Button Jacket Lapel
At CHA this week, I will be selling buttons, so I really wanted to sell buttons!
It was a fun project. Watching a movie while sewing buttons on was relaxing.
After a trip to the Salvation Army store, where I bought a jacket for $8, I stitched one lapel full of buttons, both antique gold and antique silver. I used shiny metallic embroidery floss (gold, black, and copper). I cannot tell a lie. That stuff made me say a few bad words inside my head. It is more prone to knotting than cotton floss. But, the little bit of shine it added was worth it. It makes me want to touch it every time I look at it. Texture and shine!
When you go to buy that shiny floss, take a coupon!
Then, I added gathered brown tulle along the entire lapel/collar. The tulle was left over from lamp tutus. It is on a roll, 8" wide. I folded the width in half and made running stitches along the fold. After I pulled the thread to gather slightly, I tacked it to the underside of the lapel/collar. It is exactly the same process I show in my lamp post, except I stitched instead of glued.
Now, I love the buttons and am unsure about the lapel tutu. What do you think?
Love that Vitamin B(uttons)!!!
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Hello, It's Me!
These are my new business cards. The backs have photos of my work. They just arrived in the mail today. Next weekend, I am headed off to the CHA winter show. CHA (Craft & Hobby Association.) is the trade show for the craft industry. All of the manufacturers, retailers, and publishers in the industry will be there. Happily, I will be working in the Blumenthal Lansing booth while there.
And, when I get a little time to network, I will be handing out these babies, looking for some more work. I need an additional project or two.
My business cards came from MOO. Check them out, their services are very creative and it took less than a week from the time I uploaded photos until they were in my mailbox. They do lots more than business cards. I found them very affordable.
Take Your Vitamin C!
Wild Thing
Use your Vitamin C to repurpose something. It's a good feeling.
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Reminder by Beads
I made letter beads to spell my word, and put them into a bracelet. Colorwise, it is almost monotone, which is not my usual. But, the good side to that is that the palette is pretty neutral, so I will be able to wear it with most anything.
I found the twisted bugle beads and the bi-cone crystals (khaki AB) in the stash, and they were a great match to my letter beads. See the small disc beads on the bugle bead strand? The holes are larger than the bugle beads, so the discs slide back and forth in their sections. It adds some movement to the bracelet. I like that!
Do you need a helpful reminder of your new year's resolution yet?
Use your Vitamin C!
White Heart Beads
If you are following trends for fashion and jewelry, you will see fringe is definitely on the list.
Most of the fringe jewelry I see is very hippie-like, including bead fringe, and I wanted something more up to date. So, I included the faceted, shiny metal beads and glow-y white heart beads.
For those of you making your own lampwork beads, the instructions for making the white heart beads are in the new February issue.
Use your Vitamin C!
No Tools Needed Button Bracelet
Lately, I have been finding some gorgeous button bracelets online. If you search through Etsy and Pinterest, you will find some nice examples. I have made button bracelets in the past, and have not been completely happy with them. It is hard to wire the buttons close enough to the links so they don't flop around when worn.
And then. It came to me. I present to you now, a super simple way to make a great button bracelet!
Part 1
Part 2
Take your Vitamin C!
Miscellane-ick
The best part of the process is that the bad bead collection has a new name. It is miscellane-ick...sort of miscellaneous but also a big pile of ick.
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