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Button Bracelet

Button_Bracelet
I love buttons. Its hard for me to resist buying them every time I come across a packet and these days my button jar is getting pretty full. While I use a lot of buttons for sewing and craft projects, there are always more buttons that I wish I could use! This bracelet is the perfect way to show off the prettiest of your collection.

Things you’ll need:
Buttons, all about the same size
Stretchy elastic cord
Wire cutters

Things to do:
1. Knot the end of your cord and thread your first button on, going through the bottom and down through the top.
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2. Continue to thread buttons, coming up from the bottom and then down through the top. Slid the buttons down so that the bottoms face one another, stacking them up as you go.
3. Once you have enough buttons to comfortably go around your wrist, join the two ends and tie securely.

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Gift Bag and Tag in One with Chalkboard Paint!

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I dream of one day being one of those people who always has a stash of gifts, ready to give when a birthday party or an last minute invitation arises. For now, though, I’m contenting myself with having wrapping paper at the ready so that when I run out to buy that inevitable rushed gift I don’t also have to find something to wrap it in. These bags are perfect, always at the ready, no extra tag or ribbon necessary. Just drop in a gift add a name in chalk and go. As an extra bonus, the chalkboard paint makes these bags reusable, just wipe off and add a new name.

Things you’ll need:
Solid colored gift bags
Chalkboard paint
Ribbon or patterned tape
Craft Glue
Foam brush

Things to do:
1. Lay the bag out flat on a covered work surface. Paint a three-inch stripe of paint across the center of the bag. Allow the paint to dry and then paint a second coat over the first.
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2. Once the paint is dry, cover the top and bottom edge of the stripe with either patterned tape or a bead of glue and then a piece of ribbon.
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3. Trim off any excess, dabbing the ends of the ribbon, if used, with glue, to keep it from fraying.

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