Button Ornie

I know Christmas ideas already...but truly it is never to early to get started.

I participate in holiday craft shows and boutique during the winter months

and try to find new and different ideas to try and make "sellable" items...and that is how these

very sweet, vintage inspired and a wee bit shabby ornies came about.

If you are like me - I am assuming that you all have most of the these things

lying around to make one of these sweet little ornies.

I used the lids to those ball canning jars (painted them white) (you can find tons of them at the

thrift store. You'll need some vintage buttons, felt, ribbon and holly leaves.

and this is how I did it:

I sewed my buttons onto the white felt in a circle shape and I left that felt piece

a bit larger than the inside of the round cap. Then after the buttons are sewn on I

added the felt piece inside and added a few more circle of felt to make it TUFT out

and stuck in the other round metal piece of the lid and that in turn will push out

the button cluster (do you get it?)

To finish the back I added another piece of felt to make it look pretty & done.

Last thing is I added the leaves and glued them under some of the buttons then

added a red flower button ...oh most important things I forgot to start with

is before you start working with the felt make sure to punch a hole in the metal

to serve as a spot to add ribbon for hanging...duh?

Here is the second ornie I made - cute right?

Imagine this attached to a brown bag wrapped gift...

LOVE

linling this up to the following parties:

whatever wednesdays

wow me wednesdays

ta-da tuesdays

we did it wednesdays

whatever goes wednesdays

 

hope you give a try

we'll see you soon

xo

tina