I had not a clue what to do and then the light switched on and I had a "ding" moment and remembered that people used to make "button fairies". So out with the button box (don't tell anyone, it lives in my craft room), a bit of wire and we were halfway there. At first I thought it might be too cute but Zoe assured me this was "arty" so I heaved a big sigh of relief and here it is - reminds me of something from "Alice":
Or should I say - here they are:
Yes, I got a bit carried away. They are not really me but I did enjoy making them - had great fun rummaging through my button stash which now has got itself sorted into "shank buttons", "large buttons", "small buttons". As you can see the two above have Friendly Plastic 'heads'. They did not photograph very well as they both were made with a metallic strip. The top one has a rubber stamped pair of wings with wire antennae and the baby one has a Spellbinders butterfly diecut for wings and antennae.
Thought I would do one a bit different so this one is stamped with a photostamp image and the wings are from a Marianne Die. I left a bit of wire at the bottom on this one and gave it a twirl.
Perhaps now I will attempt the necklace with the buttons I bought at Aintree last year - now where on earth did I put them?
