it hurts to be crafty/button earrings with bows

my two sister's were at my house last night.
we headed to joanns for a quick craft run.

when we got there we realized that ALL OF THE BUTTONS WERE 50% off!
they still are by the way.

we said a prayer of thanks :o) and proceeded to buy buttons to make button earrings.

we fell in love with so many buttons that had the two sewing holes (the ones without the shanks).
usually i wouldn't even consider buying these for earrings but they were too cute to pass up.

check out these beauties.
black lace buttons are you kidding me!?

we figured out a way to hide the holes.

put some super skinny ribbon through...

and tie a bow!

glue your post pad to the back with hot glue.

we could not get enough of them!

they turned out so darling!

i am wearing these right now.

here are all the button earrings i made with bows.

why it hurts to be crafty:

the party lasted until about 2:30 am.

we were tired and giggly.

we were using my button shank remover to remove the backs of the buttons with shanks.

the shanks were flying everywhere!

so my sister chelsea had this great idea to remove the shanks inside a plastic joann's bag so they wouldn't fly all over the place.

it seemed to be working fine until wham....

our youngest sister emily shrieked in pain.

a button shank had hit her right on the lip and given her a fat lip.

i told her to suck it up and to carry on when wham i get hit on the side of the head with a shank.

what the heck is going on we all wondered?!

we confiscated the bag my sister was using only to find dozens of tiny holes in it.

they shanks were breaking through the plastic bag!

we laughed and laughed and made my sister use a paper grocery bag which did the trick.

(you can see my sister here in the back ground thinking this is oh so funny. she never got hit with the shank. she was indeed the shank shooter.)

here are all the button earrings i made last night.

these sail boats needed me...

these lavender rosettes sang to me....

these ruby reds hopped right into my basket on their own...

i may just go find me a sailor and sail away with these anchors...

*note to husband...SAILOR and SALESMAN are not the same thing

these reminded me of my sister-in-law stephanie she may be getting them in the mail if she sends me her address...

i lost my big fake diamond earring a couple of weeks ago. we found these awesome diamond buttons were the perfect size and the cheapest and best fake diamond earrings i have ever owned.

love them!

you can buy the post pads for the earrings in packs like this at joanns.

i think they were $2.99 for a pack of 24 pairs.

30% off right now!




get your girls together and make these earrings.

if you need more instructions on making the button earrings you can go to this post i did awhile back.






i am tanya


with button earrings with bows in my ears


signing out