Never one to just sit idle, even when I’m really busy, I can’t not fuss with some project. The buttons for this challenge were no exception. I had to pull out the drill and add a few more holes for the earrings and then I decided to alter the large royal blue button. I used some embossing powders, green and bronze, so just a hint of the royal blue from the original color is still showing. Again, my standby of knots and some turquoise seed beads to complete this macrame and button necklace/wrap around bracelet. I love things that have added value and dual function. Wear it as a necklace or wear it as a bracelet. Thanks to Cindy Wimmer at Sweet Bead Studio for hosting this blog hop and swap. And thanks to my partner Jeannie Dukic for some great buttons.
Here is the Button Swap participant list:
Angie Blasingame and Billi R.S. Rothove
Billi R.S. Rothove and Angie Blasingame
Birgitta Lejonklou and Pam Farren
Bonnie Coursolle and Tania Hagen
Brenda Salzano and Hope Smitherman
Cece Cornier and Jeannie Dukic
Celeste Thurston and Christine Damm
Christine Damm and Celeste Thurston
Christine Stonefield and Dana James
Cilla Watkins and Lori Bowring Michaud
Cynthia Machata and Julia Johnson
Dana James and Christine Stonefield
Diana Ptaszynski and Erin Prais-Hintz
Emma Thomas and Rebecca Anderson
Erin Prais-Hintz and Diana Ptaszynski
Erin Siegel and Sharon Borsavage
Holly Westfall and Sally Russick
Hope Smitherman and Brenda Salzano
Jeannie Dukic and Cece Cornier
Jenna Meyers and Kristi Harrison
Jenna Tomalka and Karen McKillip
Jenny Davies Reazor and Sandi Volpe
Julia Johnson and Cynthia Machata
Kalaya Steede and Kylie Dickman
Karen McKillip and Jenna Tomalka
Karen Mitchell and Renetha Stanziano
Kay Thomerson and Shannon Chomanczuk
Kim Roberts and Partner unable to participate at this time.
Kristi Harrison and Jenna Meyers
Kylie Dickman and Kalaya Steede
Linda Djokic and Patty Gasparino
Line Labrecque and Teri Baskett
Lori Bowring Michaud and Cilla Watkins
Marianna Boylan and Tracy Statler
Mary Harding and Stacie Florer
Maureen Baranov and Tracy Bell
Melissa Martin and Theresa Fosdick
Michelle Hardy and Peggy Johnson
Nicole Valentine Rimmer and Niki Meiners
Niki Meiners and Nicole Valentine Rimmer
Pam Farren and Birgitta Lejonklou
* Pam Ferarri and Stefanie Teufel (will share their reveal on a later date)
Patty Gasparino and Linda Djokic
Peggy Johnson and Michelle Hardy
Rebecca Anderson and Emma Thomas
Renetha Stanziano and Karen Mitchell
Rose Binoya and Shanti Johnson
Sally Russick and Holly Westfall
Sandi Volpe and Jenny Davies Reazor
Shannon Chomanczuk and Kay Thomerson
Shanti Johnson and Rose Binoya
Sharon Borsavage and Erin Siegel
Shirley Moore and Veralynne Malone
Stacie Florer and Mary Harding
* Stefanie Teufel and Pam Ferarri (will share their reveal on a later date)
Tania Hagen and Bonnie Coursolle
Teri Baskett and Line Labrecque
Theresa Fosdick and Melissa Martin
Tracy Bell and Maureen Baranov
Cece, your button jewelry is such a brilliant design! The variety of textures and shades of green really combine to make a stunning piece! I really love the macrame and seedbeads mixed with Jeannie’s handmade buttons!
Cece this is fabulous! I love that you can wear it as a necklace or bracelet. The earrings are darling. Thank you for making my buttons look so good.
Cece, as usual, you’ve made beautiful pieces. I love the wrap bracelet/necklace with the sweet seed beads and macrame. And those earrings are just darling!
every piece you made is stunning! so cool that the necklace can be a bracelet! the seed bead work is awesome…i wish i had the patience to work with those!
I love how versatile the design is, but I am in LOVE with that wrap. It is fantastic!
Just love Your creative and skillful designs!! and those earrings are gorgeous!!
“Nods” yep this works… love it.
Beautiful finished projects. Love this swap.
Great pieces. I love the different looks you can get from wearing the necklace/ wrap bracelet different ways.
Flipping love. You REALLY need to write a book — your skills are amazing.
I love the pieces that you created with your buttons, especially the wrap bracelet! Great job!
I love the soft blue/green colours you used to create your jewellery item. They are all so cute but the flower themed earrings are my favourties.
I really love the colors of this. Beautiful work.
Love your creativity! That bracelet is wonderful, and those earrings are just yummy! I agree with Lori, you need to write a book!
Your colors are beautiful!
WOW!! Those are beautiful! Beautiful design, beautiful colors, beautiful buttons!
I love the convertible bracelet/necklace that you created. It is simply beautiful. The earrings are so cute and fun and the fiber adds a touch of whimsy.
Your bracelet/necklace is such a great idea – love the colors – and your earrings are so cute!!
Uhm…..I think I found my favorite piece on this swap! Love this necklace/bracelet, and the earrings to match too!
Great colors and I love the different techniques you used. I really like it as a wrap bracelet. Cute earrings.
Hi Cece! What a great swap! You did a marvelous job with the buttons. I particularly like the earrings. Very clever design! (P.S. I like the new look of your blog but I searched for a few minutes before I could find where to leave a comment. It was very hard to find. I didn’t want to leave without telling you that I enjoyed your designs!)
Great colors! I like it as a bracelet best but LOVE how it can be both! I too love my dremel, no hole? No problem!
The touches you added are really great. These pieces turned out exceptionally well! Love them!!
Wow. Just… wow. I love this design– what creative construction!!! Personally, I like it best as a necklace… but I’m a “necklace girl”, myself 🙂
Thank you oh so much for sharing. It was lovely to see what you put together for this challenge/swap/hop <3
Very pretty. I especially like the versatility of this piece. You did a wonderful job.
I love what you did with the buttons, great job!
Love the piece. So creative. And the colors were just fantastic! Can’t wait for the next button swap.
Thanks for stopping by and sharing your comments. I’ve really been enjoying doing swaps, challenges and blog hops this past year.
O_M_G how did I miss this!!! love those little flowers and all that flexible yumminess – genius!