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1. GOLD.fish

By: Patrick Girouard, on 8/23/2016
Blog: drawboy's cigar box (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags: illustration friday, mixed media, goldfish, buttons, mask, gold, paper mache, Patrick Girouard, Drawboy, Marc Girouard, Add a tag

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2. How to Claim Your Advocacy Button

By: Dan Bostrom, on 2/21/2015
Blog: ALSC Blog (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags: Blogger Dan Bostrom, advocacy, Outreach, buttons, Call to Action, Child Advocacy, Everyday Advocacy, Add a tag

The advocacy button, available from the Everyday Advocacy site (image courtesy of ALSC)

At the 2015 ALA Midwinter Meeting in Chicago, ALSC announced the launch of the advocacy button campaign. Tied to the Everyday Advocacy initiative, the button campaign is designed to help youth service librarians articulate the value of their profession.

The buttons, emblazoned with the slogan “Creating a Better Future for Children through Libraries,” will be available at the 2015 ALA Annual Conference in San Francisco and various state/local conferences.

Attached to each button is a tip sheet, created by the ALSC Advocacy and Legislation Committee, that includes talking points to help articulate the value of youth library service. A virtual button will be available soon.

ALSC is also inviting prospective advocates to claim their own button. By submitting a question, an elevator speech, or a news item for the Everyday Advocacy Matters e-newsletter, participants can get a button mailed to them. This is only available for individual buttons. ALSC does not currently have the capacity to mail bulk orders of buttons and tip sheets.

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3. Lucky Leprechaun Giveaway Hop (US)

By: alethea aka frootjoos, on 3/16/2012
Blog: Read Now Sleep Later (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags: giveaways, etsy, buttons, hops, bloghop, Add a tag

Thanks to I am a Reader, Not a Writer, Books Complete Me & Author Cindy Thomas

for hosting the 2nd Annual Lucky Leprechaun Giveaway Hop

March 17th to 22nd

Today we're giving away some great book-geek stuff!

If you like buttons, you can choose Prize Pack 1:

20 book geek buttons from Read Now Sleep Later

Eeek! Aren't they cute?

You will actually get to pick 10 from the designs above,
and you'll also get 5 each of RNSL and Nite Lite buttons to share with your other book-loving friends!

If buttons are not your thing, you can choose prize pack #2:

A $10 print from Nan Lawson's Etsy shop*

*I forgot to ask Nan for permission to post her image in advance, so while I'm waiting to hear from her, you can just follow the link to her Etsy shop and see what I'm talking about. In addition to bookish designs like this and this she has super-geeky illustrations from Doctor Who, Downton Abbey, and Harry Potter. The winner can pick any 1 of the $10 prints instead of the 20 button set.

Sound good? Good luck and have fun entering all the othe

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4. Five Cute Fantasy Art Pins

By: Diana, on 2/22/2011
Blog: Diana Levin Illustration (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
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Five Cute Fantasy Art Pins

From whimsicalFantasy

This set of 5 art buttons are so cute, you will want to pin them everywhere.
Includes: Fairy Fashion Chick, Lemur, Fairy Girl, Miss Wonderland (Alice in Wonderland) and Bunny heart.

Each pin is 1 1/2″ in diameter.

They are all handmade and they come in a cute little organza bag.

Only $6. Buy Now

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5. The Button Changer

By: jen, on 11/10/2010
Blog: the fabled needle | an art, craft and sewing blog! (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags: buttons, Sewing, Vintage, blouse, Add a tag

One of the things I did this past weekend, besides re-vamping a couple of vintage pieces, was changing the buttons on a few tops. It’s something I’ve been doing since I was a kid. I don’t know, I guess I don’t really like the buttons that are normally sewn on store-bought clothing. And it’s such an easy way to freshen the look of a top or dress (while personalizing it too).

