Monday, 8 August 2011
The Monday Project - Tortoise New Home Card
Monday, 11 July 2011
The Monday Project - Button Cake Flags
Monday, 27 June 2011
The Monday Project - Save The Date Button Cards
Monday, 13 June 2011
The Monday Project - Off-Centre Button Brooch
- 1 x large button (5cm diameter works well) you can find them here and here. We've used coloured agoya shell buttons, as the colour on them is like no other. Here's a couple.
- 1 x brooch pin (any size will do)
- 1/2m waxed cotton cord in a complementary colour to your buttons, thin enough to go through your button holes.
- Small selection of buttons (for the topper)
Monday, 30 May 2011
The Monday Project - 2 Tier Button Necklace
- 30-40 mixed buttons. I like smaller (up to 20mm ones, but bigger ones work just as well.) My necklace only used 30 buttons, but I like a shorter necklace than many people.
- 2m of 1mm or 0.5mm waxed cotton cord. (This is much longer than you will need, but trust me, it's just easier having more than less.)
- 1 lobster clasp
- 1 calotte (crimpy thing)
- 1 split ring (any size will do)
Space the buttons a few centimetres apart. The thickness of the cord should hold them in place. If your cord starts to fray and it gets hard to thread, whatever you do, don't suck it! Trim it off with a pair of sharp scissors - that should do it. This, and the knots, is one of the reasons you want extra cord to start off with. If you are working with children, their sticky fingers will mean you probably have to cut off twice as much as you do with your cool, dry hands.
Hold the necklace up to yourself several times to check length. This is a personal thing - some people love it longer, some people shorter. I guess I'm a short-to-mid kinda girl myself. When you're ready with the length, tie both the ends together. Pull the knot as tight as you can to make it as small as you can. Make sure you are ready to knot, 'cause unpicking this will be a pain! Because of your different lengths of cord when you started, when you hold it up to yourself, you should now have two tiers!