I have been making card holders for Christmas and thought I would see if I could find some colourful buttons at our local thrift or dollar stores. Unfortunately, not much was available. I did find some colourful wood ones but with such bright and busy fabrics they would probably blend in too much. Maybe it doesn't matter if they blend in??? I will think on that!! They were $2 for less than a dozen buttons. So I kept looking to see if I could find any sort of resource with which I could make buttons. I was successful in finding these plastic butterflies at Dollarama. There are about 50 in a package for just under $2 with tax. I brought them home and thought they would make great buttons and fit quite well on the card holders so I made them into buttons. I used a 5/64" bit in the drill press and made a hole on each side of the body just about where the wings meet. Worked out really well and they look great on the the card holders. I put regular buttons on the other side. So I will be looking for other options in this vein to make buttons with. In the meantime I bought a few more packages and will make them into buttons and add them to my stash and use them where they work the best. Therese