I’m sure you’ve seen this sweet blouse (above) before! I had replaced the broken buttons with red, M&M-like ones when I first bought it. But then I decided I wanted to use those red buttons for something else (see 3rd photo, below). I think these foil-backed glass buttons suit this blouse perfectly, in a sweetly fairy tale way.

I recently thrifted a couple of Banana Republic silk blouses which is pretty fantastic since I don’t normally have a lot of luck finding pretty, modern clothes at thrift shops.

Red buttons for the dotted blouse, vintage mother of pearl for the mustard-y gold print. As I was on a roll, I swapped the plastic buttons with vintage grey and gold glass ones on the creamy-colored sweater.

Oh, before I forget, thank you for your lovely thoughts on my last post! I hope to wear those gossamer things this fall and winter, perhaps layered with warmer clothes. AND I’ve got some other fun stuff to post soon including this year’s holiday cards and a sweater clip tutorial.

Happy Wednesday!

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6. Buttons

By: Claire Louise Milne, on 6/1/2010
Blog: Needle Book (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
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I made it to Quilt Sunday at the Workroom last week but got there late. Lately I'm obsessed with sewing dresses from vintage patterns so I was happy to pick up a few more patterns while I was there. The more clothes I make the more I can see a pattern clearly. I've been practising looking beyond the styling on the front to see the shape of the garment. I'm still planning to show you some dresses I've made soon..

Quilt Sunday is great for quilters but you can bring anything you like to work on. I was making some fabric covered buttons, using some precious little scraps from my stash. When I cut up special fabric such as feedsack prints, I can't bear to throw away the leftover little pieces, so this is what I do with them.

I made some extra special buttons from an elegant vintage hankie with delicate little floral embroidery. I didn't like to cut it up but it had some spots on it that made it easier..

Lately I've also been working on some small projects for the home. I was offered the chance to do a review for CSN Stores. I had a choice from lots of wares from bathroom vanities to cookware. I was thinking it would be nice to have a fresh accessory for the kitchen so I chose a trivet made by Le Creuset. I didn't know they made them so I can't wait to try it out. I'll let you know what I think!

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By: Vanessa Brantley Newton, on 1/13/2010
Blog: Watercolor Wednesdays (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags: buttons, canvas, scrapbook papers. clothing labels, copyright 2010, paint pens, Add a tag

This is Mama Bear. She is made with collage and mixed on canvas.

I had such fun doing this little project. I really enjoy trying all kinds

of media to see how they will work both together and separately.

I'm always trying some new products. I used painty pens to do this.

Stinky, but I love them!!!

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8. it's written in the stars

By: andrea joseph, on 12/9/2009
Blog: andrea joseph's sketchblog (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags: moleskine, collection, buttons, the sepia one, Add a tag

This is an oldie, yes. But it's not on my blog, no. Until now.

I did post it, for about five minutes, about a year back, when I'd drawn it. But I couldn't bear looking at it. I don't why I disliked it so much back then. Well, apart from the composition - which I still feel is a bit contrived. I remember posting it and then deleting it later the same day.

Today, while I was looking through the Moleskine drawings that I'd saved to a pen drive, I came across it again. And, with a year or so between us I feel that maybe I was being a bit harsh back then. It's not too bad. It's not great. Not my best. But it ain't awful or owt.

So, especially as I have nothing else to post, I thought I'd give it another outing. Better owt than nowt. As they say up North.

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9. Inky Buttons

By: Eric Orchard, on 11/27/2009
Blog: Eric Orchard (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
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Now on sale! Inky the bat buttons!! Buy them here.

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10. Busy busy weekend

By: Claire Louise Milne, on 11/26/2009
Blog: Needle Book (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
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pretty apron from Susan

Last weekend was so busy! On Friday I met up with my friend Susan from Montreal, a fellow illustrator and crafter. She makes beautiful little needle felted animals that appear in the unbelievably charming vignettes in her calendar.

