It is already beyond the mid January point and the old adage is the same as ever...time flies. Since New Years and actually, maybe even a bit before, I've been devoting bits and pieces of my crafting time to a new hobby. Earrings. Sweetly feminine button earrings to be exact. It all sort of got started when I couldn't find a pair of earrings for a Christmas party outfit that I had put together. Ah the Christmas party outfit conundrum. Always fun, always maddening. In any event, I had happened into the local fabric store here in Edmonton looking for quilting pieces and wouldn't you know it, I was passing by the button section and saw the sweetest looking vintage-style buttons that would be pretty much simple feminine perfection for the outfit and take the maddening out of my desire to bring the outfit to completion. I had recalled a friend of mine saying some months prior that she was enjoying crafting jewelry out of buttons, so I figured it could be done! Plus, these really seemed the perfect kind of vintage icing I was looking for. You might think I'm completely bonkers for going so far as to make my own earrings for an outfit and that it seems quite trite...which is most likely true (the bonkers bit being completely true)...but I love fashion and the individual's concept of style and so I guess if I needed to justify it, I'd justify it thattaway! Also, if I can envision something in my head, more often than not, I have to bring it into a similar reality, if at all possible. Anyhoo, this post is going nowhere fast. In getting back on track, I grabbed a few of those sweetly vintage buttons because at that point I wasn't sure how I was going to fashion the earrings and thought I should have some re-do's if necessary...which proved necessary. In any event, these sweet little vintage style button earrings quickly became my favourite part of my entire party outfit and it was at that point I decided I would continue to do it as a side hobby, just for the halibut (ha ha...I love writing that). I have a love of sweet, simple and feminine things, and if they have a touch of vintage in one form or another, so much the better. When looking through pictures of my grandmother and her female cousins and friends when they were younger, it would actually appear that "button style" stud earrings were common and seemingly went with anything and everything. Dressed up or dressed down, they worked beautifully! And since this is an era in fashion that I truly love (the 40's and 50's), I put that notion to the test after crafting a few different styles and I have to say, it's true that these tiny little pieces can add a little bit of something to any kind of outfit, dressy or no. I also am a firm believer that the simple things in life are, often times, the sweetest. It could be that adding simple little piece of colorful femininity with a feel of vintage to your earlobe can produce a sweet significance that might not be accomplished otherwise, even with the sparkliest pair of diamonds (although I am admittedly and always will be a pearl girl). In any event, my latest hobby is one I'm very much enjoying. I'll be throwing these up on Esty because I love Etsy and it is at least a little corner of the world to attempt to sell homemade wares and things you create that you love with the possibility that other people might love them too. I've labeled this particular hobby "L'il Beauts" mainly because I think they're pretty dern cute little things! I've enjoyed pairing them with vintage turtlenecks and jeans and with my favourite navy 50's style "kitchen" dress and even my lumberjack plaid tunic with leggings and tall boots. I can honestly say they've worn so sweetly with any outfit I've paired them with! Truly, not even kidding! And it could be that I'll be the only one to ever love these little button earrings, but that's quite alright, because isn't that the point, to love and enjoy whatever it is your laying your hands to? I think so, and I can say, most assuredly, that I've so enjoyed crafting these and that is such a grand feeling. The pictures I'm posting are not the ones that I hope to put up on Etsy. I'll have to wait until my bestest friendmember visits next and have her help me with the staging for the Etsy pictures. Until then, these are just a few pictures to give you all an idea of what my allotted hobby time has been going to! Thanks for reading!
Crafty goodness and hours of fun listening to 40's jazz and glueing bits and pieces.
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