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You'd be surprised what jewelry you can make with inexpensive white plastic buttons. Supplies - Buttons, White Plastic

Hi, I had checked your article link, and know about white plastic. Thanks for sharing..

That is a cute bracelet. Did you use a magnetic clasp and is it secure enough for a bracelet?

Hi, Clark. You're very welcome.

Hi, Angie! I did indeed use a magnetic clasp, but I wouldn't do it that way a second time. In fact, I might switch out the magnetic clasp for a lobster clasp or something more secure. I tend to snag bracelets on just about everything, and the magnetic clasp just flies open in that situation.

Have you ever seen the wreaths made with buttons? I keep thinking about making one. Also I saw somewhere on the net where people had taken the florist cones and pined buttons on them with fancy straight pins and theywere really neat looking.

Hi, ConnieM, I have not seen those, but would really like to. I'm going to have to go looking for some photos on the internet. Thanks for bringing it to my attention!

I bought a cone last year but didn't get around to making a tree. I have a pretty big stash of vintage buttons!

The good thing about those generic plastic white buttons is you can use them as the foundation of a crafts piece and then use the vintage buttons here and there as accents, and you get more mileage out of fewer vintage buttons.

I have a shoe box full of the generic type buttons. The place I get mine from is like a second hand store. The lady buys things at garage sales and sometimes people bring things in for trade. She has a plastic heavy duty storage bin that is full of buttons. I have spent hours digging through it. My kids won't even go in there with me anymore unless I promise not to look at the buttons! I never thought much about buttons before but they really are neat. I make charm bracelets out of them and have sewed some on a couple of little quilts I made. I have a shelf dedicated to them in my craft room.