We did a bit of a swap and I don't want to make you jealous, but look at the lovely things Susan brought for me (as well as the apron on the top of this post!):

floral upholstery fabric, silk threads, striped ribbons, glass and mother-of-pearl buttons, silver ribbon, lacy white and blue ribbon, and not one but two versions of little red riding hood ribbons. I love everything so much!

We visited the workroom for the Sheridan student sale, and as usual we were greeted by the friendly Maisy, were inspired by the crafts, coveted the workroom fabrics and fed delicious cupcakes. Thank you Karyn!

On Saturday I rushed down with Bradley to the Movies & Makers craft show, hosted by Lisa of GirlCanCreate. I was nostalgic since I grew up going to the Fox Theatre every weekend for the matinees. Once again, lots of craft inspiration. And a delicious cupcake from Lisa, thank you!

That morning we just happened to pass by the Beaches United Church bazaar on Wineva Ave. and I found these adorable pillow cases. Bradley has graciously suggested that I am welcome to cut his up to make something else.

Shortly after that I met a friend to see the Sleeping Beauty ballet at the Four Seasons Centre. It

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11. Textile Museum - Decorator Fabric Sale

By: Claire Louise Milne, on 10/23/2009
Blog: Needle Book (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
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$2 small pink piece of fabric, $5 larger brown wool piece of fabric

Today I rode my bicycle downtown and had a quick peek at the fabric sale at the Textile Museum. This one is a lot smaller than the big sale in the Spring, but it was still worth going. There's some fabric outside on tables, then upstairs there is a large room with more fabric, some buttons and some handmade items.

I bought a scrap of pink fabric, a piece of brown wool fabric and some buttons:

$20 set of four antique glass buttons, $2 MOP button, $3 MOP button

I chose two mother-of-pearl buttons and a set of four antique glass buttons. The buttons are special, so while these were expensive I think they were good value... well I don't really know but the four on the right are the prettiest buttons I've ever seen and I knew if I went home without them I would be thinking about them later.

It's not too late for you to go too! Here's the info:
p.s. they were saying that new buttons would be for sale on Saturday so you all the best things won't be gone if you go then!

For the Love of Cloth: Decorator Fabric Sale

Friday October 23 11:00 am - 5:00 pm and
Saturday October 24 11:00 am - 3:00 pm

Textile Museum of Canada
55 Centre Avenue (Dundas St. W & University Ave., St. Patrick subway)
Toronto, Ontario
M5G 2H5
(416) 599-5321

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12. Balloon Boy and Other Parenting Nightmares

By: Anne Spollen, on 10/16/2009
Blog: Anne Spollen's Author Blog (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
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The other day, Philip asked me (you already knew it would be Philip, right?) how I could push his buttons so easily. I told him he had to stop watching so much Dr. Phil. He only watches him because he thinks he looks like a human walrus, but still, the terminology wears off.

"Seriously, Mom, how?"

"I can push those buttons because as your Mom, I pretty much installed them."

I do believe that. I also think there is a really serious line between what parents can do to their kids and what they can't. This bothers me a real lot:

I listened to a radio interview with the balloon boy's dad. I tried to be open to the possibility that storm chasing dads are as competent and loving as employed dads who, say, mow the lawn instead of charting the courses of cyclones with their kids in tow. When the comment came about the boy saying he had to hide in garage attic rafters "for the show" the dad took out his harmonica and began tooting it. That's when I knew. I found out later that the whole family had appeared not once, but twice on Wife Swap. That's when I was certain.

I think it's great that the boy's innocence, the compelling element that the family tried to play off of, pretty much trumped in the end and revealed the gritty truth. I also can't imagine growing up in a family that has such visibly crazy parents - at least here we keep our craziness out of the national news.

But I also wonder how they get their kids to cooperate with that kind of thing. I remember trying to take pictures of my kids at their birthday parties and they would slide under the table to avoid it. When I would ask them to please, please not tell the teacher that I had actually gone to the bakery and bought the other dozen cupcakes to mix with the homemade ones, the teacher would greet me at the party and ask which ones had I made since the homemade ones were always so much better. They could never really be controlled to that level. In fact, control is the biggest issue in our house.

