Winner:
Congratulation Christina TE. You were selected by Math Goodies as last weeks winner. Christina actually lives here in St Louis. This may cause some to wonder if I just chose her to save on Postage. I swear I'm innocent! Hopefully I'll run into you at Bailey's Chocolate Bar sometime, Christina.
Tutorial:
So what's next, you say. Well.... as I was working on a free pattern (coming soon), I got stuck. I needed to fasten 2 parts together (how mysterious). I wanted it to be super easy, super cute, and removable. I started wishing that I could cover a brad like I can cover a button. Then I thought, "hey, maybe I can." So I did. And it worked!!! This lead to a sleepless night, thinking of all the things I can do with my new discovery. A covered brad worked perfectly on Christina's gift. It's actually holding the ribbon in place. Attaching some covered brads on barrettes was easy peasy. And so charming!
Your turn! You too can spend sleepless nights thinking of uses for
these doo-dads. But first, you need to learn how to make them. So here
is my free Button Top Brad Tutorial.
Another Winner:
And as you are thinking of clever uses for them, leave me a comment with your ideas or just say hello. A winner will be randomly selected and receive this sparkley set of Button Top Brads made of Heather's scrumptious Freshcut. Can't wait to hear from you!
They would be adorable for scrapbooking of course but really cute glued onto a picture frame! :)
Posted by: Megan | July 08, 2008 at 11:25 AM
They would be cute in the joints of a doll or paper doll. Or in the holes of an unbuttoned shirt.
Posted by: Misty.Creek | July 08, 2008 at 02:26 PM
Ah ha, Thanks Misty. You just gave me an idea for my mom's birthday. She would love some button top brads for the funky paper dolls she makes.
Posted by: Laura Gunn | July 08, 2008 at 02:40 PM
Cool! I love how you used one to fasten the ribbon on the gift. I'd probably be most likely to decorate cards (or even office papers) with these. Hope everyone else can think of more creative uses!
Posted by: Mrs. Bancks | July 08, 2008 at 03:02 PM
I can envision them in funky Christmas fabric used to attach gift tags to the gifts!! Cute!
Posted by: Rory | July 08, 2008 at 03:07 PM
I'm not sure what I would do, maybe I would use them on a purse, or maybe on the back of a pillow, or maybe I'd just put them in a glass jar because they are so pretty.
Posted by: Nancy | July 08, 2008 at 03:29 PM
What a great idea for the brads.
Posted by: Jan | July 08, 2008 at 03:39 PM
Those are great! I'd definitely put them on barrettes for my daughters - or me! Thanks for the tutorial!
Posted by: Jackie | July 08, 2008 at 05:33 PM
Very pretty fabric and brads! Can't wait to see if I win!
Posted by: Mary Beth | July 08, 2008 at 06:19 PM
Thanks for the tutorial. Those are so cute!
Posted by: Alicia | July 08, 2008 at 06:53 PM
How cute!
Posted by: Sara | July 08, 2008 at 07:06 PM
I love these. Do you think they could be attached to a purse? I am definitely going to give this a try. Thanks for the info.
Posted by: Meredith | July 08, 2008 at 07:39 PM
they are so cute! I did this same thing a while back and covered them with daisy fabric, I think it would be really cute as a flower boquet or balloons!
Posted by: Penny | July 08, 2008 at 07:54 PM
How do you attach these to the hair clippies? Is it just glued?
Posted by: NessaMonster | July 09, 2008 at 09:13 AM
Those are wonderful, and I love all the ideas posted already. I think I want to do this to make some cute cuff bracelets.
Posted by: Shala | July 09, 2008 at 10:31 AM
My clip had a little slot down the middle and I just slipped the prongs through and bent them over.
Posted by: Laura Gunn | July 09, 2008 at 10:31 AM
These are so cute, what a wonderful idea!
I see these pushed in the corner of business cards to hold them together or a stack of wallet pictures. If you put them in the corner it holds all the pictures together, but you can still fan them out to show people.
Thanks for the tutorial
Posted by: Tab | July 09, 2008 at 10:44 AM
I love these. Thanks for the tutorial! I would use them as clasps on the fabric covered boxes I am obsessed with making right now.
Posted by: Jennifer H | July 09, 2008 at 10:44 AM
Oh, how very cute! I love fabric covered buttons, and what a good idea to make brads out of them. They could be the centers of paper or silk flowers that could be attached to things like cards, a wreath, ribbons, Christmas stockings, etc.
I can totally relate to your inability to sleep because you were thinking of ideas! Sometimes I can't sleep for hours because I just can't shut my scheming brain off - a fun type of insomnia, I suppose!
Posted by: Shelley Detton | July 09, 2008 at 11:39 AM
Cute. I make my covered brads the yoyo way but this looks more professional.
Thanks for sharing.
Posted by: Starry | July 09, 2008 at 12:02 PM
I would love to keep a set, or one or two, of these in my purse pocket as a button back up. for those days when a button falls off a shirt/shirt/whatever or your belt won't stay closed... oh that gives me another idea.... you could put a brad or two in the extra holes on a belt to make it match your outfit.
Posted by: Malinda | July 09, 2008 at 12:08 PM
hello i "stumbled upon" you looking for color schemes for my impending wedding. how glorious! i love everything here! especially the bright fuschia pom poms between all those delicious ribbons! will be reading you soon
xo
Posted by: sofia | July 09, 2008 at 01:25 PM
How adorable! Thanks for the tutorial. I like the idea of putting them in the extra holes in your belt, very clever!
Posted by: Bridget | July 09, 2008 at 01:43 PM
How clever! I love it when inspiration strikes. I hadn't clicked over to your blog for a long time (just doing the bloglines thing), and your design is ADORABLE. :)
Posted by: Audrey | July 09, 2008 at 02:05 PM
Just amazing!! They look too cue and i love colours :D
Posted by: Noelia | July 09, 2008 at 03:46 PM