I have been admiring Chanel jewelry for a while now, but the prices of Chanel costume jewelry (yes, they are NOT real pearls, diamonds, etc.) is astronomical (IMHO). So when I happened upon some authentic Chanel buttons on eBay for around $25 per pair, I knew that I wanted to try crafting some authentic Chanel earrings with them!<\/p>\n

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First I bought 2 black and gold sets of vintage buttons and a pair of silver bottle cap style buttons. I used wire cutters to cut off the shanks from the back of the buttons (please use gloves and protective eye wear in case small metal pieces fly), and where I couldn’t get low enough on the shank (the gold button shanks were very thick), I ground them down with a metal file.<\/p>\n

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Next I used some EnviroTex Jewelry Clay<\/a><\/span>, completely mixing equal small amounts of A clay with B clay. Then I carefully inset the clay into the wells on the backs of the buttons. If your buttons are flat, you could skip this step completely, but mine had deep wells so I had to level the backs to the edges of the buttons. Have patience at this point: to fully cure, you need to leave this jewelry clay for 24 hours.<\/p>\n

What I should have done next is paint the clay on the earring backs, but I jumped to attaching the Jewelry Shoppe 18K gold (nickel free) 8mm earring posts<\/a><\/span> with E6000 glue<\/a><\/span>. When that had fully dried after a couple of hours, I painted 2 coats of Artist’s Loft metallic acrylic paint<\/a><\/span> — gold for the gold earrings and a mix of silver and white for the silver earrings.<\/p>\n

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One of the eBay sellers actually sent me a bonus button so I also made a pendant necklace with that extra! To create this necklace pendant, I used flat and round pliers to create a eye loop pin from silver wire. Then, before the jewelry clay could fully dry, I inserted this eye loop pin into the soft clay, making sure it was centered at the top of the button design (the silver bottle cap designed buttons had a top and bottom). Again, after this clay fully cured, I painted the back with Artist’s Loft metallic silver and white acrylic paint and put a thin silver chain through the eye loop.<\/p>\n

CLICK the picture below to watch the step by step process video of how I converted these Chanel buttons into authentic Chanel earrings:<\/p>\n

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Disclosure<\/span>: Many of the supplies I\u2019ve used for today\u2019s project are linked.\u00a0Some may be affiliate links, which means if you make a purchase I receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. I truly appreciate your support toward the costs of running this blog!<\/em><\/p>\n

These Chanel earrings are being entered into the following challenges:
\nSimon Says Stamp Wednesday Anything Goes Challenge<\/a><\/span>
\nWord Art Wednesday Anything Goes Challenge<\/a><\/span>
\nThrough the Craft Room Door Anything Goes Challenge<\/a><\/span>
\nCrafts Galore Encore Anything Goes Challenge<\/a><\/span>
\nCrafter’s Castle Anything Goes with Optional Use Glitter<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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