How to of Gretchen's Button Jewelry

This is the details of the top left pendant in the above photo.

This pendant started with a black vintage button, layered with a vintage mother of pearl in cream, than layered with a vintage butter colored flower.  I removed the inner circle off of this button and glued in place of it a white freshwater pearl for the center.

These four necklace pendants started out as vintage mother of pearl large coat buttons.  I used gorilla glue to glue the next element onto them, which I carefully chose.

Note that three of these elements are vintage clip on earrings.  The bottom right pendant has a series of three vintage buttons collaged onto each other.  Love the way the star makes me think of the state of Texas.

This is the only vintage button I've ever seen in this star shape, so I really wanted it to pop on the pendant I chose for it, but yet to be subtle and neutral, so that it could be worn often.

Wouldn't this be great at Marbourgers in Texas event?  Go Texas!

Another group of six to give you the look and feel of the style I try to create.  Aren't these vintage elements wonderful finds?

Another grouping of six pendants.   I love to make one-of-a-kind jewelry pieces.  You will note that even though there may be two of the same style of earrings with some of this collection, I usually would use a different background button to give the pieces variety, but in this grouping there was one combination that just went so well together that I made two of that design.  That is however quite rare that this happens.

This is a very romantic style of a pendant with the vintage cameo, vintage teardrop mother-of-pearl element, vintage scalloped black button and finally a large gorgeous mother-of-pearl button used as the base.

I have quite a few red, black and white elements that are all vintage and decided to make a grouping of those colors.

The bottom two don't show up very well, but the left one is a black button, layered with a red detailed button and lastly with a cool little bowling pin button.  The bowling pin was probably a button off of an old bowling league shirt.

Bottom right pendant is a dark maroon color button with a mother of pearl square element and the 2nd vintage cross earring is used on top.

The largest of the pendants I've made is the 4 layered piece on the left.  They are all buttons until the top piece used is a vintage rhinestone cross earring.

I bought a jar of buttons for $4.00 in December and the calico red/white floral button was in that lot, as well as the vintage star brown button previously shown in this post.  Such fun finds.

A few pendants with gold vintage details on the added elements.  It gives a different look.

This is one cool background button.  It is a glass irridescent button and a funky 1950's style yellow earring has been added to give it that funky, but fun look some people just love.

A funky green vintage earring with the addition of glass leaves adds to this pendant.  A fun loving person would choose a pendant like this to wear.  You really notice this citrus colors, which are back in for Spring 2009.

A couple of completed pendants with the leather cording added.  You could also use a ball chain in place of the leather.

There is a finding piece attached with gorilla super glue to each of these background buttons and than a jump ring is attached to the finding.