Button Floozies

We have well over 60 floozies, the images, tutorials and sharing is just fabulous. You guys ROCK! I am hoping to put together another giveaway as soon as life calms a bit from the holidays. xoxo ~ Abbie

My favorite old buttons are the ones with rhinestones. I was excited to find this wonderful assortment recently. One little button can inspire a whole new creation, like the ones I used on this vintage looking Snowfolk I finished recently: My favorite color of button? PINK, of course! Nancy Lee

UPDATE: PLEASE GRAB THIS BUTTON AND POST IT TO YOUR BLOG IF YOU WOULD LIKE! Please link back to this post about the giveaway! If you need help just ask me! Yahoo!! We have hit 40+ members and I am so excited! Whoever thought that an offhanded comment made months ago about me being a 'button floozy' would have led to this? Anyway, I thought it was time for a GIVEAWAY! A super thank you to everyone who has joined, and to all of those who come and read. OK, on to the giveaway! I have three gifts to pass along to lucky readers. A ghoolish antique glass bottle filled with white buttons and stopped with an antique sheet music stopper. The Sept/Oct 2006 issue of Somerset Studio featuring an article by Lynn Perella about button collecting. Also it has some great Halloween mixed media art pieces most of which incorporate buttons! Lastly, I made a pretty pin cushion, as most button floozies do sew them on things occasionally. ;) Each gift will also include a bundle of buttons. The rules...

"Hello, I'm making a garment for the breast cancer walk in NYC in October as a donation. I'm looking for the (breast cancer) pink ribbon as a button. Any suggestions? Kyle Alane PS Love your blog!!" I received this email today and I thought I'd come to you, all 40 of you!!! We are now 40 members (floozies) strong and perhaps one of you has an idea of where Kyle might look for Pink Ribbon Buttons. She'll be checking the comments on this post so if anyone has any ideas PLEASE comment!! Thank you!! xoxo~ Abbie

Hi ladies! (I use 'ladies' because right now, we don't have any male floozies. At least no one who will admit they are men!) ;) I am working out the kinks of the advertisements. At some point Google should send out a 'crawler' (don't ask, I don't know.. sounds creepy though..) to check the blog and use key words to select topic appropriate ads. Until then we have to settle with beer cozies. Sorry! Perhaps someone can do a tutorial on embellishing their hubby's bear cozy with buttons and lace!! I love it!! We can bling the beer thing!! hehehe .. Remember, the ads and the Google Search Bar all rack up pennies for the American Cancer Society. Even with 'beer cozy' ads, we have earned 10 cents so far!! Woohhoooo !! I don't think that's too shabby! A quick little tutorial for you! the above images are of some button hair elastics that I sold in my Etsy shop a while back. (and they did sell!) Take a set of buttons (old or new) with shanks ...