My Button Bracelets....

I wanted to take a few minutes to show you some of the button bracelets that I make for myself, family and friends.  I am also thinking of opening an Etsy shop to sell them there as well as some other crafts that I do in conjunction with my bracelets.


One of the things that I absolutely crave and covet would be vintage buttons.  It is a somewhat recent obsession that I developed.  I never really thought too much about buttons when  was younger, but what started me on my quest for the most beautiful buttons would be an old Ball jar filled with buttons that my grandmother used and saved for many, many years.  After she died in 1981, my mother got the jar full of buttons and has always had it sitting out ~ partly for decoration and partly for remembrance.  After awhile I decided that I wanted that jar badly, but my mother has yet to give it up.  So, I found a way to some "old" buttons of my own for decorating purposes, of course.

But, when I found an old Ball jar full of old buttons in an architectural surplus store (with all types of goodies that were vintage and cracked and dented and rusted ~~ obviously, if your anything like me, you would have felt you were in HEAVEN!), I never realized that I would find myself obsessed with buttons.  All shapes, styles, vintages, etc.  Now I have a converted drafting-type cupboard/drawers that are full of buttons.  I have them separated by color and  by type; i.e., metal, glass, plastic, mother of pearl, metal, porcelain, etc.  (Please don't tell my hubby, but there are thousands of dollars of buttons.

I also look for and destroy antique typewriters that have the metal ring alpha keys.  It can be a chore to get them off the typewriter (my hands have paid the price on many occasions), but they make the best word bracelets.  I plan on making necklaces from these alpha keys too!  Anyway, here are some of my recent creations.  Let me know what you think.

 

 

I hope you all like these as much as I do.  Let me know.  Also, if you are interested in purchasing a bracelet, let me know and you can pick out any color, type, etc.

Thanks, Missy

My BPC entry... Three ~ (3) ~ III

Well, this is actually my first picture entry for Adori(ble) Photography's BPC.  I hope that you will be able to see this picture since it is one of my favorites that I took one afternoon a few years ago.  When Louise said that the theme this week would be "3", I was so excited and immediately this picture just popped into my head (well, all three pictures popped into my head as I took three that afternoon ~~ it's a sign).

Anyway, the background for this photo is that we had taken our youngest daughter, Kendahl, to the Oregon Coast for a football game (she's a cheerleader).  As we were driving home, we noticed this amazing sunset and my husband encouraged me to take a picture ~~ as soon as possible ~~ since, obviously, the sun was setting very quickly.  You can tell in the pictures that I took along with this one that the lighting was quickly disappearing and so I think I was very lucky to get this amazing picture.

As for how this relates to the theme of 3:  It should be obvious ~~ the three posts (from a long-gone dock, we assume) in the lower right hand corner.

In case you are curious, these are the two other pictures that pertain to these three posts...

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Thank you all very much for checking out my "Three/3" pictures and maybe check me out next week since I think I might try a tutorial....but, please don't hold me to it, it's probably harder than I think.

Missy

My Very First Blog...?

Well, I finally have something (well, a blog-related something) to blog about.  I have joined Adori Graphics for a really interesting and (I'm sure) fun photography project.  If you are also interested, this is where to go.




So, this is what the project is all about...

The BIG photo challenge is based on a theme that is picked randomly and changed each week. The themes are designed to be quick, easily achievable, for amateurs and new photographers {LIKE ME!} so they can easily be completed in the house and garden.  And everybody follows the same theme, so you get to see each person's individual creativity.  I am really excited.

Check back here to see what I have come up with that goes with the newly assigned theme.

Thanks,  Missy