I have seen these thread based buttons but didn’t know what their name was. Well they are called Dorset buttons. There is a great step by step tutorial on how to make Dorset buttons over at the blog Create Whimsy. Now, I bet there are all sorts of recycled materials you could use as the base ring like the ring on pull tabs of cartons of milk? The tutorial includes how to add beads to the Dorset button and I bet it would be fun to super-size the buttons and use them for embellishments.
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A bunch of great ways to display holiday cards all over the house
I don’t have much available way space as I cover my walls with art. But I do have big white plain kitchen cabinets so this idea for putting big red ribbons on them to clip the Christmas cards to is perfect. This idea for displaying holiday cards is featured at the blog Life As Mama along with a bunch more.
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