Hey friends! Happy Tuesday! Today I’m going to share with you this button letter I made for my daughter nursery awhile back. Sorry these pic’s aren’t the greatest, I actually took them about six months ago. Some how I forgot to post this. I still cannot believe I haven’t posted her nursery yet. It is by far my favorite room in my house… I’m on it!
This button letter was so easy to make. All you need to get started is a plain wooden letter. You can find these at any craft store. Then you’ll paint it to match your color scheme. I’ve seen some cute multi-colored button letters as well. There so many different variations you could do. Great creative!
Emmalyn’s button letter E had to be all pink {of course} to match her girly room.
Button letter how to:
- Gather several different buttons in all shapes and sizes. I spray painted several buttons to make them pink. :)
- Arrange your buttons on your letter before gluing.
- Once you’ve laid all your buttons down you can start gluing. Start with your bigger buttons first.
- Once all your buttons are glued on, you can fill in the empty spaces with rhinestones and brads.
I hung up the E inside this funky frame from Ikea. I love how it turned out! I’ve recently added some butterfly’s around the sides and cannot wait to show you. It looks so cute!
For more posts from her nursery go here: Trash to treasure Armoire , Doll bed photo prop
Thanks for reading! Have a great day! {hugs}
Jamielyn Nye is the founder and managing editor of iheartnaptime.net. She is married to her best friend and together they have two beautiful children just under two years apart. Her days are filled with lots of snuggles, crafts, e-mails, avoiding the ever-growing pile of laundry, play dough, sneaking bites of chocolate and wondering, “Is it nap time yet?!” I Heart Nap Time is a creative site sharing DIY home projects on a budget, crafts, sewing tutorials, easy recipes, tips and techniques.
Jean
what kind of glue did you use? this looks neat!
thanks for sharing! :)
Jamielyn
Hey Jean! is started out with E-6000 but ended up going with hot glue! :)
Judy
I am definitely pinning this as a project I want to do. I just love the buttons. Great idea to paint some of them.
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Meegan
That is just adorable! I have a similar frame that I have been trying to figure out what to do with it-you just solved my problem :)
Thanks!
Meegan
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Cranberry Morning
What a great idea! I wish I had thought of this while I still had a three-generation button box (that now belongs to my daughter – making it a four-generation button box, I guess)
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Laurel Ann
I think this is so adorable! What a cute and fun project! I am going to do something a little more masculine or gender neutral for my youngest boy in his room but this idea is going to stick with me. Love it!
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Jessica @ Stay at Home-ista
Just pinned this! My older two have their names up on the walls of their rooms, but the little one (3 months) doesn’t have hers up yet. There appears to be some sort of letter shortage and one of the three letters in her name is always out of stock when I go to the crafts store! I bet I could pull this one off with just one letter, thank you.
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MARIAN
Me encanta.Precioso.Bsos.
Vanessa @ {nifty thrifty things}
That is such an adorable idea! Love the button letter! :)
xoxo,
Vanessa
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Kendra L
That is freaking ADORABLE. Consider it pinned. In the *fingers crossed* chance that I one day have a baby girl, I’m making this!! I guess I could do it for a boy too but…girl seems more fitting.
Kristin
I absolutely love this. I have big wall in my daughters room I was thinking of doing her whole name. Would it be too much to do a whole name in buttons? Would it cost me $10,000? How much to buttons cost these days? Admission: I’m not much of a crafter. Am I still allowed to read this and make comments?
Jamielyn
haha love it! you are totally allowed. ;) And yes it may cost a fortune to do the whole name. I bought a huge bags of multi colored buttons and spray painted a lot of them which made it cheaper. However I did have a few buttons on there that were .50-1 each. It ended up costing me around $20. Thanks for commenting, you’re too sweet! xo
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Dawn
I love it! You can always buy a package of bulk buttons at Michael’s. I bought a large bag of assorted buttons for $5.99, and it would work out perfectly for this.
Elise
Soooo sooo pretty! Girl’s nursery rooms are so fun to decorate! I’m going to have to go to Ikea now to find one of those frames.
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Meeha
I love how it turned out! I especially like the sweet pink button assortment :)
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Monica
What is the Pick Me Up pen you are using and where can I get one?
Jamielyn
Hey Monica! You can find the tool here: http://www.silhouetteamerica.com/tools.aspx . I LOVE it!!
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