1898 was when my paternal grandmother was born. Her and my grandfather were married shortly after his return from the end of WW1. I guess what I’m getting at is her new coat with the fancy buttons. She had been so proud until a bird flew over and ruined it with bird poop that stained it. She saved the buttons and would show my cousin and I when we spent summers with them. Oh how I wish I had them now.
A tab on a tab.. I laughed so hard, because I couldn't help but think, ya, we'd do something like that.. only in the junk journal world.. thank you so much for this tutorial - I LOVE THIS! Perfect way to use shank buttons, and THIS method for hidden paperclips I can do! Love the idea of using bulb pins for the charms/dangles! And if you ever needed to take your button or charm off, it would be easy peasy.. I love that! A thousand times - Thank you for sharing this!! :-)
Yes, shank buttons! You can also just slide them onto a paper clip until you get to the top bend and add some lace, for a bookmark type clip. The button then is at the top edge of your journal.
What an absolutely awesome and inspiring project using shank buttons! I have a ton of these type of buttons as I ended up with my grandmother's and mother's button tins. They are rather large tins of buttons, and I have been using buttons from there quite a bit, but I hadn't really figured out a way to use these metal shank buttons in a journal. This is just the right project . And I have to tell you these hidden paper clips with the tab is way more beautiful than other hidden paper clips that I have seen because of the tabs and the dangles. I can't wait to make a bunch of them to have on hand. In fact as I've been watching this video I I've been looking at buttons so I can have some sorted out to use tomorrow. By the way, a dental floss threader ( loke you use to thread dental floss under bridgework for your teeth in your mouth) works quite well to thread thin cording or threads through holes, and it is much tougher and cheaper than a thread threader because it is made out of a tougher plastic. We use them all the time in my rosary making group to pull the thin cording through beads and it takes quite a while before the threader breaks. Many people loose them before they break.😂😅😊
I love how these turned out. Also love your method without all the folding ... I always get confused with the folding. These are so cute!! Thank you for sharing. PS I too have purchased resale shop items just for the buttons! 🙂
Dear Margreth (and dear Daisy 💗), thank you so much for your being such a gifted creator/ maker and sharing with us your crafty adventures ❣ Concerning the acetate butterfly: I use Glossy Accents quite successfully for glueing acetate, metals and other items having a smooth surface... sending LOVE to you and your loved ones 🥰
Enjoyed watching this with my little granddaughter (3months). We’ve been watching each morning. Thanks for your videos!! I like watching the process 😊❤
Hello Margreth 😊 very beautiful and lovely ❤ like you i have a big buttons collection and i am sure i made one for my junk journal for next week 😊❤ ! Thank you so much Margreth ! Have a good saturday !
Suggestion, you can use shank buttons as book closures. Drill a hole or punch a hole through the center of the front cover half way down the right edge. Use some thin yet strong wire to anchor it onto the back of the cover and twist several times--make sure your button is straight if it is directional. Cover the wire with glue and washi tape or sturdy card (cover that with a tuck spot, or lace even. If you have a string closure, just wrap that from the back to the front and around the button. I inherited my Mom's button collection (I have about a thousand of them--many are antique with shanks). She participated in lots of button shows and conventions and had many ways of displaying and using them.
One can use a old gift card or expired credit card as a bone folder. I have had to do that when I can't find my bone folder. My grandmother would get out her huge collection of buttons, and let her granddaughters spend hours stringing them onto button thread, making jewelry.
I just recently found my button collection and was wondering what to do with them. When my grams passed, I got the collection, so it's special to me, but I really don't need a few hundred buttons. I've made clothing for my cousins children with them, for my own children and I have a plan to use several on a blanket I'm making. Thanks for the video, very serendipitous timing. I have a use for many of those beautiful old buttons.
Could make them a little bigger and use them as a bookmark maybe, the buttons are a perfect touch. These are very cool. Thanks again for sharing. Have a lovely day.
Those are fantastic!! Watching you has turned into a collaboration of sorts, in that I find myself saying “yes that looks good; no the other way; don’t forget to ink….etc! So in a way your channel is making me crazy, lol!!! Love, love these…so versatile! Thank you for teaching us such awesome content!!
Girrrrl … Bravo, I foresee many of us in the junk journaling community adding your “how to use those cute but otherwise useless shank buttons” to our to do list. Not easy coming up with something so newish and useful. You might not be the first person to ever try this but … it’s not something most of us would have thought of on our own. I’m doing the 100 day project over at The Eclectic Cottage … I’ll likely give this a try during the challenge/project. Happy Monday my friend.
Oh this is perfect I have a double shank button (probably not the correct name) from my Mother’s nurses uniform from 1947. I have always wondered how to display it/use it in my journal. This will be fabulous. Perhaps a mini photo of her in the uniform for decoration?
Miss Margreth, as you know by now it's called a shank. Miss Natasa from Treasure Books uses shank buttons all the time, but she does use plastic shank buttons and snaps off the shank and glues them to her projects. But then again you probably knew that too. Love your ideas on this project. Thank you for sharing and God Bless you and your family. 🥰💖💖💖💖💖👍👍👍👍👍🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟(🌹🐞🦂🌵)
Ladybug 🐞, you are awesome. As I learn from your videos, I am impressed with your step by step. You make mistakes and don't stop camera feed and show how to make easy fixes. Thank you from Spokane, Washington state. ❤
Shank buttons is what I have always called these kind of buttons. I have been successful in cutting off the shank with using the cutting tool I use with plastic canvass craft. But I love your use of the shank buttons with this projects!!! 44:38
You did it again another wonderful idea, with a twist, love it, I have a few buttons like that and now I know how tom use, thank you so much for sharing, big hugs and kisses to the cats.
I use these shank buttons quite often for journal fasteners where you push the shank through a small hole and apply a small amount of wire through the shank on the inside. You can then use it for tying to. I also find the shank is easy to remove using wire cutters 😊
Omgoodness, I went to a charity shop today and saw a wine book, looked inside and wow, so many labels, I thought of you and bought it. I have a lot of fussy cutting to do, thank you xx
WOW!WOW!!! Love this paperclip, tab. It's simply the best better than all the rest. Thank you so much for showing and sharing this idea with us. Blessings 💕
