Here’s a fun way to use old buttons.
I’ve never made one of her designs, but I think it would be easy to tweak the idea and use less buttons to make it less bulky.
I have used individual buttons on bracelets, simply strung on elastic. I like the way they add to the charm and stand up a bit from the other beads.
Karin
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Interesting idea, although not really my style. Still, I’ve got several jars of old buttons hanging about …
I hear you. As I said, I’d tweak them.
OTOH, if you have some cool buttons looking for a new home…send ‘em on!
They might be fun strung with crystal, then a button, then crystal, etc.
I tried to crochet, just from looking at the site, but gave up on it, and used some of my buttons in other ways.
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