Show N’ Tell: Buttons
written by marieann
I finally bucked up and spent the $60 to buy the Badge-a-Minit button maker. I longed to make 1″ buttons to pin to everything that I own. I’ve already started making a bunch for swap partners and I made Sean a Heath Ledger button that made him a superstar for a weekend. I have to tell you, though, they are a lot harder to make than you might think. I am still messing up about a third of them. The plastic doesn’t always get perfectly trapped under the metal backing and it ripples. The instructions explain that even pressure is the key to a flawless button but that’s much easier read than done. I’ve been making cute little fabric bookmarks to ship the buttons too.
Buttons would be so fun to make! By the way, your post is showing all your code, and not links. Just thought you should know so you can fix it.
Wow, I have been thinking about buying one of those, but I was afraid it was going to be cheap and cheesy.
(ps, I found your blog via Craftzine)
Ay, I’ve been having a bit of an ache for one of those…let us know if you figure out the trick!