With Wedding Season and Proms (atleast here on the east coast…)  upon us,  we’re always looking for some “glitzy” earrings to give our gowns that extra punch and for some of us just some “glitzy” earrings for the special night out! And when they ask they won’t believe that these were once “Buckles”  yes these are from our New Bliss Collection – so get ready to create some fun “buckle danglers”…

Materials: Bliss Buckle #30
                Seed Beads – clear and silver
                Jump rings
                Decorative Pin Heads
                Wire Cutters
                Flat nose & Round nose pliers

  Here are some additional BLISS Buckles that would also work…

To begin – remove from card and separate…

Carefully with wire cutters (make sure to wear protective eye-wear) cut off the two side hooks and on each of the buckles in addition to the hook on each. Remember to leave the top loop on each of the buckles this is where your wire earring will hook onto …below is what the back of the earring will look like once you’ve removed all the components.

You can at this point leave it and call it a day and that’s fine – but you need the “danglers”…

so begin adding beads to the pin heads – as you can see I used plain and some decorative – you will need a total of 16.
A quick how-to: place beads onto pin leave enough space ontop (approximately 1/2″ inch or so). With your round nose pliers grab tip of the wire and roll towards you creating a loop or two. Do these to all of the pin heads. With a jump ring add two pins and secure to earring you will have a total of 8 pins per earring.  Don’t forget to add the wire earring to the back also – attach a jump ring to the back look and slide onto earring wire.

So when you are done it should lay as the above photos.

BUT, don’t stop here keep going - add a ring!  The possibilities are endless! You know those heirloom rings – estate rings – vintage looking we have the perfect button for you…(again just by cutting the back, glue, flat back ring) you’ve created something priceless for your hand.

Here is just  sampling of our BLISS BUTTONS – make sure to visit Jo-Anns Fabric and Craft stores in addition to visiting our web: www.buttonlovers.com  for additional project ideas!

These are just a sampling – there are 45 in the total collection!

Happy Crafting!

Helen

Sitting in a room filled with BUTTONS and saying “gee those would make cute earrings”! Well make them already – how many times is that going to keep replaying in my head. Today was that day…  

Quick and easy and guess what I’m gonna show you how you can create these…

Materials:  Assorted La Mode Buttons – for this project I used: style#24795 (silver 4 hole); style#46569 (shell); style#24706 2 hole disc.
Freshwater pearls – white and grey; wire earrings; 2″ head pins; jewelry tools

Above are the buttons I used however I added to the mix larger shells buttons just in case you wanted to go “bigger” (style#46792)

Begin with your head pin and pearls – slide the head pin through the hole (the pearl should rest on the bottom). 

Next slide the wire from the back of the button as shown in photo - bend slightly – then twist around the neck (approx 2 -3 times) as shown in the next photo above. Snip off excess with wire cutter.

For this project I used the above  wire with a loop – if you don’t have this  you can create your own – using the  head pin wire – snip off the pin head – with your round nose pliers grab end and roll towards you and voila you did it! So you are going to do the same procedure as we did in the last step – slide the wire from the back twist around the neck – snip off excess.

Open you wire back earrings slide it through the loop and look you’ve created yourself some GREAT looking BUTTON EARRINGS!

The combinations are endless – so many buttons to choose from you can’t go wrong. So get out there and create your own set – and maybe even make a set for your friend – you know she’s gonna ask! Better yet what about these as teachers gifts at the end of the school year!

P.S. – Don’t forget you show us your creations!

HAPPY CRAFTING!

HELEN

I honestly need to stand back and re-evaluate my time? Where did it go? We say this every year or actually when a new Holiday is upon us and with Memorial Day just a few days away (5 to be exact!) I better hurry up and decide what to create or pull out of storage! I’m looking around the office and well why not pull out a project from last…

I actually created this project last year for the 4th of July… Not many of us like to scroll through old blogs/postings so no harm in re-posting! (if you want check out the original blog from June 26th, 2012 – Patriotic Centerpieces…). here are some additional photos of the project…

Just to give you some ideas!  So visit your local craft stores and check out their Holiday aisle – I’m sure there are plenty of items that can be embellished with BUTTONS!

So how will you be celebrating the Holiday!

Happy Crafting!

Helen