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DIY Holiday Gift Ideas with Buttons

By Nancy Nally on November 21, 2016 in Christmas, Holidays

Nothing says you care at the holidays like a handmade gift! These DIY Holiday Gift Ideas with buttons will help you create a gift that matches everyone on your list.

Mixed Media Locket

With a few jewelry findings and one of our 28 Lilac Lane embellishment kits, you can make a one-of-a-kind locket for a special woman (or girl) in your life. Make it sweet, or make it dramatic…you decide and choose the embellishments!

Button Collage Frame

A button collage frame is so easy to make the kids can do it…but with the right color choices, it can be perfect for any decor from farmhouse to graphic. This one, made with our Glam Girl Button Bonanza, will fit in a tween room or a country decor. An all white version (like the tray below) could go shabby chic, or try shades of pink for a cute girl’s room accessory!

Button Tray

A simple wood tray becomes a beautiful accessory for decor or entertaining with a button collage and some resin. For a shabby chic look, choose the Ivory/Pearl Haberdashery buttons, or for a more rustic or beachy feel for poolside entertaining, try the Natural Haberdashery.

Button Charm Bracelet

How about a little button bling? Pair some of our Gold/Silver Haberdashery buttons with a chain link bracelet and you’ve got a retro Button Charm Bracelet. It’s a great piece to accessorize all of those trendy 70’s looks with!

Mason Jar Sewing Kit

Looking for something pretty and practical too? This mason jar sewing kit will make it easy and fun for your college student or newlywed to replace that missing button. And it is decorative while it is waiting to be used!

DIY Holiday Gift | Mixed Media Locket with 28 Lilac Lane

By Nancy Nally on October 28, 2016 in Jewelry

Christmas shopping time has arrived…and so has Christmas gift crafting time! A custom piece of jewelry is the perfect DIY holiday gift for a friend or family member…and with 28 Lilac Lane embellishments, a surprisingly easy one!

Supplies:

28 Lilac Lane “Attic Findings” embellishment kit
28 Lilac Lane “A New Leaf” embellishment kit
Locket & Chain
Ice Resin single use epoxy
Pale Turquoise Ribbon

This locket is built using a very simple process. Fill the bottom of the locket with a single layer embellishments. Start with the large items (the buttons) and then fill in around them with the small items like the beads and pearls. Vary the color and placement of the items. Select a charm but don’t place it in the locket just yet!

Once you are satisfied with the placement of your bottom layer of embellishments, get out your Ice Resin. Following the directions on the package, use the Ice Resin to fill in a layer of epoxy on top of the layer of embellishments. Stop filling when the layer is just slightly covered. Before the resin dries, press the charm that you saved earlier into the top of the epoxy. It should just be slightly embedded, protruding out the top of the epoxy layer.

To create the ribbon embellished chain, thread a large needle (or a knitting darning needle) with the ribbon. Then weave it in and out of every other link the chain so that it is threaded into it. Tie the ribbon off to the chain at each end.

The fun thing about these DIY holiday gift lockets is that they can be created for any theme or color scheme, to perfectly match the recipient it is intended for! To see a different interpretation of this project in a pink color scheme, check out our previous mixed media locket article.

30 Christmas craft ideas with Buttons

By Admin on November 20, 2013 in Christmas, Holidays

30 Christmas craft ideas Round Up

Christmas craft ideas for kids, girls, boys, uncle Ed, aunt Martha and more. Click the pictures below to find out how to make the projects and the material list. Buttons Galore and More has novelty buttons with Christmas themes and solid color buttons in mixed colors.

Country Chic Cottage: Button Santa Ornament

Allie Gower: Holiday Bird Cage

Allie Gower: Christmas Tea

Allie Gower: Christmas Craft

Laura Kelly Designs: Holiday Gift Fun

Laura Kelly Designs: Christmas Aprons and Organization

Laura Kelly Designs: Festive Felt and Button Ornaments

Mel Bradley: Scrap Savvy Bird Ornament Tutorial

Mel Bradley: Painted Canvas Ornaments

Country Chic Cottage: Button Wreath Ornament

Country Chic Cottage: Button Ornaments with Kids

Country Chic Cottage: Bottle Cap Reindeer

Laura Bray Designs: Holiday Cards and Tags

Scrappy Chick Designs: Quick and Easy Holiday Cards

Laura Bray Designs: Holiday Headbands

Laura Kelly Designs: DIY Magic Reindeer Food

Plus 14 more Christmas Craft ideas

Country Chic Christmas Wreath

Styrofoam and buttons Christmas Money Tree

Christmas Home Decor

Vintage style Christmas Decorations

Needle Felt Wall Art

Aqua Christmas Wreath

Styrofoam Christmas Ornament

St. Nick Ornament

Table Top Tree Ornaments

Christmas Puppets

Christmas Tree Wall Art

Wine Glass Charms

Red Wall Art

Kids Christmas Ornaments

I hope you enjoyed looking at the wide variety of Christmas crafts with buttons. Stop by the store if you would like to purchase the button, ribbon and glue supplies used in these projects. We have daily deals and weekly coupons. Stop by often as there are new items on the way.

mini composition notebook with buttons

By Carla Schauer on September 16, 2012 in Paper Crafts

Personalize a mini-composition notebook with buttons. With the recent beginning of the school year, composition notebooks are featured prominently in grocery and office supply stores. After the first few weeks of school they are often deeply discounted. It is a great time to stock up on these notebooks, which make a great surface for embellishing with buttons.

This button covered mini composition notebook happens to be one of the mini-sized versions. This size is fun for kids to pop into backpacks without a lot of extra weight to carry around. My daughter likes to use them as entertainment on her bus ride.

Directions for a Personalize a mini-composition notebook with buttons

First, cover the notebook with patterned paper, including a contrasting border along the side next to the binding.

Then, use an all-purpose thick glue to attach small coordinating buttons in a pattern to cover the seam. I used buttons from the Citrus Splash Grab Bag and Juke Box Button Bonanza from Buttons Galore and More.

I added a fabric sticker letter to the top of a 7/8″ red button, and accented the monogram with a flower button from the Juke Box Button Bonanza (shank removed).

I created a fun bookmark using a premade felt flower and pink button glued to a metal, pinch-style hair clip. The clips are easily moved, and don’t easily slip out of the book, making them easy for littler hands to use.

Bookmark for a mini-composition notebook with buttons

Small and easily portable, button-embellished composition notebooks are a wonderful way to encourage writing and imagination in children, and are also easy to place in a purse or diaper bag for parents. Personalize one for someone you know!

Thanks for stopping by!
Carla