Wednesday, October 30, 2024

Smashed Buttons-

 Hello my friend!

I save any button that comes my way...

so I would have to say I collect buttons.

The other day I noticed I had a very large amount of 

metal shank buttons saved from a past jewelry project.

They were used to make button charm bracelets.

Most of the metal buttons I have are made of brass.

I wondered what else I could do with them 

and this was what I came up with-


I brought the buttons out to our workbench-



I took one at a time, wrapped in cloth

to the vise and started to tighten each button flat!








If you don't have  a vise you could use a mallet or a hammer.




The buttons look like small coins, tokens and medallions.




I wanted to use them as embellishments on my

small journal covers.



They are thin and remind me of an old fashion

wax seal.




This journal flips up to open.




Maybe you will be inspired to make some smashed buttons

for your own jewelry or artwork.

Tell me what you think-

xo Lisa S





9 comments:

  1. What a clever girl you are. I would have never in a hundred years thought of that but I love your idea and yes they do look like old coins. Something found in a pirates treasure chest.

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    1. Thank you Connie! I had fun with these buttons. They make a wonderful sound. I agree it's like a pirate treasure !!!!
      xo Lisa S

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  2. This is so smart! I would love to do this and add some to my scrapbook. Thanks for sharing!

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  3. This is so cool! That really looks neat. Visiting from the Crazy Little Lovebirds linkup.

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  4. Great idea to repurpose those old buttons.
    Saw your post at Saturday Sparks Link Party.
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  5. I love this. Thank you for sharing this post with us at the Will Blog for Comments #50 linkup. We hope to see more of your posts (old or new) at #51, too, which opens next Monday. Have a great week!

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  6. Such a fun idea, these will be so useful for all sorts of crafts :-)

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  7. So darn cute. You and your little vise over there having all that fun. Thanks for sharing at Funtastic Friday each week.

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