Clay Buttons by Jamie
I saw Jamie's post on these buttons and thought they would make a great Frugal Friday Tip. This is what Jamie posted on her blog "I was at Joann's the other day and they had Transparent Fimo on clearance for $0.97 for the big bundles! Just $0.97! I haven't worked much with clay (unless play-doh counts!) but I have always been intrigued by it - so how could I possibly pass up this deal! We all know that we can't use coupons on sale/clearance items...which would explain the "pasta maker" now sitting on my art table! Now that I have the clay and I can make it all the same thickness what else could I do but make BUTTONS!
Of course, these are just my first attempts but I am really enjoying it! I baked them for 30 minutes at 230 degrees and then grabbed my Copic Sketch Markers, my air compressor, and my Copic airbrush kit and started playing! After I got them 'painted' I took them outside and placed a coating of acrylic sealer on them and let them dry! How cool is it that you can match buttons exactly to the color of your Copic colorings! Yep - I will definetly be making more...lots more! Check out Jamie Lane's blog for even more buttons.
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Great buy! I love how cool your buttons look and to be able to match them to your colorsings is awesome. I need to get my hands on some copics! tfs I will check out your blog.
ReplyDeleteCan't beat 97 cents! wow! Those buttons look so cute! Thanks for sharing such a great tip with us!
ReplyDeleteThat's awesome! You're such an enabler! :P
ReplyDeleteHow cute...love they way those look....and you could do diff shapes and emboss patterns into them....omg.... look what you did..you got me going!!!
ReplyDeleteThis such a cool idea! I wish we had a Joann's here in Canada.
ReplyDeleteThese are awesome - I actually found some clay for 50 cents! Now - to use it!
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing!
Those are awesome!!! Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteA very cool tip! Great find on the clay too!
ReplyDeleteVery cool to be able to match with your Copics and what a great buy!
ReplyDeleteVery nice buttons!! Thanks for sharing! I wish I had time to make my own.
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