J. Crew Sweater Re-Do

Winter is my least favorite season; it seems endless and dreary to me.
I feel like I'm always cold, the sky is often gray, the grass is no longer green, the trees are bare, nothing blooms and I really miss the sunshine. I don't like skiing or other winter activities.
I only venture outside when necessary; never by choice this time of year. Good thing I can see the bus stop from my front windows and that my kids are old enough to walk there! I'm not a hermit, I'm just hibernating.
So back to the sweater. My very warm gray J. Crew cardigan lost a button a while back.
Since I didn't like the original brown wood-look buttons that came on the sweater; I decided to jazz it up a bit with an assortment of colored buttons! Here are the before and after pictures:


















Let me know what you think. Any similar projects you've done? Show me!

Friday Favorites

Everyone has a few things they like to collect, right? I'm not talking about baseball cards or stamps (although I do have my childhood stamp collection packed up around here somewhere, I saw it when we moved. In 2004.). One of the things I enjoy collecting, in addition to fabric of course, is buttons. Old, new, big, little, colorful or plain, they're all welcome here. My collection of buttons looks really nice in a pretty glass jar on a shelf in my sewing room.

Here are some examples of what other people are making with buttons: bouquets! No, I didn't just figure that out, I've admired them for a while. That is why I've chosen button bouquets as my "Friday Favorite" this week. Top photo credited to KreatedbyKelly of Indianapolis, IN. Center photo credited to efgunited of Jacksonville, FL. Bottom photo credited to butterflymosaics of Southgate, MI.