I have been loving all the Button Monograms that I have seen {and pinned} on
Pinterest. I have been waiting for a chance to make one myself!
This weekend my family and I are visiting my sister {Megan} in Northern California to attend my nephew's first birthday party. We came a day early to have a "family craft day". Yesterday we {my sister, mom, daughter, and me} sat around the table working on our crafts. Three of us made button monograms. Here's how we made them.
First, we printed giant letters for our last names and a peace sign for my daughter. I used a font called Plantagenet Cherokee at 700 pt with an outline setting. Then we cut them out and traced them with pencil onto a piece of card stock.
My mom and sister have an endless supply of buttons, beads, and brads. So that gave me a nice variety to choose from.
Next, we used tacky glue to place the first layer of buttons.
Then we had fun filling in all the little spots one layer at a time until we were finally done. Here's how mine turned out {plus a pic to show the details}:
Today we went out and I bought a frame for mine. I can't wait to get home on Sunday and hang it up!!!
Here's how my mom's and my daughter's turned out: {still awaiting frames!}
Our family crafting day was so much fun and I love how our button projects turned out! Megan will be posting another project we made sometime next week!
