Monday, June 15, 2015

Buttons, Pins, Whatever you wanna call 'em

I'm not really sure what spurred this, but I've developed a bit of a button addiction.
And as awesome as my dad's vintage band buttons are, I was inspired by someone at school to make some designs that were more my style. 
A few trips to Michael's later...


  • Wooden Disc ( mine are 1.5" in diameter)
  • Circular image (I'll show you how to acquire this)
  • Paint/Paintbrush
  • Pin Back
  • Hot Glue Gun
  • Mod Podge

STEP 1:
Hit up the interwebs for some sick pics that you could easily crop and make into circles. 
Here are a few of my faves: 12345678910

Step 2:
Crop the photo you want into a circle and resize it so that the length and width are both 1.5". I formatted on PowerPoint because I don't have Photoshop, but if you'd rather use Photoshop, go for it. After you're done formatting, print and cut it out.


STEP 3:
Paint the entire wooden circle. One side can be lightly painted or only painted around the edges as the picture will go on top. 



STEP 4:
Drop some Mod Podge onto the side where you plan to place the photo and spread it around (I used my finger, you could probably use a paintbrush or something). Place the picture on top.



STEP 5:
This is a weird one and I somehow neglected to photograph it, but you're going to put a drop of Mod Podge on top of the image and put a sort of coating. You only want about a drop so the image's ink doesn't start to blur. You'll also want to target the edges so they fold over the sides nicely if you made it a teensy bit big. Obviously, let it dry before proceeding.


STEP 6:
Hot glue the pointy part on and you're done!! Mix and match colors and even glue on letter beads to make a cool 3D word feature.






For those of you not so much into the crafty scene, here are some super adorable options that I'm dying to scoop up myself:
buttons
Pineapple / Ban.do Flair / Life Lessons / Custom Buttons (the big pile of them you see there) / The Smiths/ Cats / Eight Cat Badges / Cactus pin / Cubes / Banana / Fingers Crossed / Geometric Deer



Check out these awesome button shops: buried diamondsbutt 'n booty (lol it's not what it sounds like...), best player eversketch incasilda storeI like catsGeorgia Perry

Happy Crafting!
xoxo
Hananh

2 comments:

  1. These pins are so cute! I'm not very crafty, but I love the ones you've linked to!
    Tegan xx - Permanent Procrastination

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    1. Thanks gurl! I want all the linked ones too...
      xoxo
      Hannah

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