I was out on the hunt for brads the other day and was a little shocked at the selection, in a good way. There's all kinds of styles ranging from faux screws to clouds to rhinestones! I must have stood there for a good ten minutes just to soak it all in. Then I did the next logical thing, bought a whole bunch of them. After I got home, it occurred to me that I could make my own. So I did a little experimenting and here's what I came up with:
Supplies: Brads, E600 glue, EmbellishmentsGlue embellishment to top of brad. Let dry over night. Done!
I can see these being used for wedding and party favors. There's so many possibilities with this.
Some of the embellishments I used were, fabric buttons, buttons, and dresden trims.What else do you think would be good to use?
19 comments:
Fantastic idea which will be seen used on my blog soon lol. Something I do with plain coloured brads is add patterns with Sakura glaze or soufle pens. Hugs lin
Linda,
I never heard of Sakura glaze before. I just stopped by your site but couldn't find a picture of it. Do have a link you could share with the rest of us?
Linda just emailed me this link to a post where she uses the Sakura glaze pens if anyone is curious.
http://lindysmaidwidluv.blogspot.com/2011/01/dream-of-life.html
OOooo the gears in my head are really turning now. Must give this some thought! Great idea!!
Good idea! I've wanted to buy some brads that look like tiny buttons, but have been put off by the price and not bought them because...well...I don't really NEED them...they'd just be cool to have. I never thought of just buying regular ol' brass brads and embellishing them myself!
great idea...would pressed flowers or a leaf work?
Stitching At Stone Cottage,
Great idea. Along those lines, how about some acorn caps too?
OMG, this is just creative and lovely.
I L-O-V-E this idea!! You are so creative!
What a clever idea, I usually just paint my brads to match my project but I like this much better.
An idea that came to mind was using small antique keys or old brooch fronts.
What a great idea this is, I really like it and am already thinking of projects it could be used on. Thanks for sharing, you always come up with fantastic craft ideas.
Great great idea!! will hot glue do the job aswell?
Awesome idea! I just picked up a great collection of vintage buttons and was planning to make some custom pushpins. I'll have to add custom brads to the project as well! Thanks!
IctoRude,
Love the idea of tiny antique keys!
Cute. Brilliant. And so easy to do. Thanks for sharing your brainstorm. I will be making some myself for cards. Of course I will be looking around to see what items I can glue to the brads.
I love the idea!!!
Interesting post here! And a fantastic idea.
Alexander
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Cute idea! Tiny jewelry charms or beads would be cute, too. :)
A good idea I saw once, but I'm sorry I don't remember where. Heat up a brass brad with a heat gun (about 1 minute) then plunge it into some embossing powder. Then give it little heat up again. Works brilliantly. In the UK brass paper fasteners are so cheap they are practically free! This is a great way to make coloured brads, limited only by what colour embossing powders you have.
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