OH CHRISTMAS TREE, OH CHRISTMAS TREE…It may be a bit too soon to be singing but not early enough to begin crafting for the Holidays…(although last week I heard Holiday music being played – SERIOUSLY?). It did put me in the mood to begin thinking. So how about a “rustic” Christmas tree… I love that […] Read more…

All of us have a jar of buttons in the house – we’ve collected them from years gone by…button falls off – put it in the jar.  Those “extra” button packs that comes with your coat/sweater that you purchased years back (where is that coat?).  Wondering what to do with your stash?  Here are two button […] Read more…

Most of you have a some strand of pearls/beads that have broken on you at one time or another sitting warpped in a drawer waiting for you to do SOMETHING to or with them…  We fiddle with our necklaces, we get up too quickly and oops there go ALL the pearls rolling away from you saying “catch me if you can”… […] Read more…

This time of the year I get so inspired and with all the GREAT Halloween buttons that we carry and how can I not!  So here is my Halloween Greeting card that I made with La Mode Halloween Buttons and Favorite Findings.   Materials needed: 1 card La Mode #1261 – Candy Corn 1 card La Mode #1262 […] Read more…

So I was sitting at my craft desk and wondering what other Halloween craft project I can make – so after straightening up a bit I found this “green paper wire wrapped tree” from Easter, some old clay pots painted the wrong color, left over glitter from my previous project and some adhesive sequins and […] Read more…

I love this time of year! Kids all dressed up as their favorite characters going door to door “trick or treat!”…candy….parties….candy…and more candy – it just seems you have more candy than you know what to do with! The best is CRAFTING! Orange and black and white- great combo.  I especially like the vintage feel.  […] Read more…

Well you know fall is in the air when you start to see the stores at the mall stocked with sweaters, boots…and even Paula’s Blog mentioned “Big” buttons (check out the styles that are available). If you’re a crafter you may say well what do you do with “Big” buttons on crafts – geez you can […] Read more…

We are preparing for the coolest Pajama Party Event on September 17th at The Creative Connection Event. For those who are attending the event you will have so much fun!  Kim Ballor will be demonstrating the how to make amazing bib necklaces embellished with BUTTONS!  Here are my creations that I made…       […] Read more…

It’s Friday before a holiday weekend, summer as we know is almost coming to an end.  Kids off to school, vacations over, back to sitting in “extra” traffic.  Well it’s not all that bad.  I’m going to show you another great craft project to do for yourself or to share with a group.  The gang […] Read more…

How can I not post this to our blog!  As most of you know our MTK at the CHA Supershow were Button Rings.  Designer Kim Ballor created a ring during the show and named it “Ode to Ace of Cakes”! Also check out the photo that we’ve posted on our website… Check out additional styles Kim […] Read more…

So I wanted to share with everyone the great time we had at the CHA Supershow – can you say WE LOVE BUTTONS!  I think everyone is amazed with what projects we come up with every year for the show and this year we had so much fun creating our Button Flower Pins and Button […] Read more…