Safari? Vintage.

I bought a pair of shorts a while back, and have worn them about twice. I decided I liked everything about them except for the buttons. They remind me of someone going on a safari. LIke those cargo shorts someone would wear as they travel across the African Sahara? Ya, that's what I was enduring. So I searched through the depths of the Wal-Mart clearance buttons and came up with some really neat buttons, a little more vintage than safari. Success!

Safari...

and Vintage!

New from Old Buttons

Inspiration seems to come from many things. Incredibly artsy sisters, crafty websites, Ready Made magazine...but sometimes, when you just can't fall asleep from all these creative things floating around in your head, ideas come at one in the morning, and you have to turn on your light, and write them down because they seem so exciting!

Then you wake up.

Those ideas don't seem to be all that incredible anymore, but, with a day off, why not try them anyway? Here's another attempt at buttons and brads re done into something a little more colorful!

The Supplies:
-any size of brad
-an old, not so pretty button
-a piece of cotton
-a small square of ribbon or fabric


Trim off anything sticking out on the other side of the button, then fasten the brad to the back side of it(I used hot glue, i'm sure there's something better though)


Fasten the piece of cotton on top of the button, then start wrapping and gluing the ribbon or fabric square around it. I folded it over and glued it circle style. Trim off any excess fabric as needed.


The finished projects! i found thinner sheer fabric (the green) worked better than thick ribbon (the polka-dotted)





My favorite outcome of the project!


Enjoy!

Paper Trees

I really like pretty paper. And really, what better way to use it than to cut it up, then sew, glue and fasten it all back together again?

I recently re decorated my bathroom and needed a little something in a frame to add just a bit more color to the room. The fresh, light blue walls and chocolate brown accents really just asked for this compolation of purple, green and blue patterns to complement it.

Here's what I came up with.




Who says sewing is restricted to fabric?


The ribbon wind capturing the dragonfly in flight.



Money doesn't grow on trees, but perhaps buttons do?

I'm not the first to use scraps of paper for a little project (surprising, i know). Here's a few other projects of wall art I've recently become inspired by.

buttons and fabric display art -from Design*Sponge

toilet paper rolls to a pretty wall design -from Design*Sponge (and another one-from Homemade Mamas)

memo board from an old frame -from Rocky Bella

Enjoy!