Me Plus You

Yet another cute Pinterest idea using buttons and paint.  I don't have a link to offer because this is pretty straightforward.  Paint the canvas in stripes, add the button heart and 'Me + You'. 

First I cut a heart out of paper and used it on stiff red felt, then glued red buttons on it.  I didn't like the black stripes so I used Tuscan red on a small canvas.  I used masking tape for the edging and touched up any slight leaks with white paint.  The lettering was done with a red sharpie because there's no way I could freehand that with a paintbrush. Then I covered it with a layer of Mod Podge to seal it, although word to the wise: The Sharpie WILL run.  It's slightly pink around the lettering, unfortunately.  After the Mod Podge dried, I glued the button heart on.

Wordless Wednesday

Pin Win: Button Ball

I thought this was a cute project for buttons on a styrafoam ball.  

Of course my version just had to be psychedelic and splashed with every colour of the rainbow.

Tie dye ribbon even!

Pin Win: Crescent Moon Pillow

I love all things celestial.  When I saw this pillow on Pinterest, original link HERE,  I decided I had to make my own, but a smaller version.

I traced the crescent onto the fabric, placed it into a large hoop and did all the button work.  I wish I had come farther out with the nose, and working on top of it looked like it was fine, but seeing it now it's a little short. 

Embroidered the hanger with gold floss and added a gold button.  I have a sewing machine but I don't know how to use it, so I had to hand sew the back and front, then stuff it and sew it shut.   Not perfect but not bad for a first try. 

Button Button Who's Got the Button?

In my neverending quest for new craft ideas, I did another project that I saw on Pinterest, seen here!  

I had a spare bit of canvas leftover from crayon melting and I started working up the idea.  At first, I thought of covering the canvas with colourful fabric.  But the more I chewed on that idea, the less I liked it and opted to break out the watercolour paints and do sunset (or sunrise) colours.

Meanwhile I'd searched on my computer for a font I liked, printed out the word "LOVE" and enlarged the letters so that I could trace them onto the painted canvas.  After I had the letters enlarged, I also worked up a quick prototype just to see what the buttons would look like.

After cutting out each letter I placed them on the canvas for light tracing.

After it was traced, I did the button design again.  I didn't let myself get married to the idea of the buttons that I laid down at all, because once I started gluing them, I made a whole bunch of changes.

Due to a measuring fail on my part, I had to add the buttons on the left border.  I have not decided if I am going to add anything to this or not, i.e. fill-in beads, due to the fact that some of the outlines still show.  I would really love some opinions from you all as to whether I should leave this as-is, or add stuff to make the letters more uniform in their appearance.