Button Floozies

Louise, who lives in the UK and makes many beautiful things, is doing her 100 Day Project this year by making her own buttons!  You can check out all the lovely buttons she's posting on her Instagram account, like this one: Louise is a true Button Floozie; you should see the 3 tiered black button she posted today! Find the daily button posts on Instagram by searching for: louise_at_elsiemayandbertha or by clicking here .

Here are four vintage buttons from my button collection. These were in with 100's of other buttons, in a large button tin. Check them out....   A fabric covered button with a printed giraffe   1 molded plastic red button,  1 fabric covered red giraffe button,  1 metal sculpted button, 1 glass etched floral button A metal sculpted button

Here are some beautiful buttons that have been inspiring me lately, all by Liz from her etsy shop LiDDesigns : Delicate Rosebuds Buttons Pink Chandelier Buttons August and Everything After Peridot Buttons People have been covering buttons to match or coordinate with the fabrics on their outfits since the beginning of the last century, often using a wooden or celluloid "blank" as the base.  Today, you can buy kits in the notions section of many fabric stores to make your own fabric-covered buttons.  Serious button collectors should be aware that thrifty seamstresses in the last century often re-used old buttons by covering them with fabric; therefore, before discarding that tattered wool button, try removing the wool to see what could be underneath! As you can see, Liz takes fabric buttons to the next level with her lovely gathering, addition of rhinestones, and overall artistry!  Check out her shop for lots more button lovelies! ALSO: don't forget to enter o...

i found this lady's wonderful handmade button shop on Etsy she makes custom buttons printed with your choice of image my favourites are these family photographs Please come on over to my blog to find out more! http://maximumrabbitdesigns.blogspot.com/2009/11/rita-carol-buttons.html

I am having a free giveaway to one lucky person over on my blog Mollimoo Makes... http://mollimoo.blogspot.com/ It's to win a pack of 4 of my Strawberry Fabric Buttons (which I sell in my Folksy shop), plus a handful of buttons from my stash. To be in with a chance of winning, just pay me a visit & leave a comment saying what you love about June (if anything!). I will enter you twice if you mention my giveaway on your own blog! Just let me know. Closing date is Sunday the 21st June. I will draw the winner out of a hat on Monday, 22 nd June. Good luck.

Hello, my name is Leah from Australia, I will keep my post short and sweet, you can find out all about me here! I just love buttons, especially vintage ones and I'm very excited to be a part of this lovely group! These are some buttons I created myself, I LOVE covered buttons too! Leah

Hello Button Floozies! I don't know whether you have seen it on my blog or not, but I thought I might share it with you :) Some time ago I fell in love with the fabric covered brads. But I live in Poland and it is still quite difficult to buy some things here, and as I'm impatient and can't wait long I usually have to be creative :) I had some fabric covered buttons, like here: After adding some Prima flowers they looked like this: And I had to try one of them on the card: But I just kept thinking.... and I made some more fabric covered buttons myself! Here they are: I added some fabric or paper flowers, cheesecake cloth, and used stamps! Here are the effects: Want to find out how I did them? I don't have any devices, just fabric, button, thread, needle and scissors. Here is my simple tutorial . Look how nice one of them looks on the layout: They also look pretty great on pony tail holders I did for my niece: They can be used to make rings, broches, badges or bobby pins...

there are some really gorgeous buttons out there in cyber space - here are some beauties i found on etsy these are hand made ceramic buttons from Laura Walker - here is a link to her ETSY shop - http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=69847 and a link to her flickr account http://www.flickr.com/photos/laura_walker/ - i think you'll agree her buttons are beautiful. i love this shop too - aimoobaroo - http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5170421 for fabric covered buttons and brads and of course there is the lovely incywincy who has several shops selling fabric covered buttons like these {which are now MINE !!} http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5110312 these are just gorgeous - wow - i think i NEED some! available here - http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=59736 @ swept from the sea oh how i do love buttons and it is so nice too see that the art of button making is still very much in evidence out there in cyber space! ***hApPy BuTtOn WeEk fElLoW BuTtOn fLoOzIeS ***