Emma has a teacher who makes them walk to lunch in a really straight line. (All I could think of when she described this was the children's book, Madeline, and that chant about walking "in two staight lines"). The other day, while the teacher was heading up the line, Emma began a silent version of the Michael Jackson "Thriller" dance and most of the class followed her moves. (I blame her father for those genes) They did this all the way to the cafeteria. She told me she's "kind of famous" in her school now.

I can't imagine asking her to crawl up into attic rafters even for five minutes let alone hours.

Kids that age are pretty innocent. Emma and Philip used to do things like this:

That family damaged that little boy, and I really hope someone other than me notices and steps in to check on the welfare and stability of those parents. It's too bad they can't find more positive ways to bring attention to themselves.

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Elizabeth Bradley said, on 10/16/2009 2:51:00 PM

My husband was watching that interview and I said, somethings fishy in Denmark, (uh-oh, dating myself with that old cliche), and I told him, that Dad is strange. The Mom kept smiling. Who would smile when something so seriously disturbing had just happened. If a mother really believed their son was 6000 feet in the air? The whole scene frustrated me on so many levels. Will they get in trouble for causing such a costly ruckus? Who knows.

Anne Spollen said, on 10/16/2009 4:34:00 PM

I once "lost" Philip at a water park when he was about two. I was screaming, crying -- absolutely bonkers -- and this was within the first three seconds of his one minute diappearance. You're right: those parents were too calm, too comfortable with the cameras.

And how do they live? He says he spends most of his time searching for evidence of extra terrestrial life. That's a career when you have three kids?

I guess I'm ranting now.

But yeah, when you see him or listen to him, something is very fishy in Denmark (you can always quote Shakespeare)

Bish Denham said, on 10/17/2009 7:41:00 AM

Yes all of that is disturbing. But what's disturbing to me is that there's a show called Wife Swap (along with all those other "reality" shows)and that people actually watch and/or participate in them. Why do people feel the need to look in on other people's lives? Do they not have lives of thier own to live? Are they living vicariously through other people? Are their lives that boring to them? Are they that empty? Do they totally lack imagination?

This trend of watching people/celebraties etc. on TV and in magazines has, to me, become a kind of sick voyeurism. The trend may very well be producing people like those parents and their children and a sick need for their 15 minutes of fame.

The other thing that gets me is that it was HEADLINE news. SURELY there are more IMPORTANT things happening in the U.S. and the world.

FrecklesandDeb said, on 10/17/2009 10:53:00 AM

This is a disturbing story. The family does seem to need help.

Anne Spollen said, on 10/17/2009 11:05:00 AM

I know, Bish. It's almost as if we are granting the dad his wish of having a reality show through all the media coverage.

And Wife Swap...I can't imagine. It's disturbing just to stumble upon.

Mary Witzl said, on 10/17/2009 4:04:00 PM

What Bish said. I don't know the balloon boy story, but I can imagine. Fifteen years ago, there was a mother who claimed her little girl really wanted to fly a plane all by herself. And perhaps she did, but the mom was right behind it, always in the picture, smiling away. The little girl got to live her dream and fly her own plane, with an experienced pilot in attendance. They crashed the plane and she died. The whole thing was just so wrong. The mother claimed that the little girl had gotten to do what she really wanted to do and that that helped with her grief, but what a load of rubbish. No kid has the kind of maturity to make such decisions.

I can't get my kids to do things either, but like yours, they think for themselves. And that's a blessing.

Hardygirl said, on 10/17/2009 8:49:00 PM

They must have promised that kid something really HUGE to have him agree to stay in that attic. Not that I believe in bribing children--but it definitely works . . . temporarily.

