{"id":8852,"date":"2012-04-11T21:40:22","date_gmt":"2012-04-12T01:40:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/?p=8852"},"modified":"2012-04-11T21:40:22","modified_gmt":"2012-04-12T01:40:22","slug":"btw-and-handmade-buttons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/?p=8852","title":{"rendered":"BTW and Handmade Buttons"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m sliding in, just in time to share a Bead Table Wednesday post. \u00a0I would have posted sooner, but I worked hard on staying focused (and offline!). \u00a0I have been gathering \u00a0up a selection of beads, with a few projects in mind. \u00a0These bead color palettes are very different, but they have one thing in common: \u00a0vintage buttons.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/?attachment_id=8856\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8856\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8856\" title=\"Blog_Bead-Table-Wednesday_Pearly-Whites_opt\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Blog_Bead-Table-Wednesday_Pearly-Whites_opt.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"515\" height=\"624\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Blog_Bead-Table-Wednesday_Pearly-Whites_opt.jpg 515w, http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Blog_Bead-Table-Wednesday_Pearly-Whites_opt-150x181.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Blog_Bead-Table-Wednesday_Pearly-Whites_opt-247x300.jpg 247w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 515px) 100vw, 515px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/?attachment_id=8857\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8857\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8857\" title=\"Blog_Bead-Table-Wednesday_Steely-blues_opt\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Blog_Bead-Table-Wednesday_Steely-blues_opt.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"515\" height=\"705\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Blog_Bead-Table-Wednesday_Steely-blues_opt.jpg 515w, http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Blog_Bead-Table-Wednesday_Steely-blues_opt-150x205.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Blog_Bead-Table-Wednesday_Steely-blues_opt-219x300.jpg 219w, http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Blog_Bead-Table-Wednesday_Steely-blues_opt-493x675.jpg 493w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 515px) 100vw, 515px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Visit the Bead Table Wednesday Flickr pool <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/groups\/1601463@N21\/\">here<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/groups\/1601463@N21\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8855\" title=\"Bead Table Wednesday image\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Bead-Table-Wednesday-image.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"180\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Bead-Table-Wednesday-image.jpg 180w, http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Bead-Table-Wednesday-image-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 180px) 100vw, 180px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">xxxxx \u00a0xxxxx \u00a0xxxxx \u00a0xxxxx \u00a0xxxxx \u00a0xxxxx \u00a0xxxxx<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Now I&#8217;d like to showcase the work of two of the participants in the upcoming Button Swap! \u00a0Both of these artists work with polymer clay and have created their own handmade buttons with beautiful detail. \u00a0I love seeing all of the buttons being made out there &#8211; each button is unique.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">First up we have my friend Laurel Steven&#8217;s work. \u00a0You can see more of her polymer clay pieces and many other creative endeavors on her blog, <a href=\"http:\/\/laurelsteven.blogspot.com\/\">Rue&#8217;s Daftique<\/a>. \u00a0Her buttons, finished jewelry, and tutorials can be found in her Etsy shop <a href=\"http:\/\/www.etsy.com\/shop\/laurelsteven\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/?attachment_id=8858\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8858\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8858\" title=\"Laurel-Steven_Green-Swirl-buttons_opt\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Laurel-Steven_Green-Swirl-buttons_opt.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"484\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Laurel-Steven_Green-Swirl-buttons_opt.jpg 480w, http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Laurel-Steven_Green-Swirl-buttons_opt-150x151.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Laurel-Steven_Green-Swirl-buttons_opt-297x300.jpg 297w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/?attachment_id=8859\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8859\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8859\" title=\"Laurel-Stevens_Stroppel-buttons_opt\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Laurel-Stevens_Stroppel-buttons_opt.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"567\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Laurel-Stevens_Stroppel-buttons_opt.jpg 400w, http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Laurel-Stevens_Stroppel-buttons_opt-150x212.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Laurel-Stevens_Stroppel-buttons_opt-211x300.jpg 211w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Next I&#8217;d like to share the work of Line Labrecque. \u00a0You can see more of Line&#8217;s work by visiting her blog, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.playsculptlive.blogspot.com\/\">Play Sculpt Live<\/a> &#8211; now ins&#8217;t that a great blog name? \u00a0Really sums up the important things! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/?attachment_id=8860\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8860\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8860\" title=\"Line_buttons-jade_opt\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Line_buttons-jade_opt.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"325\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Line_buttons-jade_opt.jpg 480w, http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Line_buttons-jade_opt-150x101.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Line_buttons-jade_opt-300x203.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/?attachment_id=8861\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8861\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8861\" title=\"Line_buttons--bone_opt\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Line_buttons-bone_opt.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"372\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Line_buttons-bone_opt.jpg 480w, http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Line_buttons-bone_opt-150x116.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Line_buttons-bone_opt-300x232.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\">I&#8217;ll be heading to Bead Fest in a couple days and I&#8217;m looking forward to meeting up with some jewelry friends and meeting some in-person for the first time! Will report back when I can. \ud83d\ude42<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">&#8211; Cindy<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m sliding in, just in time to share a Bead Table Wednesday post. \u00a0I would have posted sooner, but I worked hard on staying focused (and offline!). \u00a0I have been gathering \u00a0up a selection of beads, with a few projects in mind. \u00a0These bead color palettes are very different, but they have one thing in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8852","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bead-table-wednesdays","category-indie-artists"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8852","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8852"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8852\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8852"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8852"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8852"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}