Button Thumb Tack

These are SO easy to make! Cute little Button Thumb Tacks. Great for you and for a gift!

First - you need supplies - a couple buttons, thumbtacks and a glue gun.

Oh yeah - and some thick thread - I don't know the name - it's thinner than twine.
A jar full of buttons is always handy!
I like to make them a little more decorative. So I add the twine to button.
I tied it to one of the button. And then glued the two together.
Then glued the thumb tack to the bottom of the button.
And voila - just put them on a small piece of cork - add a little decorative piece of cardstock - and it's ready!
You can even add them to a little plastic bag - and make it more giftable.

New Corkboard

So - I had the kids to bed at a decent hour - and I got to work! I have a lot of chairs and other project being painted. And I saw this frame:



My mom gave it to me a while ago. It's been sitting in my garage. I figured - while I had the spray paint - I am going to spray this too. So I sprayed it a flat black paint, and put a matte clear finish on it.


I went into the basement and found some thin cork - the rolled up kind. And I also had some foam core. I cut the foam core to size - and the cork. I had some scrap fabric left over also. So I cut the fabric about an inch on each size larger.


I took my staple gun and stapled around the corners so it was nice and tight.


I fit it inside the frame, stapled some more - and voila - it's done. It fit's nicely in the kitchen.


The buttons are thumbtacks I made - and the paperclip on the board is something I made too - i'll get to that tutorial later :)


For now - I am beat - I am going to bed. Hope you enjoy!

I totally redid this on January 21st! Check out the new corkboard in this post at the bottom - looks way better...here.