The best job ever and the coolest friends that I ever had were when I worked at a restaurant called the Heartthrob Cafe. It was in downtown St Paul, Minnesota and was so fun! Today we had a get together to catch up and reminisce. This is one of the many good things about facebook, finding people that you wished you never lost contact with. So, today my post is the buttons that I made for this event. We had 'flair' that was a lot more fun and cool than a restaurant chain that I will not name here. We danced and sang birthday songs. The girls wore poodle skirts and we did all of this while wearing in line skates. We were a crazy family and honestly this was one of the best times in my life. Ahhh...memories. In the time spent there somehow the button machine came into my possession. In honor of our gathering, of course I had to make pins. Here are also two murals that I painted at the restaurant. Let me tell you they were tricky! The murals are on glass and when
Look at my collection of buttons, WOW! So many possibilities. When you go to craft of fabric stores you can purchase buttons in miscellaneous bags for less than five dollars. This is an item that is great to have around because there is always a use for them. 
This is a fun idea using buttons. It was inspired by a craft book that I got at the library. The project in the book called for felt, but I have a large roll of vinyl from a past job that worked just as well and it is very sturdy. Actually with the amount of material that I have you can be sure to see more projects with the vinyl in the future. I cut out a basic flower shape then sewed on buttons in various sizes. With a bit of hot glue a pin was attached to the back. Here is a picture of it accessorizing my favorite sweater. It could be made in whatever color buttons you would like. Another option is to attach them with glue but by sewing them on the chance of them falling off is less.on
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