Speaking of buttons (yesterday's post) I have a little bit of a button fetish at times. I know most of you do! I was in JoAnn Fabric the other day with my mom getting some material for her to make me a valence and pillows for my updated spare beadroom. I had to slip away to the button section for a quick peek, and found these two sets that I just had to have. The first colorful set were made in Italy. They are just so gorgeous - they are calling out to be used in some colorful way. The second set were made in Poland. I wanted these because at some point, I want to make one of those cool bead-wrapped bracelets with a button as a clasp. I have the ingredients, but they are all packed away at the moment. Hopefully I'll get the creative bug back and be able to make some of these! I wonder if there's a project like that in Lorelei and Erin's book, coming out this summer?
The AE Theme Challenge this month is Repurpose chosen by Lesley. Great subject, and I wish I had more time to work on it. The day job kind of takes away my creative energy at times, and this month is no exception! However I did manage to do a few things! The first thing I thought of for the theme was something I had been thinking about for a long time. I remembered I had this magazine that repurposed those desiccant containers you get in pill bottles into beaded beads. I set out to find that magazine in my stash. I'm glad I found it, because it was actually driving me nuts as to where it was. Here are some photos of me in the process of making some of these beads. So the first one I made, I liked ok. But noticed on the end that you could see the white container through the ends. So I got a sharpie out for the next one, and colored the ends so they didn't look so white. Then I made a few more of these beads, and quite honestly, I was done with...
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