Button Floozies

I created some new mixed media tree ornaments. These 3 have found buttons on them.  I am currently selling these in 3 art venues.  Take a peek...  "Happy"    "Happiness" "Harrisburg #2" All hand-made ornaments are created  by artist Sue Marrazzo, ISAP, NCS   www.suemarrazzo.blogspot.com

(a creation/gift from Linda ) I'll bet you have some button beauty on your tree, too.  Do show us!

Here is the ornament that I made and sent to my swap partners in the Button Floozies Christmas Ornament Swap! I made it from a vintage Jello mold tin that I painted, glittered, and filled with snowy things! There's a little vintage Monopoly house and hotel -- the old, wooden ones -- that I painted white, as well as a bottle brush tree and little sequined trim flowers that look like snow-covered bushes. The hanger is held in place by a mother of pearl button, and the rest of the required buttons for the swap are dangles hanging from the top.  I love making these! If you'd like to see more ornaments, check out the Button Floozies Swap group flickr page !

I participated in a wonderful White Christmas Tag swap where we each made and exchanged 16 tags.  Most, but not all of them were winter white-themed.  Here's my favorite: Can you guess why?  Beautiful buttons and simple but elegant design!  It was handmade by Garna Barker.  If you'd like to see the rest of the tags from this swap, you are invited over to visit my blog post about it!

I love painting faces on MOP buttons...  Here is Raggedy Ann with her MOP face and a button heart on my crazy quilt Christmas block.  You can use her by herself as an easy-to-make ornament...  I have a tutorial on my blog   These are also cute on tags for packages and on name tags for Christmas events... In that same series here is a "sugar plump fairy" with a painted face on an MOP button.

For those celebrating this week... May your Christmas be merry and your button surprises many!

I thought I'd share a few Christmas ornaments and decorations that I found which use buttons. I didn't share photos here since they're other people's property. Most of the links either have instructions or patterns or have a link to them. Enjoy the cuteness! Ornaments : Mitten ornament . Another mitten ornament . Christmas tree ornaments in denim . Gingerbread man and gal . Trees : Button tree . Another button tree with lots of buttons! And another button tree !

I'd like to wish a very Merry Christmas to all the Button Floozies i have put a tutorial for this on my blog http://maximumrabbitdesigns.blogspot.com/2009/12/christmas-suffolk-puff-ball.html