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CraftyPod: How to Make a Button-and-Wire Brooch

  • Marie · 2 months ago
    I love these and I know a couple people the pins would be perfect gifts for! Thanks for sharing such fun ideas.
  • SweeTart77 · 2 months ago
    Awesome "toot" Sister D! Thanks for taking the time take all those great pics and explain things so exceptionally well! Love the shooting star effect. And red will be so awesome for holiday coat wearing!
  • SisterDiane · 2 months ago
    Aw, thanks, Kathleen! XOXO
  • Nina Lise · 2 months ago
    How adorable! Thanks for the tutorial; never too early to use the "H" word when you're making stuff!
  • Candoodles · 2 months ago
    Fantastic! Thank you. I am *not* ready to use the H word yet but you're right - lovely little gifts. I will post this lovely tutorial on my blog tomorrow :)
  • BethH · 2 months ago
    cute, cute, cute! but I'm not ready to use the "H" word yet, either. last weekend I was at Target, & they had all the Halloween stuff out - and Christmas stuff on an *adjacent* aisle! what the heck, Target? let us experience the joy of decorating for one holiday at a time, please.
  • geekxnerd · 2 months ago
    Never to early for the "H" word! :P
  • SisterDiane · 2 months ago
    ...Good advice from a woman who's been using it all year, and who will
    be grinning at us from her cozy fireside during the last frenetic
    weeks when we're all wishing we'd planned ahead. :-)
  • Fanie · 2 months ago
    I agree with Nina Lise: It's never too early when you make stuff! I already saw a couple of holiday craft and cuisine magazines in stands. :-D

    I exactly thought the same about making this brooch for little extra Christmas gifts. :-) And you're not using too many pictures at all. I could understand the craft just by looking at them.
  • fuzzydragons · 2 months ago
    oh! these look great :D I need to go through my button stash now...
  • SisterDiane · 2 months ago
    Thanks! Happy sorting! :-)
  • Rachel · 2 months ago
    Oooh those are SO FUN! I love they way they look against the sweaters. So very fall. Thanks so much for the great idea, time to raid the button box! It's gone though four women in my family and it's the most amazing treasure trove. I'll be linking as well.
  • allthingspaper · 2 months ago
    So cute! I love the whimsical look and the tiny leaves are a great touch too.
  • marjoyceknowles · 2 months ago
    Very cute! What a great idea. And an inexpensive,original gift as no 2 would be exactly alike.
  • Carrie · 2 months ago
    I love these! Can't wait to give them a try, thanks for sharing =)
  • mollylee · 2 months ago
    Love, especially, the ones with the little wire leaves....

    Molly
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  • Deanna · 2 months ago
    Very nice, and these are things I have just hanging around my craft box!! Thanks for sharing!
  • Melissa · 2 months ago
    what a great idea!! can't wait to try it out :D thanks!
  • Melissa · 2 months ago
    I don't think its too early for the H word at all and I love these little guys! Thanks for sharing them!!
  • Luci · 2 months ago
    Saw this on Craftzine blog and loved your idea! Great use of pretty buttons. Thanks for sharing!
  • Rely · 2 months ago
    amazing tutorial...thanks...i love buttons....
  • beckysews · 2 months ago
    I love this idea!!!!

    Thanks for sharing!
  • pam · 2 months ago
    Beautiful! Love these! You have taken the "gem tree" technique to a whole new dimension! I agree with Rachel - perfect for using treasures found in family heirloom button stashes.

    And... I can see a whole advent calendar made out of these!
  • SisterDiane · 2 months ago
    Ooh, that would be pretty!
  • Barbara Saint Jacques · 2 months ago
    WOW how very cool. Thank you!
  • Carmen Flores · 2 months ago
    How wonderful! And a what a great way to make a fabulous gift from simple materials. Oh - my mind is reeling at all the possibilities. Thank you for sharing!!!
  • Tokul Crafts · 2 months ago
    Love it! Thanks.
    Tokul Crafts
  • heatherdollarstorecraftscom · 2 months ago
    Cool! I am going to link to this from Dollar Store Crafts soon!
  • Sorka · 2 months ago
    Well those are happy little things aren't they? Very nice!
  • Cynthia · 2 months ago
    These are great! I have tons of buttons. Even the plain 4 hole buttons look great in these broaches!
  • kaitlin · 2 months ago
    so cute! something even i could make :)
  • Janis · 2 months ago
    Love this ideA
  • melanie · 2 months ago
    Beautiful! What a wonderfully simple idea - and they look very complicated. I love it!
  • spindexr · 2 months ago
    What a cool tutorial!
  • Lenetta @ Nettacow · 2 months ago
    Not too soon to think of the holidays, I don't think! Especially when we'll have busy hands between now and then to get things done. I'll be making these for my sisters-in-law! I linked to this on my weekly roundup (post is under my name) with admonitions for them to not click through. Wonder if they'll heed? :>) Thanks!!
  • cindiwani · 2 months ago
    I made a bunch of these and I'm planning on giving them for christmas presents...thanks so much for the great idea!
  • SisterDiane · 2 months ago
    Oh, how cool! I hope everyone enjoys them! Thanks so much for this
    nice comment. I'm so happy to hear you were inspired. XO
  • sarahwww · 2 months ago
    Those are SOOOOO cute! ( digging through button stash now).
  • kt · 1 month ago
    Totally Great!
  • Denise · 1 month ago
    Neat! Thanks
  • Lenetta @ Nettacow · 3 days ago
    I ended up making these, though my hubs brought me copper wire instead, and there definitely is a learning curve with the twisting! I had much better luck holding the button and twisting, rather than trying to twist the wire strands. And I had a few buttons break! DOH! I'm not sure I'm crazy about them as pins, so I'm thinking I'll offer to turn them into magnets if my SILs prefer. :>) You can see how mine turned out at my Handmade Christmas post (link is under my name) - thanks!!
  • SisterDiane · 3 days ago
    Thanks for sharing your tips, Lenetta, and your photos. Your brooches
    turned out lovely - and I love your idea of turning them into magnets!