Archive for 2009 April

Buttons can bejewel you

Ready for another Big Button Challenge entry?  This jewelry set comes to us from Beth Ackley, in collaboration with her daughter Alaina. Stones and crystals were used that would bring out the colors in the buttons.  In the necklace, a square pearl was used to contrast the roundness of the button.  Unique, isn’t it? The [...]

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Shop update

There are new pretties in the shop today.  Pens, and pendants, and earrings (oh my!). Hope you’ll “walk” on over and have a look!

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Pink Tree Envy

Felt like summer: wearing shorts to school, enjoying morning coffee on the back patio Looked like spring: a neighbor’s pink tree at the bus stop, our budding trees in the back yard. Tomorrow? 58 degrees and rainy. I guess April is back. As an aside, I totally think I need a pink tree in my [...]

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Peaceful puttering

I didn’t sleep very well last night, maybe fifteen minute stretches here and there.  I was too twitchy to sleep, constantly aware that at any moment the phone beside the bed could ring and startle me awake, my heart beating frantically out of my chest.  The phone does that to me. It was an unusual [...]

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Buttons can get cozy with yarn

Last week Linda Permann shared an innovative and eco-friendly way to use a 1.25-inch focal button for the Big Button Challenge. I love how she used an old pants leg for this – very clever!  Check out Linda’s blog, and read all about how she put it together, and how she plans to use it. [...]

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