Call child welfare AND make them pay the entire cost of the rescue mission. They should also be blackballed by the media.

sf

K.C. Shaw said, on 10/18/2009 12:58:00 PM

From what I've heard, the parents are in trouble. I heard a short interview on the news with some official who said they were checking with the DA's office to see what kind of charges would apply. I'm glad. What horrible parents. At least their son wasn't actually in danger--but next time, maybe he will be. After all, it's might make a good show. >:(

Jm Diaz said, on 10/18/2009 8:42:00 PM

That whole story is sad at so many levels, I feel bad for the kids.

Katie said, on 10/19/2009 8:28:00 AM

I have nothing to add. You guys said it all...

Anne Spollen said, on 10/19/2009 8:29:00 AM

Hey, Freckles and Deb, welcome! It is disturbing. I almost never comment on the news, but this story got to me.

OMG, Mary. My boys wanted to go on the roof whenever I tied a cape around them (which was most days when they were toddlers). We "flew" around the carpeted, basement playroom instead. That mother was looney tunes. Unfortunately, she wasn't the only one with kids living in looney land.

And SF, I've bribed my kids to do things like send thank you notes or not fight in the car. But you can't call that bribing: we are teaching "negotiation skills" --

I'm glad, K.C. It can't just be me who thinks those kids should be taken away. The other, new piece is there is a history of domestic violence in the marriage. The story just gets bleaker and bleaker.

Welcome, JM!

Anne Spollen said, on 10/19/2009 8:30:00 AM

Hi there, Katie. Our posts crossed. Everyone did say it all (well, they're all writers...)

adrienne said, on 10/19/2009 5:52:00 PM

I heard about the interview on Larry King, but only got around to watching it today. What an uncomfortable thing to watch. I feel for those boys.

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13. Rainy

By: Vanessa Brantley Newton, on 4/9/2009
Blog: Watercolor Wednesdays (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
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I did manage to pull this one off in about an hour while the
children went out. Yay!!!!!! This is a part of a series of fabric
illustrations that I am working on.

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14. Oooohhhhh, Pretty

By: Jennifer DeDonato, on 1/22/2009
Blog: Colorfly Studio (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags: buttons, jennifer dedonato, colorfly studio, valentine's Day tree ornaments, Heart, Add a tag

I had these random buttons, hearts and acrylic words setting on my desk and I was just about to put them away. Suddenly, I decided to just make something...anything. Here is what I came up with. Gotta say it's Oooohhhhh, pretty.

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15. New Buttons SCORE!

By: Jennifer DeDonato, on 10/30/2008
Blog: Colorfly Studio (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
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I am about to get crafty soon. I scored these buttons while thrifting and antiquing with a friend. I have a few projects that involve felt, remnant fabrics and embroidery floss.
Am I a bit off-balance when buttons make my day? Oh, nuts I don't care (I'm sure there is a club I can join for this sort of thing).

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16. Button Mini Challenge

By: Jennie, on 6/28/2008
Blog: Biblio File (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
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Well, here's my first attempt at making a button! I hope you like it!

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17. you are my sister

By: andrea joseph, on 12/7/2007
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You are my sister, and I love you.

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18. Goslings Just Wanna Have Fu-un

By: At A Hen's Pace, on 10/22/2007
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We got some great stills from our high-definition video recording of a Charlotte's Web dress rehearsal. And since you go frame-by-frame to make your selections, we noticed things that otherwise went by rather quickly... That's Bantam8. The one with the quirks, like the ability to create battle scenes between two rocks--and going without clothes, year-round. (Well, he wears shorts.)

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19. Spiderpig

By: medinger, on 8/10/2007
Blog: educating alice (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
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I was planning to see it when it was out on DVD, but after seeing this bit from The Simpsons Movie trailer, I’m reconsidering. (Andy, please don’t roll over in your grave! Wilbur, don’t worry — it’s a pink pig. Charlotte, um…well…he isn’t very spidery, you have to admit. Peter Parker, he looks nothing like you!)