On the top, Grandma's buttons; on the bottom, Big Pa's
When my grandmother died in 1988, I inherited her button tin. I've held
onto it for all these year with the intention of doing something with
the contents. Over 2+ decades I've raided it once or twice for art
projects, but never for anything cohesive. Then last week, I got the
following text from my mother:
So now I have TWO button tins to use for...SOMETHING. What can I do with these buttons? I've scoured Pinterest (remember, the suckhole of awesomeness?) but nearly everything I've found seems a little too folksy-sweet for my style. Any ideas? Any button artists out there?
3 comments:
Have you ever seen the Christmas tree Grandma made out of costume jewelry? Maybe something similar to that? She used a wooden cut out and then attached it to a frame with a fabric backing. I have seen initials and monograms done this way as well.
Another idea would be to let the girls pick some of their favorites and make jewelry using them.
Maybe a button wreath?
Button flowers!
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