Trying to come up with some new designs for the buttons. The ladybug button was a totally disaster. Poor thing got squished. No one wants to see a smashed ladybug. It’s not pretty.

Three more pin cushions. The button on the left one if a new one too. I didn’t want to make a bunch and find out they look terrible. It has a big ball of glass on the top. I’ll be making more of these in different colors.

Shank style buttons with a cherry design on them. They kind of look old-fashion to me.

Kitties!! That one on the end has a flat head. He kind of looks like Iggy with the fat cheeks.

My mom’s quilting teacher gave her a little pin cushion. It’s really cute. She got the pattern and is going to make me some to sell at the craft show. Here’s the first few.

Aren’t they cute? I’m going to make the buttons that go on them and try to match them to the fabric.

I’m going to try to make a couple more heart buttons and more cherries too.

The one on the bottom is wrapped with a thin gauge of copper wire before wrapping it with fine silver wire. I thought the copper wire would give it more texture without the added cost. The top one is just wrapped with fine silver. These are really easy and quick to make.

This mostly copper except the silver bezel cups for the cabs.

I’m planning on making a few more of these since only a couple match. These are fairly small.

I started out making the two buttons on the right. I realized the frit would look better on the bottom of the buttons, that’s when I notice I got a round blob when I melted off the glass rod. They kind of look like a kaleidoscope.

Just a couple of purple and white dot buttons. I’ll probably make more of these in different colors.

Now, a few beads…

More birds. I like making these. They are really fun.

Bunnies!! Two white ones and two pinkish blush ones. I was getting tired of making all white ones.

A set of round beads that have glass shards applied to an opal yellow bead.

Two different views. I wasn’t going to make mine this big but it’s hard not to keep adding components. This was a totally awesome class!!

Front and back views. I made the glass button on it but I forgot to take a close up picture of it. Dud…

The fronts and backs have different etched or embossed designs on them. I’ve lined the beads up so all the holes are horizontal in the picture.