The sweet Cindy Wimmer of Sweet Bead Studio hosted a Button Swap Blog Hop and today is the reveal! If you recall, my partner was Rebekah Payne; she makes gorgeous polymer clay goodies and you can find her blog here and her etsy store here! She sent me two buttons she made, and a button from her grandmother's stash and a ceramic button. I knew I had to make something from the buttons she made - after all, they were so darn wonderful! I chose to use the red one first. I really love it so much; I walked around with it, letting it tell me what to do.
It came to be that it needs to be a bracelet because it's on the smaller side and I wanted it to be the focal. After much futzing around, I came up with this design. I used black onyx rounds and some gorgeous red faceted rounds - I don't know what they are, but they are some kind of gemstone and they are fantastic!
I had to figure out how to handle the button to make it the focal of the piece. I didn't want to take away at all from the focal, so I inserted a piece of silver wire through the button holes, and created wrapped loops on the back of the piece. Is this what you would have done? I'd love some comments about this! I do have some other ideas for the other buttons, particularly the ceramic one and the rainbow one she made, but with my house being a torn apart mess right now, I'll have to wait a bit to make anything else!
Thank you for visiting my Button Swap Blog post today! There are lots of people to visit, and it's going to take you a while, so get going! Here's a list to help you out! Thanks Cindy Wimmer for hosting this!
It came to be that it needs to be a bracelet because it's on the smaller side and I wanted it to be the focal. After much futzing around, I came up with this design. I used black onyx rounds and some gorgeous red faceted rounds - I don't know what they are, but they are some kind of gemstone and they are fantastic!
I had to figure out how to handle the button to make it the focal of the piece. I didn't want to take away at all from the focal, so I inserted a piece of silver wire through the button holes, and created wrapped loops on the back of the piece. Is this what you would have done? I'd love some comments about this! I do have some other ideas for the other buttons, particularly the ceramic one and the rainbow one she made, but with my house being a torn apart mess right now, I'll have to wait a bit to make anything else!
Thank you for visiting my Button Swap Blog post today! There are lots of people to visit, and it's going to take you a while, so get going! Here's a list to help you out! Thanks Cindy Wimmer for hosting this!
Kim Roberts and
Partner unable to participate
at this time.
* Pam
Ferarri and Stefanie
Teufel (will share their reveal on a later date)
* Stefanie
Teufel and Pam
Ferarri (will share their reveal on a later date)
Comments
I love the silver wire idea, it lets the button be the focal. Being a seed beader, the only thing I might have done differently was to string some seedies on the wire, but that's cause I'm a bit obsessed. :)
Have a wonderful Mother's Day!
I love red and black together, great job!
Dealing with button holes was a hard one for me too, and I ended up doing your glass button in my design the same way—with two wrapped loops on the back—it worked out wonderfully! :-)
I can't wait to see what you make with the other buttons! Thanks for making this swap such a fun one for me!! :-)
~Angie
~Diana P.
It is simple and colorful with an Asian flair Love it !
Honestly, with a button in the shape that you used, the way you did it was probably best. I had all round buttons, and I attached mine with two pieces of wire, overlapping on the front and back and creating a loop by wrapping both sides/ends, but with such a beautiful design on the front, you don't really want to cover any of it with wire!!!
I'm so glad I was able to stop by your blog. I know it's taking me a few days to poke through all of the entries, but I'm bound and determined to visit everyone! Thanks for sharing your finished product <3
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Erin