Button Jewelry for Mom

I lucked out thrifting awhile back and found tons of great vintage buttons in various colors. They included some great blue glass buttons that were calling out to be made into jewelry. I made these for my mom's birthday. (Mom, I swear I made these on your birthday, I just didn't mail then until recently)


Nobody thinks I have a button problem do they? So many of my projects include buttons. Yes, I admit, I may be an addict.

Valentine's Button Tray

I've had this tray for awhile (I can never seem to pass up trays when I'm thrifting so I have quite a few) and finally decided to make it prettier. My button collection is still quite massive so I figured lining the inside with buttons was perfect. Currently I'm using this as a decoration but it will still work as a tray as well. If I poured resin in the tray the surface will be flat again, but I'm trying to control my spending and crafting only with what I have, so that will have to wait.

Button Lamp

So at one point we needed a new lamp. We went to the nearest store and bought the cheapest one we could find. Lucky me, it was red. Unlucky me, it fell and broke a few months later. I glued it back together and we used it with the unsightly crack for awhile. Finally inspiration struck and I decided to glue buttons to it to hide the crack. I ended up adding red paint to the lampshade to tone down the white. This is Nate's lamp on his nightstand and he now complains that I took made his lamp too "girly". Oh well, I still like it.

Button Necklace

As inspired by the book Button It Up I finally made myself a button necklace. I can't believe I haven't made button jewelry before. I need to make more necklaces in different colors and matching earrings!

A Button "J"

What to do with a large button stash? Make a giant button letter! I found this idea online somewhere but am not sure where anymore. It took awhile to arrange the buttons so that this looked right. All it took was scrapbook paper, white glue, buttons and time. This was originally supposed to be a gift but I hung it on my wall and now don't want to take it off. Looks like I need to make another one, good thing I still have way too many buttons (is that possible?)