Melinda Dann
Hello again, it’s your lovable design intern! And Happy Button Day!
Back to blogging! I can’t say I’m hooked, but it’s pretty fun. (And not quite as scary the second time around!)
When I was told that today was Button Day, it raised a lot of questions. What is Button Day? What kind of buttons are they talking about? Are they metaphorical? Is it a day for pushing people’s buttons? What about flair? My Facebook flair collection is fairly large…perhaps the day should be celebrated by doubling it? (Sadly, Wikipedia is of no use in this case. Whatever shall I do?)
And why are we celebrating buttons? It’s not that buttons aren’t useful or fun, but do they need a whole day to celebrate? What about Zipper Day? Snap Day? I’m just saying…maybe there are other things we could have celebrations for. It’ll catch on, right?
Of course, there is definitely a lot to be said for buttons in paper crafting. I have seen so many cards with buttons made into balloons, flowers and birds. There are really cute ideas that I would never have thought of before, and some of them even incorporate the design on the button into the new design. Too cute! Just like Former Paper Crafts Pro Alisa Bangerter’s Birthday Buttons Card from our new resource book A Card a Day. I would love to receive a card like this for my birthday!
Birthday Buttons Card by Alisa Bangerter
Okay, maybe I’m starting to see the need for Button Day. (For more button inspiration, click HERE to see how our 2009 Gallery Idol finalists incorporated buttons into their card designs. Pretty amazing, huh?) I bet you’re saying you could really use some buttons about now. Your wish is my command! Leave a comment telling me why you love buttons so much and I’ll pick one winner to win this assortment of colorful buttons from American Crafts! All comments must be received by midnight (MDT) on Tuesday, Nov. 17.
One lucky winner will take home ALL of these buttons!
Your Paper Crafts Design Intern,
Melinda
P.S. Ok, now that my gushing is over, I want to encourage everybody to come back tomorrow to this here blog. I’ve been working on something for Paper Crafts that is going to be posted tomorrow! It was a challenge to pull together, but I’m really proud of how it turned out! Make sure you come back and see it!
P.P.S. It’s time to announce the three winners from Susan’s We Are the (Moxie Fab) World post and the two winners from Kelly’s Living in the Now post!
Susan’s winners:
1. Marla H. (Nov. 12, 4:53 p.m.)
2. Cheri Howard (Nov. 12, 5:44 p.m.)
3. Mary D. (Nov. 13, 3:23 a.m.)
Kelly’s winners:
1. Wendy (Nov. 13, 4:51 p.m.)
2. Charlene G. (Nov. 13, 1:09 p.m.)
Congrats, winners! Kelly will be contacting you shortly to discuss your prizes and get your mailing addresses. Thanks to all who left comments!
I just love buttons! So many colors, patterns, styles…and they can be used in so many different ways. I love having jars of buttons in my craft space…they are pretty to look at and almost therapeutic to dip your hand into. Thanks for the chance to win some more great buttons!
Buttons are just a fun addition to any scrappy project. They bring back lots of memories of my grandparents.
There is just something about buttons that adds a little finishing touch to a project and they make a project feel so homemade too.
Buttons are just so pretty and the possibilities are endless! Love buttons! Thanks for the chance to win!
Button day, WAHOOOO LOL!
It’s a good life!
Terri E.
What’s not to like about a button? They are easy to embellish with and just seem to make any creation they are used with happy and whimsical. Love ‘em.
Button, Button whose got the Button! Ok, I need these buttons really badly. I would love to get my hands on them to create lots and lots of cards, crafts and scrapbook pages, and maybe to use them in the traditional since. Thanks for the chance to win.
Buttons are my new FAVORITE embellishment!! I would LOVE to win these!! thanks for a chance!!
WOW, I guess I’m not the only person who loves buttons. I like to use them on cards because they add depth, color, and everyone can relate to them.
I love that buttons add texture and depth. They are also cheap, and you can incorporate new ones or vintage ones from old clothing.
Buttons are the perfect embellishment or can also be a fun and creative focal point! There are so many different colors and styles nowadays, but I still reach for the bag of hand-me-down buttons given to me by my mother-in-law!!
I LOVE buttons! It sounds cute, and love how they have holes). It’s a perfect way to accessorize a layout, and very functional, too. I love it so much I created my blog header with a photo from my button collection.
I’m a big fan of buttons. And would love to win! I love to use them on cards. Thanks.
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I love how buttons can draw your eye to the focal point of the card or layout!
Buttons are some of my favorite embellishments! They come in all colors and designs, if you buy them, they often come in a big pack, and you can often just find buttons and therefore recycle them when you use them on crafty projects – very green!
Thanks for the chance to win!
I love buttons . . . they add a touch of whimsy to cards, layouts, and other projects!! I hope to win all those wonderful buttons!!
Wow! I love buttons because they come in all shapes, sizes and colors. There are so many unique buttons. They are wonderful and you can use them to create so many different designs. I need to start using more buttons in my card making!
I love buttons because of all the variety and also, you can add them to EVERYTHING it seems! Anytime I’m looking for a little more, I end up using a button most of the time. Love them!!
