....I've been wanting to make one of these for a while, so when Jen recently organised a Button fairy swap for our Christmas Ornie trade over in the Atc for Beginners Yahoo group, I had a good excuse to dash around to my mum's and raid her button box! (Little box of treasures!)
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...found some lovely 'old' buttons
....mixed them with some newer ones
......oh, and some beads too.
...the cute little fairy images, I cut from some scrapbooking papers
...all put together with a little wire,
and a little sprinkling of glitter!
...and voila a button fairy!
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Well, 5 button fairies to be exact!!
I only needed to make 2 for the swap, but got a little carried away with those buttons & beads!!LOL
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Thanks for looking!
Jan x
7 comments:
aww very pretty Jan, isint it fun going through buttons, just love it...jenxo
Love the fairies! Sounds like a fun swap...but I'm all swapped out for November...still have 4 biggies to do b/4 25th...so...I'll store up this technique for next year!
Gwenny
Jan - these are gorgeous - this is something new to me - what a lovely idea
Just gorgeous, I'd love to have a go at that. Thanks for your comment on my blog, as for the fabric sheets -go for it, it's so worth it. One word of advice though, make the most of every sheet and print out words, phrases or images onto every inch of it so as not to waste a single bit. Even if you don't think you'll need words for the project your doing, think ahead and print out things you think you'll need later. have fun.
Very cute! I love them. Do the button bodies swirl around or are they pretty stable (could they be hung and look nice or do they need to lay flat on a backing)?
Thanks for the lovely comments :)...
The button bodies dont swirl around as long as you use a sturdy piece of wire to thread your buttons, that will also ensure they look nice hanging.
These are incredible. I love them and am totally impressed that you cut the bodies from scrapbook paper.
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