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How to Make a Button Necklace

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By Lisa Russell
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Button Jewelry Can Be Colorful
Button Jewelry Can Be Colorful
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Do you love the look of button jewelry? Turn that jar full of vintage buttons into a beautiful button necklace today. Learn to make button necklaces and surprise friends or family with a beautiful button necklace today.

From Quick Guide: Necklace Display for Beginners
Difficulty: Moderately Easy
Instructions

Things You'll Need:

  • a variety of buttons
  • memory wire or
  • fishing line
  • a clasp

    Making Button Necklaces

  1. Step 1
    Old Buttons
    Old Buttons

    Choose which buttons you'd like to use in your button necklace by laying them out on your work surface until you're happy with the color scheme.

  2. Step 2

    Measure your twine or fishing line. Make sure you leave an extra few inches to allow for the clasp and possible back-threading to reposition any buttons that aren't lying right. You can always cut it off later.

  3. Step 3

    Afftix one end of your clasp securely to the end of your twine. Make sure it's completely secure before proceeding. A broken button necklace is not much fun.

  4. Step 4
    Jar of Buttons
    Jar of Buttons

    Decide how you'll be stringing them. You may want to go for a "stacked" look or you might want to try alternate ways of threading the buttons so that they lie differently. Making Button Jewelry is fun.

  5. Step 5
    Buttons Everywhere
    Buttons Everywhere

    String up your buttons. Making button necklaces is easy.

  6. Step 6

    Secure the other end of your clasp when you've finished stringing buttons. Make sure it hangs at the length you intended and enjoy wearing your button necklace wherever you go. You might even want to make several button necklaces to give as gifts.

Tips & Warnings
  • When making button necklaces, vintage buttons come in a variety of fun shapes and sizes.
  • Broken button necklaces can present a choking hazard to children under the age of three.
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