Silly Season: DIY button-making
Have you ever thought of making your own buttons? Not boring old shirt buttons, but decorative and individual works of art.
Buttons come in all shapes and sizes, from 6 inches in diameter at the top end, right down to tiny baby buttons.
Making buttons is an interesting hobby for DIYers. I’m told it has many fanatical adherents among crafters. Perhaps the most interesting from a hobby point of view, are photo buttons. Hobbyists can use their own bespoke pictures — perhaps of family members — to decorate their buttons.
American Button Machines make every type of machine imaginable, and supply the materials to make the buttons. They list possible users of their photo button maker as:
* professional photographers
* sports teams
* churches
* schools
and for use as commemorations of important family events.
Available sizes are:
* 2 1/4″ Photo Button Machine System
* 3″ Photo Button Machine System
* 3 1/2″ Photo Button Machine System.
If you’re looking for a satisfying new DIY opportunity you may not have thought of before, why not try button making?