I have to admit I was really stumped by the Iron Craft challenge of Hot, Hot, Hot this week. It’s kind of funny as I’m the one who came up with this challenge! I was inspired though by the button rings A Bird in the Hand and Pinkzilla made for last week’s challenge. So, I decided to make one in colors that remind me of fire.
My husband says it’s a pretty lame project for the challenge, but we can’t all have a brilliant idea every week. I also got a little crazy and started making a whole bunch of other rings.
Sit me in a room with a bag of cheap buttons, some ring blanks and a tube of super glue and apparently I can have hours of fun. I think my favorite it the black and white one with the white button set off-center on the black. The peppermint one will be fun to wear around the Christmas.
I learned a few things while making these too…
- Buttons with hanks can be used to make these too. Mine were all plastic and I could cut the hank mostly off with scissors and then file them flat.
- Careful with the super glue. I had a little too much on the orange ring and it ate into the finish of the plastic buttons. You can see the white, rough area in the picture above.
- I want to make more button jewelry!
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