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White button charm swap

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Swap Coordinator:user6456 (contact)
Swap categories: Crafts  Jewelry  Handmade 
Number of people in swap:7
Location:Regional - USA
Type:Type 3: Package or craft
Rating requirement:4.90
Last day to signup/drop:August 12, 2011
Date items must be sent by:August 26, 2011
Number of swap partners:5
Description:

This swap will be for hand made charms using clothing buttons -2 or 4 holes but only in whites, pearls and creams. You may use any color metal finding (gold, silver, bronze etc) Use more than one button to make your charms. ( this way if when we are each done, we can fill our own bracelets etc with easy to make charms using single buttons and the special ones you make will stand out!) I have seen charms made from buttons in high end boutiques and on line and thought... Oh i can make those... ( i am sure you have too) You can stack buttons of same or different sizes ( don't go too big..think bracelet) or connect them together in differnt ways... play around a bit before you connect your buttons together.! (I have found dental floss to be a great thread for this) Be sure to add a jump ring or loop as a way to attatch your charms. Since this swap is open to any metallic finding color, you may accent your white buttons using metallic additions..but keep the buttons in the white family. This swap is going to take more than just a single stamp to mail and most of us will use a padded envelope anyway..so I am make this a swap of 3 charms to each partner... and each of us will have 5 partners. So you will make a total of 15 charms. Really once you start with charms its hard to stop. I feel pretty comfortable in asking this since white and white-ish buttons are found just about in every drawer. If you don't have them in a jar... ask a friend!

Discussion

Mantia 08/ 6/2011 #

I'm having a blast playing with the buttons and coming up with some cute (at least I think so) charms so far. Great idea for a swap!

user6456 08/14/2011 #

Hi All Tomorrow am i head into the hospital for my 2nd total knee replacement. I have about half of my charms ready to go and plan to get the others done before the due date. If I don't make it home... please I hope not the case, my daughter will be in touch. Say a prayer for me and that my last charms are not too loopy. I will be on pain medicine for at least 6 weeks. So... all of yours will be sooooooooo much better than mine! But all will be good. I am just nervous... 12 hours until the chainsaw revs up! Betsy

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