrow!!
Button Bonanza - Vintage
We are sooo excited to be re-launching the blog this week that we’re going to have TWO give aways!!
The first give away will include Button Bonanza – Vintage and a copy of Button Ware by the fabulous Amy Barickman. Yup, two prizes for the first give away.
Button Ware by Amy Barickman
And no jumping through hoops either… all you have to do is leave a comment to enter! Easy Peasy.
We’ll use random.org to choose a winner on Tuesday at around 6pm. Good Luck!!
Hello, and WELCOME to the new and improved Buttons Galore and More Blog!
We are super excited about our new design team! We have rounded up some of the top craft designers in the industry to bring you fresh ideas, fabulous tutorials and amazing inspiration.
It is our hope that you will stop by often with a cup of something delightful in hand and visit with us, leave comments and find crafty inspiration to carry you through the day.
Please be sure to join the conversation on facebook and twitter too!
Please continue reading to find out more about our amazing design team, also known as, THE BUTTON BEVY!
Just yesterday we introduced a brand new collection of hand dyed buttons. Twelve assortments representing the 12 months of the year. Each tote has 3.5 ounces of buttons ( approximately 200 buttons ). A great value. Check them out here.
Our staff has been hard at work adding many new buttons that will be available for purchase shortly. So if you are looking for more than one of a certain button or maybe many of the same button, we will have them for you very shortly.
Oh, I started paper crafting as a scrapbooker and now make my own cards. Still not sure of my skills with card layouts. So, I love these ideas to use my MFS and buttons galore! thanks for the chance to win!