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Finding a Niche or 'I'm a Button Maker'

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A few weeks ago, a friend took me to a great little quilt shop in Prescott Valley, AZ. Quilt ‘N Sew Connection     www.QuiltnsewConnection.com   My friend, Luana, quilts.   I don’t but I do love to look at fabrics and how patterns are being put together.   I noticed the buttons on the checkout counter and found out some were polymer clay.   The owner and I chatted and she said it would be nice to have a local source for the buttons. If you’ve been following my blog posts about polymer clay extrusions and buttons, you know I’ve been experimenting and getting a system that works.   I made several buttons (27 to be exact) some are one of a kind and some two of a kind and even 8 of one kind.   I was wondering how to package them and came on the idea of using thank you cards from a previous business.   They had my logo on the front that I could cut off and attach my buttons with double sticky tape.   It worked!   I put them in a box...