Tonight Charles and I made the last buttons of the year for our daughter Eva’s school. I think it’s more accurate to call them badges, but a lot of people refer to them as buttons. Either way, as diligent PTO members, we made hundreds of them this year for the teachers to give out as awards for perfect attendance, meeting math and reading goals, honor roll, and so on.

Though they take a while to make, and can sometimes be a real pain, I have mostly enjoyed this year’s project. I love to design the pictures. We use Badge-a-Minit button-design software, which comes with some okay clip art. I import copyright-free designs and digital photos. It is fun to make the designs, but it is even better to see them made into badges.

So this isn’t the usual knitting-related post, but the badge-making project has been a big part of our lives this year, and it is a craft project. I love making stuff!