Button monogram

Alright, so I have started "following" the Archivers blog. I enjoy looking for new ideas on what I can do to take my scrapbooking to the next level. The lady who writes the blogs recently talked about this website called Pintrest. I have heard about it from a few friends but I never gave it a second thought. After reading the latest Archivers post, I HAD to check out Pintrest for myself. O.M.G. This website is AUH-mazing. It has made me feel like I can be creative even with my basic knowledge of gluing and sewing. I have a few projects lined up but the button monogram was the first one I wanted to try. As soon as I saw this post I immediately thought of my niece, Simone. She doesnt have too much hanging on her walls and I know when I was her age, I LOVED having my name all over my room. Her favorite color is pink (and has been for a few years now) so I knew I needed to make this button monogram out of nothing but shades of pink. I went to Joann's one weekend and purchased all of the necessary materials.

The post where I got this idea used a fabric wrapped canvas but I wanted something a little cheaper. I went back to the wood craft department and picked a decent sized wood plaque. I knew I wanted to give this monogram a "soft" look so I wanted some batting to use between the wood and the fabric wrap. My biggest issue was going to be the fabric. Ugh. I HATE shopping for fabric. My mom has always talked about the remnants area of the fabric department so I went straight there. Sure enough...I spotted some fabric that I KNEW I wanted...without having a clue as to what I really wanted. Perfect. Pink satin fabric. SOLD! I picked up a few packs of buttons and I was on my way. I got home and got started right away. I simply glued the batting to the wood board and then did the same with the pink fabric. Piece of cake.

I knew the hardest step of this whole process would be button placement. I had to have done a dry run with the buttons at least 10 times before I finally got a result that I found acceptable...and then I started over and did it again. FINALLY! Done! I busted out the hot glue gun, stuck those puppies to the fabric, and attached a pink ribbon so the monogram could hang from the wall. DONE! I will wrap this and give it to the little lady for Christmas. Of course I got a Barbie toy as a back up...just in case.

My next project...a monogram made out of Champagne corks... MB