by Rena Klingenberg.
(Jewelry Making Journal)
Buttons serving as earring packaging - or as organizers keeping pairs together.
Buttons can be a fun item for earring packaging.
They can serve as a sort of “earring card” if you put the earwires or posts through the button’s holes.
I raided my Mom's button stash for the photos in this post!
Using buttons this way can also keep a pair of earrings nicely rounded up during travel or shipping (earrings love to move around inside their gift boxes whenever they have the chance!).
You can use 2-hole or 4-hole buttons. If you'll be hanging earwires (instead of straight posts) in the button holes, make sure the holes aren't too far in from the edge of the button or you may have trouble getting the earwire through.
Buttons can add a memorable, handmade touch to your packaging – especially if they’re a good match with the style of jewelry you make.
For example, you might use vintage buttons as packaging for Victorian-style earrings.
And for keeping your own earring pairs together at home, buttons are a great solution!
(Note: The only earrings made by me in this post are the pair on the bright red button. All other earrings pictured above I’ve purchased from other artists over the years – and I wear them all the time!)
Rena Klingenberg
Jewelry Making Journal
Jewelry Business Blog
This is such a great idea. I could have never thought of that. I will definitely use the buttons for my earrings
Thanks, Neha! I find it’s a really simple way to keep pairs together if you keep them in a jewelry box.
Rena, very clever.
I recently stumbled across a website (Woodworks Ltd) that sells unfinished wood buttons for very cheap prices in bulk. Stamp them with a cute rubber stamp and you could have some very cute branding too.
Ann at AnimalCoin.com
What a clever idea!!!
I love buttons and I have lots of odds of every color (I kind of collect them and sometimes I use them in my jewelry), I will definitely use them for my earrings, thank you so much for sharing!
Fabulous! You’re so imaginative, Rena.
Oh. Em. Gee! Loooove this idea, what a simple, brilliant little invention. Thanks for the great tip, Rena!
So smart. My girls are always misplacing their earrings. I think the buttons will look so cute they will want to put them in to keep them together.
What a great idea for packaging! – I saw this idea in a mag for when going on holiday to keep your earrings safe!
Well, what a fabulous idea! I’m going to link your post up to our blog FB page. Thanks for this awesome tip!
What a neat idea! I’m not doing much in my jewelry-making business lately, but this idea may also be useful keeping earrings stored in some way cool and creative! My daughter has been on me to help her find a way to keep all her earrings organized and this may just be the trick. Thank you for sharing!
how cute love the earrings my daughter often sports this style.
Great idea – am sending my sister a bunch of buttons for her earrings! Joining from Inspire Me Monday.
What an awesome idea! I love it!
Popped in from Craft-O-Maniac’s Monday Blog Party
What a fabulous idea! I love this! Going to give you a shout out on facebook!
Thanks for linking to a Round Tuit!
Hope you have a fabulous week!
Jill @ Creating my way to Success
What a great idea – I have so many great buttons. Gosh you could give a pair of earrings so many different looks. Thanks for sharing your creative inspiration with Sunday’s Best – you helped make the party a success!
Great idea! I love that you repurposed buttons. Have a great week!
Blessings,
Nici
i think that’s such a great idea! now, to find buttons and to remember to do this when travelling!
What a great idea. I’m always wondering how to keep my jewelry more organized. Thanks for this clever idea. Gail
Great idea!
I love this idea and I’m so happy that you linked it up to Well Crafted Wednesdays!
What a simple but Awesome idea! Thanks so much for sharing at the We Made That Linky!
This is so creative!!! I never would have thought of this! All my earrings are jumbled together in one big box. Now I’ll have to go find my button collection…
That is the most clever idea! I love it. Stopping by from Time Travel Thurs.
Great idea!
Great idea! Perfect for my jewelery box which is just a drawer. I’m always frustrated trying to find a match. Thank you!
I just said to myself the ones on the red button are my favorite and then I looked and saw those were the ones you made! Beautiful!!!!!!
What a clever idea. I saw it on Whatever You Want Wednesday as I was adding my shoe card. I am already a subscriber on your blog. You have great ideas. This would even be great for displaying earrings.
Thank you for sharing your project at Potpourri Friday!
What a clever idea! Buttons and earrings ~ I can do that!
Fantastic idea! One of those, ‘why didn’t I think of that’ moments, haha. Stopping by from the We Made that Linky party
Now, how smart is that!!
Wonderful idea! Perfect for traveling and not loosing one earring. Thanks for sharing at Creative Thursday this week. Have a wonderful weekend.
Michelle
Wow! That is really clever and I can’t believe I haven’t seen this before! Good for you! And the earrings that you made are fabulous!
Fabulous idea!!! You’re a STAR at I Gotta Create! You have your own feature ~ swing on by and grab a button. Thanks so much for linking up!
<3 Christina
What a darling idea! Great way to keep earrings together in a jewelry box or display! Wish I’d thought of this
Love this idea!!!!!
Great idea. Love it. I’m going to start doing this with my small number of earrings. I keep buying them and losing them. Best wishes, Linda
Oh my goodness. I would have never thought of that. It’s so perfect. Thanks for sharing at my Our Favorite Things Link Party.
Such an awesome idea. I’m going to have to remember this for the next time we travel.
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What a smart idea! I can’t wait to start organizing my mess of earrings.
I would love it if you would share this at the Smart Solutions linky party. You can link up here:
Have a great day!
This is so smart! I’m featuring this at the link party tonight. Thanks for linking up!!
Kathryn
So smart and creative of you! Thanks for sharing your creative inspiration with Sunday’s Best – you helped make the party a success!
This is such a smart idea! This would be a big help to keep my earrings in order. I’m featuring this on my blog tomorrow! Thanks for linking up!
Great idea! Thank you for sharing at our Pinteresting Party!
You’re being featured this week on Creative Thursday. Stop by and check it out.
Michelle
This is brilliant! Thanks for linking to Tickled Pink…featuring you later today!
I featured your post on my blog this week. Thank you so much for sharing.
Please feel free to link up more of your wonderful posts.
Thanks again
Thanks for linking up at Or so she says…! I hope you’ll add me to your list and come back this Saturday!
What a great idea! Cute packaging to go with your adorable earrings!
LOVE this idea. Will definitely be using it from now on.
What a cute idea! I don’t have a jewelry box, but rather, stole an idea from my mom, years ago, that I believe she got from “Hints from Heloise” for storing them – using stackable ice cube trays!
As an ‘extra perk’, you could also use inexpensive ‘ear stoppers’ to keep them on the buttons, and I think customers would appreciate the lil’ extra that they can use.