How to Make a Stacked-Button Necklace

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My finished necklace!

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Make piles of different-sized buttons.

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My finished earrings!

Kayte Terry

My finished necklace!

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I spend a lot of time trolling around eBay, looking for good craft lots. Often I buy several hundred buttons at once! Now, usually there are some really special buttons hiding in these button lots, but for the most part, the stash is filled with your standard pearl buttons. I recently got one such button lot in the mail and thought, "Hmmm...what to do with these boring buttons?" That's when I had my aha moment: Stack them up! These accessories are super-simple to make and fun to wear. You can make them in pretty much any color you would like depending on your button assortment.

What you'll need for the necklace:

• About 22 inches of beading thread (you can make a longer or shorter necklace as desired)
• Two bead tips
• About 160 buttons from very small to large
• Needle
• Jewelry glue
• Pliers
• Two jump rings
• One clasp

To make the necklace:

1. Tie a knot close to the end of your thread, and add a bead tip with the open part of the bead tip facing the knot. Make another knot directly above the other side of the bead tip.

Make piles of different-sized buttons.

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Comments (14)

PaulsonMary writes: What a beautiful creation from waste material, this can be used as school or college project. But seriously looking damn good. http://2hellobeautiful.com
Posted: 1:47 am on May 23rd

EchoLin writes: it's a good pattern of button jewlery.
Posted: 1:52 am on March 30th

EchoLin writes: beautiful, it's a good pattern for me, thank you.
Posted: 5:06 am on March 27th

Nodan writes: I like the buttons. I think the jewelry made by buttons are very easy to make. It will be very beautiful if you have choose the beautiful buttons.
Posted: 12:44 am on January 19th

TheButtonGirl writes: That looks really awesome! Some rare yet cheap shell buttons, especially with floral patterns: lotsofbuttons.com/collections/shell-buttons. I think I'm going to make one with the multicolored buttons so it looks like a candy necklace like what you said Bmak :)
Posted: 6:04 am on September 25th

sabrina1087 writes: sooooooooooo cool
Posted: 6:04 pm on July 20th

janettalk writes: This necklace is lovely. If you explained it to me without pictures, I would have questioned the whole idea. However, you pulled it off beautifully. Thanks for sharing.
Janet
Posted: 6:45 pm on June 21st

bmakbutton writes: wow! this is beautiful. this reminds me of the candy necklaces that we used to wear when we were younger. I think what I love about this is the sparse mixture of gold on white buttons. and the differing buttons sizes adds a nice natural touch to it.

awesome!
Posted: 5:33 am on June 13th

BluKatDesign writes: I love button jewelry; I have a couple pieces I made but I really like this stacked button necklace! I never seem to have enough buttons so I guess I will have to break down and buy some! Thanks!
Posted: 8:14 pm on December 30th

ojosdelaluna writes: i really love this idea.
Posted: 6:31 pm on May 30th

swinginmartinis writes: I was so inspired by this that I went on an ebay quest and found lots of plastic buttons and of Mother of Pearl Buttons. I thought the Mother of Pearl Buttons would look great stacked, but it's the tops, not the sides of those buttons that look so pretty. I was able to use those in another project, but am still putting together the best plastic buttons for this great idea!
Rock on lady!
Posted: 5:22 pm on May 1st

Plushmaven writes: I love this & just think with Diane Gilleland's nifty button painting tips you could use all your bland white buttons and add some fabulous color. Thanks for the great idea Kayte :)
Posted: 10:01 am on March 30th

CarlaT writes: I like working with button love this idea!
Posted: 9:54 am on March 30th

Silverridge0 writes: As an antiques dealer for years, I've collected thousands of buttons,some ordinary (sorted by colors!) and then some beautiful ones. But you've given me a fresh idea as to what to do with all the mundane ones! I make jewelry, so this is my next project! Summer needs a colorful button necklace, earrings and bracelet! So here goes! Thanks!! Sherry
Posted: 1:37 am on March 28th

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