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Show I "GAY GADGETS" Associated Newspapers WNU Features By NANCY PEPPER BUTTON BOX THERE'S NO END TO THE FASCINATING FAS-CINATING TRICKS YOU CAN DO & WITH BUTTONS. OF COURSE, EVERYBODY IS RAIDING THE FAMILY BUTTON BUT-TON BOX TO STRING ASSORTED AS-SORTED BUT-TONS BUT-TONS INTO NECKLACES AND BRACELtTb. HERE ARE SOME BUTTON-BRIGHT BUTTON-BRIGHT IDEAS FROM THE TEEN AGE CROWD. DOUBLE-DECKER Want to trim up that old blouse or sweater? Fasten Fas-ten it with double buttons. Double buttons, chum, are large buttons, topped with smaller buttons in double-decker effect. You can work out some original combinations. MISSING LINKS When you need a pair of cuff links just raid the old button box again. Select four buttons but-tons of the same size and connect them in pairs with little pieces of tape. EARRING REPLACEMENTS Have you lost some earrings so that you are left with odd earrings that you can't wear? Just remove the tops and attach buttons to the earrings ear-rings clips or screens. Plaster of paris or liquid cement will do the job. BUTTON BEANIE Cover an old felt beanie with assorted buttons. Just sewn on helter skelter and willy-nilly. You get a costermonger effect that's really eye catching. CLEAN SWEEP If you have an old broom handle around cut it into narrow slices. Make holes through the center and trim with nail polish, paints or wood-burning set. Result a set of sports buttons for your last year's cardigan. HOLE HEARTED While we're on the subject of BUTTONS, let's think about BUTTON HOLES, too. Cut out little hearts in felt and sew around your button holes with slits through the center so the button can go through. Or, cuter yet, cut out little lips and sew around your button but-ton holes. They will remind you to BUTTON UP YOUR LIPS when you're tempted to spread rumors. UN-COMMON SCENTS A ROSE MAY BE AS SWEET BY ANY OTHER NAME (SHAKESPEARE (SHAKE-SPEARE SAID SO, ANYWAY) BUT NOT BY ANY OTHER SMELL. IF YOU WANT TO BE AS FRAGRANT AS A ROSE TRY SOME OF THESE SCENTED TRICKS. YOU SURE ARE SWEET, HONEY! POMANDER BALL Scent up 1 your whole closet by hanging a Pomander Ball in it. How do you make one? S'easy. Just take an orange and stick whole cloves all over it, just as close together as you can. Tie a ribbon' around it and hang from a shelf or hanger. That's a trick your grandmother knew. Guess she was a Hep Chic, too! NIPPY NECKLACE String whole cldves into a necklace. Gives you I a spicy tang. I GLAD PADS The next time you ' make a dress or blouse, sprinkle j sachet powder in your shoulder I pads. The flavor lasts. |
