Anyone who reads my blog regularly will know how much I love buttons.
This is a post to show how I took an old jacket (it is around three/four years old and I just don’t wear it any more) and customised it so I could wear it again. I paid around £9 for it in the M&S sale, I love a bargain. Really simple, anyone can do it!
I don’t know if you have ever bought one of those annoying pieces of clothing…and the buttons just keep falling off. This is one of those! I’ve tried so hard to sew the buttons on as the became undone, but the inevitable has happened and I lost a couple of buttons. So it was relegated to the back of my wardrobe.
My mum donated some gorgeous red buttons to me the other day for my collection, yes I’ve started to call my obsession a ‘collection’. I love clothes with mismatch buttons, so wondered if I could do this with my old jacket using my new red buttons.
Here is what it looked like before:
A pretty boring navy jacket, I had lost all three of the button on the right hand side.
I went with the theory that the mismatch would work if they all had something in common. So I went with a red and gold theme, and the nautical look is always in, in my book. 😉
Here is the jacket complete with new buttons:
I liked it so much I wore it to an exciting event yesterday, at the Lakeside Arts Theatre. It was the launch of Jump In 2012, East Midlands children’s theatre and dance festival. I shall tell you more about that in another post though. But readers from the East Midlands area should visit THIS site and book early at the venues, as it’s sure to sell out really quickly. I’ll see you there!
So here I am wearing my newly customised jacket:
Thank you to Penny from A Residence, who is the resident blogger there, and to Lakeside Art Theatre for inviting me.
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So sorry i couldnt make it yestersday but have to say you are looking rather fab ibn your customised jacket Amanda. What a budget revelation!
Why thank you Becky!
Shame you missed it, but hopefully we can meet up at one of the events later in the year, they look so fab for children. 🙂
I love it! It’s one of my favourite things to do too. I love the red, mismatched nautical look. I’ve got some pretty Liberty buttons j bought ages ago that I’m just waiting for the right thrifted jacket!
What a lovely idea and beautifully done – you look fab in your revamped jacket
Thank you Ruth 🙂
That looks completely amazing! Well done you! I love buttons and have found a website that sells the most beautiful buttons which I keep looking at, the problem is I don’t really sew so if I bought them, that’s all I would do – look at them!
You must let me know the website! 🙂
What a great, simple but so effective, idea ;o)
Thank you Libby!
Fab!!! 🙂 I love buttons too 🙂 x
I had a feeling you did 🙂
Do you know when you are so busy chatting so forget to say I love your coat btw? That! I have one of those coats where the buttons will not stay on, great idea!
Thank you! Hehe, I should have mentioned it reallyX
Great result, and you look great in it..
Thank you :))
Sorry for the lateness of this comment – but I LOVE your coat with its new buttons! And you look gorgeous wearing it x
Thank you x
Wow looks fab transformed with different buttons!
You’ll have button envy when i link up to magpiemonday after the gorgeous buttons i bagged off ebay the other day ;P x
Oh you look lovely! Love the customised buttons idea! Thanks for linking up!
Those are just lovely!
Thanks for linking up at the frugal friday fashion show – this is the perfect post
Popping over from The Frugal Friday Fashion Show.You look great in that jacket, such a great idea.My girls have a few cardigans that I could do the same with.