For months, I've been working at a fabric store, and occasionally customers will come in looking for button cover kits. "They're down on the notions aisle, hanging up on the right." That's the most I ever really paid attention to them. Why would I need to cover buttons? But then I found out that I NEED to cover buttons! Why? Because they make the cutest earrings ever! Proof:
So if you want to make some, go to the notions aisle of your fabric store and pick the size button you want. I don't like very big earrings, so I chose the smallest size available, which is about half an inch wide. It really helps if you read the instructions on the back of the button cover kit FIRST, which I did not do and it was really confusing. Trying to hold all the pieces together and pop the back of the button on by hand is impossible.
Here's what the process looks like:
Once you've covered two buttons, get some wire cutters and some needle nose pliers and cut the button loop off the back.
Then hot glue an earring back to the spot where the button loop used to be. Flip the buttons over and say, "Ohmygod, they're SO cute!" Now you can wear them. No really, that's it.
There are so many different fabrics and colors you can choose. You can make the pair of earrings exactly the same like those purple ones, or you can make them different like the teal ones, as long as they still go well together.
Tip: If you're weird about germs like me and you like to wash new earrings before you wear them, I would suggest washing the earring backs before you hot glue them to the buttons. It's going to be a lot harder to wash the studs and not get the fabric wet once the whole thing is put together. Not that it would damage the fabric, but who wants to wear soggy earrings?
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