Button Up

I love to do all kinds of crafts. My mother and I used to do crafts together all the time, so when I craft now, I am channeling my mother and our fun times together.

This year, I made a lot of snowmen for people’s Christmas gifts. My niece showed me how to make them back in June, and then she and I both made a whole bunch that we gave out to friends and family. Each one was different, with it’s own personality.

When I was making the snowmen, I bought a whole bunch of buttons in a variety of colors and styles. Well now that everyone has a snowman, and I can’t give them more snowmen, I had to come up with other fun and creative uses for all these buttons. I am already thinking ahead for Christmas gifts for next year.

I just purchased a couple of creative button books from Amazon yesterday, and once they get here, I will have all kinds of fresh, new ideas. But in the interim, I made this button tree of life yesterday.

I started with a 10×10 canvas, a glue gun and a variety of both brown and green buttons. You can use whatever tickles your fancy and be as creative as you like. This was just my vision that I had yesterday. I’m sure tomorrow’s vision will be totally different. 🙂 When you are a creative person, you never really know what you are going to create. You just go with the muse and follow her inspiration where it leads you.

I drew a sketch of my tree on the canvas then made my tree trunk and branches first.

Then I filled in the leaves with the green buttons.

This is a fun and colorful way to use up all those extra buttons. It is also a nice way to think of my mom and all the fun crafts we used to do together. If you have kids or grandkids, this would be a great activity to do with them too.

Creativity comes in many different forms. Don’t be afraid to play around with it. Follow your muse wherever she leads you. Who knows what you will come up with. Have a great day and make everyday great. Stay safe and stay well. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays. ‘Til next time.

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Author: ajeanneinthekitchen

I have worked in the restaurant and catering industry for over 35 years. I attended 2 culinary schools in Southern California, and have a degree in culinary arts from the Southern California School of Culinary Arts, as well as a few other degrees in other areas. I love to cook and I love to feed people.

23 thoughts on “Button Up”

    1. My mother was an excellent seamstress too, but like you, I didn’t inherit that trait either. At one time, she wanted to be a fashion designer, like Edith head from the 50’s, but she never pursued it. I may not be able to sew, but I can cook, and she was a horrible cook. 🙂

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      1. My mother was an excellent seamstress as well. She spent a lot of time teaching me to sew. I made my own clothes and entered into 4-H contests with them. I won several prizes.

        I used to make my daughter’s clothes. At some point, she decided she wanted clothes like everyone else and not the creations we came up with together.

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      3. My mother was also a fabulous cook. She was office manager for a clothing manufacturer which gave her ready access to fabric in the post-war years when it was rationed and started making her own clothes. As children we often wore hand-smocked dresses that she’d made.

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  2. Such a clever and fun project!!! 

    Have a delicious day,

    Sandy Axelrod

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    1. Thank you. I love to craft.

      On another note, since we were talking about coyotes, early this morning, when I let the girls out, there were two coyotes right at our side gate, and the Juneau and Dorrie were going wild. They scared the coyotes off, in similar fashion as our 2 Saints did. Dorrie and Juneau are still big girls, each weighing about 100 lbs.

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