Use What You Have: Buttons and Brads

Good morning! Welcome to day 4 of "Use What You Have" week! Today’s post is brimming with simple ideas for utilizing buttons and brads, so let’s get right to it!

First Cheryl Overton, Candice Palmer and I show that sometimes all it takes is a single button or brad to put the finishing touch on a layout…

…while Celeste Smith makes small clusters of buttons and brads look adorable...

 

...and Emily Pitts makes lots and lots of buttons look really REALLY cool:

Lisa Dickinson arranges a collection of brads and buttons in a simple grid for a fun and unified look…

…and Jody Wenke’s use of brads adds the perfect pop of color to her title.

Rebecca Cooper uses brads to anchor her title…

…and I strategically place a few buttons in a visual triangle to “frame” my photos.

It’s also fun to use buttons/brads to accent a border…

(Beth Proudfoot)

(Marnie Flores)

...or journaling...

(Marnie Flores)

…or flowers…

(Tina Cockburn)

(Ann Costen)

…or snowflakes…

(Cheryl Overton)

…or trees:

(Lisa Dickinson)

(Beth Proudfoot)

And what little girl wouldn’t love an embellished pair of flips ($1 at Michael’s!) with a matching ponytail holder:

(Beth Proudfoot)

Now let’s see what you can do with a handful of buttons! Don’t forget to download your designs to our Flickr group.

And join me tomorrow for one more day of “Use What You Have” week—I’ll be talking rub-ons!

Happy Friday!