Handmade Buttons

I've decided to add my handmade buttons to my etsy design store. These are the buttons I have so far that I think I will sell. 

This is one of my versions of a daisy.

Pink Bouquet. This one is my favorite so far. I love the pink flowers against the green.

This one is called a cartwheel. I've worked it up in yellow and white.

This is called a shirtwaist button. It was my first attempt. There are a few mistakes. I need to practice this one a few times before I start to sell it.

This is what I call the woven one. I use this one to embroider a design on top of the center. This one I made to embroider something nautical on it.

This is another version of the cartwheel button in dual colors. I like how the pink works off of the black.

These are just a few of the buttons I have done in the past and plan to start selling in my shop.

Meow!

My Daisy Dorset

I created this button today.

This is my version of a daisy dorset button. 

I'm not sure if I will use it on a laptop cover or a purse.

I like this button so much I am going to make it in other colors. 

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Dorset Buttons

Dorset Buttons

An online friend posted a dorset button she made. She had just made her first one and was eager to share with us. I love to share new ideas and I just loved hers. I must say after I saw the button I wanted to try to make one myself. A few days later I bought a few items to give it a try. I got hooked on them. Now, I'm learning how to make dorset buttons to add to my designs. This is my second one. The first one was a complete and utter wash. I didn't want to waste the ring so I ripped it all out and started over again. This is called the wheel design. It looks like a wagon or bike wheel to me.

Wheel design

Flowers in a Vase

I really like to make these buttons. It is something simple for me to make while I am out at the craft show. I went out to amazon and tried to find some books on making buttons and to my surprise I only found one. I would have thought there were more books out there. Then I went out to the web to see if I could find any photo's of buttons. I found plenty of the most amazing designs. There were bold ones and the most delicate intricate designs made with thread. They looked like they may have taken a lot of hours to make. I would love to figure out how some of them were made.

Flowers in a Vase

Yesterday, my mom and I went out looking for buttons for our laptop, kindle and ipad case designs. We didn't find anything that we liked. The ones we found were expensive and looked cheaply made. We were looking for the basic generic button so we wouldn't have to worry buying the same button twice. We didn't want to sell a laptop sleeve with a button that we couldn't buy again. We agreed to use the handmade dorset buttons. This will give our laptop sleeves a little bit more of a unique handmade quality. This is a much better choice for us then the cheap plastic buttons we were looking at.


I am still looking into other dorset designed buttons. Once I get the new design down I will post pictures.

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