I have the great pleasure of owning my own button maker, it’s a wonderful tool and what you can do for your wedding with it are endless.

For this particular button DIY, I chose to make buttons from an old Vogue pattern book I bought years ago. I always loved the sketches and colours in the book but didn’t really know what I was going to do with it until this project came along. These buttons are the perfect inexpensive favour or name tag, you can even match the sketch with the personality of each guest at your shower, engagement party or rehearsal dinner, or use a specific colour palette to identify which table someone belongs to.

Real photos of your guests are a great idea as well especially if they’re gathered from over the years: high school yearbooks, summer camp snapshots or university pictures. You do not have to use the original image, photocopies work just as well and don’t be afraid to experiment by selecting details or parts of an image for a button — the space is fairly small so cropping can be creative!

The button-maker at Toronto's Workroom

Materials:

Button Maker: Available for rent ($30 overnight) from The Workroom in two sizes: 1” & 1 ¼”. They sell the button parts $10.00 for 100 buttons and the rental includes professional circle cutter

Magazine or pictures, fabric, decorative papers

Tags, available at office supply or specialty paper stores