Stitching My Story

Gathering to Stitch...

I was invited to join a local stitching group and decided to make little "getting to know you" gifts. I think I will make cookies too. There is no shame in WOO-ing new stitching friends with cute buttons and yummy treats, right?

; )

Loving My Titanium Cowboy....

Mike's blog is always a fun read. Great writer... Great sense of humor. And what can I say? Even if biking is not your first love *raising my hand*, these Titanium Cowboys are just plain eye candy.

; )

Headed to Art Retreat...

Two friends and I are headed to an art retreat soon.

I made "What time is recess?" buttons for trades.

 

“I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by.”

~Douglas Adams

Instead of studying for my computer final...

I am making "computer ninja" buttons for my class!

And doing my current favorite form of "meditation".... drawing round things in my sketchbook.

  Another middle-age skill I've mastered: CREATIVE PROCRASTINATION!

More Buttons on Etsy...

Buttons made from pictures cut out of vintage children's books. A nice change of pace for this afternoon. No messy black paint or glue! Sewing is next on the agenda. Like I said, I am loving school... I am also loving my tidy studio and clean hands today!

; )

Buttons, Buttons Everywhere!

I am having so much fun making these little one inch pinback buttons...

There are about 200 buttons laying around me as I type. ACK! I can't stop!

... grow old along with me....

 
...wee ones...

.... bunny love....

...scary Halloween dolls...

... in honor of Ruby (bottom right)...

Wedding Favors....

The top photo is a collection of 2.25" buttons for the rehersal dinner. The bottom buttons are 1" Happily Ever After wedding favor buttons.

(The lighter colored buttons in both photos are actually a metallic white gold from Paper Zone. I can't get them to read this way in the picture for some reason. Funky light this morning, I guess.)

Happy Wedding, Janna!

You Be Ward and I'll Be June....

   This is a button I made for DC {dear cowboy}. He wears it on his work bag.

It makes me feel happy every time I see it.

I am currently working on a 1000 button order. Unlike most button undertakings, this one seems to be fraught with roadblocks. I ended up having to order a special graphic punch for the project because I couldn't get the words to line up correctly with my craft punch (it was 1/8" off in size). 

The punch was lost by UPS and ended up getting here a week and a half later than expected. Once traced, found and delivered, it didn't work correctly (the dies weren't lined up or something). I had a second punch over-nighted (these are roughly $180 a piece) and am FINALLY on my way to finishing up the order.

DC has been very helpful in getting me caught up with all my button projects-- even though he is one-handed (do you like his UW HUSKY purple cast?). Here he is finishing up the last few wedding favor buttons. There are few sites easier on the eyes than a big, handsome, one-armed man making light pink "happily ever after" wedding buttons.

*happy sigh*

Wedding Favors....

Can You Guess What's in the Box?

 

Here's a hint....

It's a new button maker! Now I can make 1" or 2.25" buttons! Exciting, huh?!