Butterflies and Buttons

Monday, January 12

Lots of buttons!! Ever have a picture of something in your mind and have to work on it until it is finished. That is what was going on when I started on this necklace. I knew how I wanted it to look. But it kept changing as I worked. I added. I removed. I changed. I moved stuff around. I do believe everything is now safe where it is. I haven’t touched it in the last 12 hours.

This is how it began. Some of what you see here, I used. And some of it I didn’t. I had intended to use only one butterfly but ended up with two. I think it looks more balanced with two.

Here’s a photo I took using the map of my city as a backdrop. The colors in the map match the pink of the buttons.

Got Hearts On My Mind

Monday, January 12

Usually I decide to make Valentine’s Day stuff around the 3rd week of February.

But this year, I am a few weeks ahead. I dug out some heart supplies I have had for years and bought a few red heart shaped buttons at JoAnn’s when I was there for crochet class.

I made several bracelets like this one. Used up all of my heart buttons.

Notice anything. Are my pictures any better? I have been using the bells and whistles on my camera. I am stealing the background idea from my friend Sue. She recently posted some photos using newspaper as the backdrop. I liked it so much, I told her I planned to steal her idea. I used a calendar page.

Here are the supplies I used for the bracelet.

And I also made this necklace and earrings.