Homemade Holiday Gifts: Button Earrings

Happy Holidays!  Christmas is my favorite time of the year.  I get so excited to see all the lights, decorations and eat all the delicious food!  I especially love making gifts for the people I love.  Handmade gifts are always better, and your friends and family will appreciate the time and effort you put into the gift.

I thought I'd share some of my favorite gifts to make over the next few weeks.  Hopefully you will be inspired to make your own gifts as well!

Button Earrings

I happen to have an extremely crafty mother who collects the most random things.  Due to this, I have an extensively large collection of buttons that serve no purpose except to add a bit of vintage awesomeness to my craft projects.

Flat backed buttons make adorable and kitschy earrings.  To make earrings you will need the following:

several pairs of flat backed buttons
        -Try raiding your mother or grandmother's sewing stash.  Vintage buttons are much more intricate and artsy looking than modern ones
        -Go to your local thrift shop and buy shirts and sweaters for their buttons.  They'll only cost a few dollars and you can repurpose the clothes after you cut off the buttons.

Flat backed earring posts
Jewelry Glue
       -I like E-6000 or Amazing Goop

Go through your buttons and sort them, matching up the ones that are the same.




My mom has way too many of these!

Get creative with the design of the earrings.  Stack a smaller button on top of a larger one.  Try different colors, designs, and placements for the buttons.  Try using small, flat backed rhinestones on top.  Once you have the designs put together, use your glue to attach the buttons together.  With the adhesives I've mentioned, it's best to put a little glue on both sides and then let it set for 1-2 min. before attaching them together.  Here are the designs I created.

Don't forget to make a pair of each design!

Once you've glued your buttons together, let them dry for about an hour.  After that, you can attach the earring post to the back.  Let these dry face down so the post doesn't shift.  The earrings should be completely bonded after 24 hours.


If you're giving these as a gift, cut a blank index card in half and draw a pretty design on it with different colored markers or pencils.  Using a pin, poke two holes about an inch apart in the center of the card.  Attach the earrings to the card and wrap them up!

Give these to any of your friends who appreciate sewing or vintage clothing and they'll be a surefire hit!

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