Saturday, June 23, 2012

Birthday Buttons

 It seems that the boys' birthday presents from us this year consisted of gorgeous buttons...with things to go under them.
A few months ago I got my favorite button maker to make us some special buttons for each child. While I was ordering them I also found these wonderful fishing buttons,
 perfect for a fisherman's jumper.




The buttons I ordered for Benny were of course cowboys

 I made him a cowboy waistcoats out of upcycled fleece to go under them,
 complete with a sheriff's badge.

 He was pleased and wore his new cowboy clothes all day

Joa got Dogger buttons. His special wee toy is a little plush dog that looks like this.
 I made Joa's waistcoat out of a felted upcycled jumper.
Oh how I love buttons :-) and how I love these little boys (as I type this Joa is sitting on my knee pointing to the above picture of him saying 'nohnah' which means snotter ;-P)

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    1. he's so proud to be able to say snotter lol

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  2. How cute! The kiddies are adorable! Thanks for sharing the pictures with me and letting me know the buttons worked out for you. I'm so glad!

    Robin

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  3. buttons by robin is my favorite button shop too (thanks to you for mentioning them)! I hadn't realized she could do custom ones- I need blue jay buttons!
    I love your creations, Laura!

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    1. thanks Mel, I'm sure she'll make you the perfect buttons :-)

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