Buttons just add that extra “pop” that you need sometimes!! Plus I have a great big bag of them that I’ve collected over the years so they are a pretty economical embellishment.
I am a seamstress and love buttons. I am always happy to see ideas that use buttons.
Buttons are soooo much fun! I love them because they come in all different shapes, sizes and colours and always add that extra bit of pizazz to any kind of project! Creativity with buttons is endless!
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I don’t know why I love buttons so much. They seem to be the perfect touch for most cards. LOVE THEM!
Thanks for a chance to win some new ones.
I think we all grew up with tins, or glass jars, filled with buttons. At least those of us over 20 yrs.!! (no offense!!) My grandmother’s button tin was handed to my Mom and then to me. While there are some real winners in there, they are mostly white, brown, black, or blue! Even those I use!! But I love all the pretty ones! I put them on cards, on layouts, on tags, and every once in while, I put one on a shirt! This would be a fun giveaway to win!!!!
I love buttons. They just add that extra special touch to a card. Can’t make cards without them. I’m addicted.
My cards tend toward vintage/shabby and buttons really seem to fit right in on almost any card.
I absolutely love to use buttons…I use them all the time. I even have a tool box (one where nails are separated) for my buttons. They are all sorted by color….and I would love to sort all those yummy buttons in with my stash!! Pick me!!!
Oooh… Buttons! Yummy!
Button Button Who’s got the Button was a fun game we played during a rainy day when I was young. We used buttons for bingo too. I love the way buutons sound when they move around in a jar. I love to put buutons by color in jars to brighten up my craft space. My favorite way to use them is to put them in the center of a flower. Hooray for Happy Button Day!
I am so attracted to buttons…I think it must be the multitude of beautiful colours you can find them in. I use my buttons for both cards and scrapbooks, especially as borders. And I get a lot of pleasure from getting buttons from all kinds of people who know I use them a lot.
Love the card with all the buttons – they make it really fun!
I love-love-love buttons!
who knows why but i have become a button junkie. yes i can’t believe it either but it’s totally true!
I love the look of buttons, but I don’t have very many of my own. I never see any cute ones in stores, but I just ordered some from PTI. I can’t wait to use them. I’ll have to check out these ones from American Crafts too.
I am hooked on buttons! I love polka dots so you can put a button dot on almost anything. So I am seeing those glitter buttons yummy!! So much fun!!
My love of buttons started when I was a child. My grandmother always used to have a huge box of buttons that I would play with. I would sort them constantly. They were so simple and so much fun. Now every time I see a box/bag/bunch of them, I just have to run my fingers through them. It’s great to be able to put that love of buttons into my pages and cards.
Buttons make me very very very happy. They just do. They are multicultural, textural, come in all shapes and sizes with different patterns and purposes and boxes and jars of them thrill my inner child. They make cool sounds when played in and keep my attention for hours. Who doesn’t love them?
Kim Marie
Buttons make me think of the collection my grandma used to keep in her sewing box. So cool to play with.
I love buttons because they come in so many colors, sizes, and designs. I especially like to use this on boy’s or masculine cards, because buttons can be unisex, unlike flowers.
I think I love buttons so much because you can have an infinite amount of variety in such a tiny little space. I remember my granny had a huge jar of buttons she had collected over the years – some found, some salvaged from worn out clothing, others picked up at garage sales. I used to love just looking at all the buttons in that jar!
ooooooooo!!! I love buttons! I have two reasons why:
1) When my daughter was little (a year or two) I had a huge old tin full of buttons and she would run her little baby hands through, picking up the buttons and letting them fall, just enjoying the colors, the feel, and the sound! It made me smile just to watch her be so content with buttons!
2) My grandma used to stash buttons in her sewing ottoman thingie. I never even knew that it opened up for storage until I was in my teens. When she showed me, I was smiling from ear to ear and they always remind me of her now!
Both are emotional ties – but strong ones at that!
i love to use buttons on my projects to add some “cuteness” (i have 2 little boys). i love the demension it adds.
I love button because they are cute, available in so many color, easy to add demension to a page.
I love buttons because you can use them on anything! Cards, layouts, any theme! Any time you need a little added touch, buttons can do the trick! Stamp on them, paper them, glitter them, emboss them, tie embroidery thread through them, or leave them just the way they are!
I love buttons because they add so much texture and dimension to a page. My fave spot to put them is as a flower centre or overlapping a ribbon.
Thanks for the chance to win that gorgeous selection !
Oh, I would love some buttons. I have had to put them on my Christmas list, so to win them would mean more room on my list for other great craft supplies. LOL Thanks for the chance to win!
I love buttons because they remind me of my grandmother’s sewing box. She taught me how to sew and buttons were always one of my favorite trims. Thanks for a chance to win!
I really don’t know that buttons can be used to beautify papers until I started do scrapbooking. I have lots of spared buttons attached to clothes and I’ve been keeping them for such a long while. I had no clue what to do with them, but now I can use all of them to enhance my layouts…and they come with different colors, shapes…Love it!
When I am crafting using buttons, I find that it takes a little extra (stitching, glue dot, ribbon) to make a button become a part of the project but that little extra makes the project feel extra special. That’s why I love buttons!!