{"id":5944,"date":"2011-04-21T02:42:44","date_gmt":"2011-04-21T06:42:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/?p=5944"},"modified":"2011-04-21T02:42:45","modified_gmt":"2011-04-21T06:42:45","slug":"welcome-to-the-button-swap-blog-hop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sweetbead.mysticcomputing.com\/?p=5944","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to the Button Swap Blog Hop!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Welcome to a blog hop hosted by Michelle Mach of Beads and Books<\/a>. Michelle had the great idea to host her first blog hop all in the name of buttons<\/strong>. \u00a0She’s been crafting with them since she was a child and collecting them for years. \u00a0As much as we love beads, I think many jewelry designers love to collect buttons and add them to jewelry as an interesting design element. \u00a0After all, buttons can tell stories and they are often one-of-a-kind. \u00a0I bet you may have a few tucked away in a jar yourself! \u00a0I’m fond of vintage and antique <\/em>buttons, especially those with metal shanks or mother of pearl.<\/p>\n

Michelle paired us off and we were to send our partners 3 buttons – made from any material, shape or size. \u00a0One of the buttons had to be “special”. \u00a0My partner was Linda of Lutka and Co<\/a>. \u00a0What fun it was to be introduced to a new (to me) jewelry designer, someone all the way on the opposite coast. \u00a0We exchanged emails and learned how much we really have in common. \u00a0I thoroughly enjoyed perusing her blog, as Linda is extremely talented in many mediums. \u00a0I saw bright plants from her garden, her Zentangle drawings (which are fine enough to be turned in to art stamps!), her jewelry, her digital art and her beautiful lampwork. \u00a0I was so surprised to find a gift in my swap package: \u00a0Linda sent one of her own lampwork floral shank buttons and matching beads! \u00a0The floral detail is amazing.<\/p>\n

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My swap buttons were vintage and exactly the type of button I would seek out myself! Linda picked up this beautiful old mother of pearl button in an antiques store en route to Palm Springs.<\/p>\n

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Now on to my button creation. \u00a0Did I mention that the swap guidelines stated that we could make anything<\/em> with our buttons, not just jewelry! \u00a0That caught my attention. \u00a0 This was the perfect chance to try something new! \u00a0When I first saw that great mother of pearl horse button, I thought of my sister and her beloved horse, Deuce. \u00a0I tried my hand a little mixed media gift for Nikki. \u00a0 I made a whole bunch of rolled fabric flowers and saved some for another project. \u00a0I love that you can use any fabric and adorn the flowers with anything you wish, such as rhinestones<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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Being sentimental at heart, I included one of my sister’s favorite pictures. \u00a0I added the swap buttons in a layer of vintage lace, silk ribbon and tulle .<\/p>\n

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Can you guess what I made?<\/p>\n

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Why, it’s an altered clip board! \ud83d\ude42 Paper collage, buttons, lace trim….*sigh*. \u00a0I can see why so many people love mixed media. \u00a0I do too. \u00a0And thanks to Michelle and Linda, I had to opportunity to give it a try again.<\/p>\n

There’s more! \u00a0Michelle is hosting a give away<\/strong> for those who visit the Button Swap blogs! \u00a0 \u00a0When Readers comment on any (or all) blogs, they can win a set of buttons.\u00a0 The full rules can be found on Michelle’s blog<\/a>, but basically, each comment on a different blog gets them one entry.\u00a0 So if you comment on all posts, that would be 25 entries!\u00a0 But if you comment 25 times on a single blog, that only counts as one entry!\u00a0 The giveaway is open to everyone!<\/p>\n

Now on to visit the Bead Swap Blogs!<\/p>\n

1. Cat –\u00a0Boo Beads<\/a><\/p>\n

2. Cindy –\u00a0Sweet Bead Studio<\/a> (you are here!) \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

3. Cory –\u00a0Art with Moxie<\/a><\/p>\n

4. Cyndi –\u00a0Beading Arts<\/a><\/p>\n

5. Dita –\u00a0Alankarshilpa<\/a><\/p>\n

6. Donna, Marti, and\u00a0Michelle<\/span> –\u00a0Beads & Books<\/a><\/p>\n

7. Erin –\u00a0Treasures Found<\/a><\/p>\n

8. Hope –\u00a0Crafty Hope<\/a><\/p>\n

9. Inca –\u00a0Zerenity Design<\/a><\/p>\n

10. Katrine –\u00a0Army of Sock Monsters<\/a><\/p>\n

11. Krista –\u00a0French Elegant Jewelry<\/a><\/p>\n

12. Kristie –\u00a0Artisan Clay<\/a><\/p>\n

13. Linda D. –\u00a0Lutka and Co.<\/a><\/p>\n

14. Linda L. –\u00a0Linda’s Bead Blog<\/a><\/p>\n

15. Lody –\u00a0Lody’s Beadworks<\/a><\/p>\n

16. Lori –\u00a0Pretty Things<\/a><\/p>\n

17. Loretta –\u00a0Loretta’s Boutique<\/a><\/p>\n

18. Malin –\u00a0Beading by Malin de Koning<\/a><\/p>\n

19. Mary –\u00a0MK’s Creative Musings<\/a><\/p>\n

20. Maryanne –\u00a0Zingala’s Workshop<\/a><\/p>\n

21. Melinda –\u00a0Melinda Orr Metal & Clay Jewelry Designs<\/a><\/p>\n

22. Saskia –\u00a0Perlendistel<\/a><\/p>\n

23. Shannon –\u00a0For My Sweet Daughter<\/a><\/p>\n

24. Shirley –\u00a0Beads and Bread<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

25. Stephanie –\u00a0Confessions of a Bead Hoader<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

We just went on Easter Vacation so unfortunately my online time will be somewhat limited…but I’m looking forward to visiting the Swap blogs just as soon as I can!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Welcome to a blog hop hosted by Michelle Mach of Beads and Books. Michelle had the great idea to host her first blog hop all in the name of buttons. \u00a0She’s been crafting with them since she was a child and collecting them for years. \u00a0As much as we love beads, I think many jewelry […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[37,42,24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5944","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-antiques-and-vintage-treasures","category-blog-hop","category-blog-love","entry","override"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/sweetbead.mysticcomputing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5944","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/sweetbead.mysticcomputing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/sweetbead.mysticcomputing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sweetbead.mysticcomputing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sweetbead.mysticcomputing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5944"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/sweetbead.mysticcomputing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5944\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/sweetbead.mysticcomputing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5944"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sweetbead.mysticcomputing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5944"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sweetbead.mysticcomputing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5944"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}