Christmas Tchotchke

           I was digging through my hall closet the other day, when I came across a large jar of old, vintage jewelry, and from the look that I imagined was on my face,  it was as if Christmas had come a bit early because there were quite a few necklaces and brooches that were in very good condition, and I love wearing vintage.  I decided I wanted to do something fun with the rest of the pieces, and that's when I remembered that way out back, in an obscure corner of of our yard, is an old rabbit hutch

Hope Studios: Tutorial Tuesday - Button Bracelets

Hope Studios: Tutorial Tuesday - Button Bracelets

Here's a great tutorial on button bracelets. Over the years, I have found drawers and jars and old cookie tins filled with some really beautiful buttons. I just came back from my husband's grannies' house where I found some really cool glass buttons....so, waxed linen cord in had, buttons ready.....let's make some.......

I just did this one in about ten minutes, the tutorial uses nine inches of cord length, but I'll add that you may want to use much longer, especially if you space your knots  far apart or you add a large bead, as I did, anyway, it's a quick and easy craft, and turns out pretty cool! 

The Kindergarten Junk Dealer

  Ever since I was a little girl, I had this fascination for rummaging  around the house, looking in all the  junk drawers, and finding treasures of every kind, which,  can be quite alot  to a kindergartner, paper clips, large safety pins with old keys attached, those funny, squared pencils dad used for his city plans, it was like Christmas, finding stuff to take with me to school, and oh, it was a coup if I could find an old metal band-aid box, now that was something to really trade with.