1- cut the avocado pit when fresh, it's easier. even drilling the holes and the peeling of the skin is easier. then let dry. 2- put the sanding paper around a flat object, like a cooking spatula. then move the button, not the sandpaper. much easier. handymen cut a rectangle that fit in their hand from a wooden plank, then roll the sandpaper around it. you can move the wood around big pieces you need to sand, or fix it and sand little pieces on it. loved the video. thanks!
I came across you in my feed today and subscribed. I loved watching, especially when you shared your process and pushing through the mistakes. I loved the tips that your viewer offered above, as well. In both cases, I felt like I was in your studio watching and participating, in my mind for today. And in my actions on a day yet to come. 😂
Yes! I'm learning how to see mistakes as an important part of learning, really appreciate seeing the whole process, I probably would've given up half way (wayy too hard on myself - perfectionist) so commend you for keeping going and just learning from what didn't go quite right! ❤
This felt like such a random video i had to watch. I loved it! I just learned how to make cordage from banana stems which grow in my garden here in West Africa. Now i can make beads from avocados to attach to the cordage. Cant wait to watch your other videos. ❤
My husband works at a fast food joint and has been bringing me home avocado pits until I finally make the buttons. I think today's the day! Thanks for this awesome, informative video!
@lanetower3411 What a great idea! And just in time,too. I rediscovered my mother's old (40's) cotton bed sheets when checking my fabric stash for material for pillow cases. Plant dyes have been on my mind lately for things to do with grandson during school holiday. Tech kids has to learn about the old ways :).
@@margitwes6495 avocado pits=pink. Pomegranate rind= yellow. You may need a mordant. Alum is one. If you have one of those deodorant crystals, they work. Soak the cloth in the mordant first. A rusty nail is another, but I think it dyes the cloth more blue.
Wow, what a sustainable way to use the stone. And I really appreciated, that you left your "failures in the bidoe - this helps so much to do it the right way❤
What a great idea. How are the buttons after washing? Will they stay hard or break after a while? Thank you for leaving the failures and for your patience, while trying out better methods.
I love how you left all your mistakes on the video ❤ ive felt quite disappointed in myself by doing that kind of stuff when a tutorial seemed to be easy
I love this! I love the use of something that would usually just be tossed out, I love the sustainability, I love being able to learn from your mistakes! The perfect how-to video, letting us know what to do and what not to do and why!
Your knitting is beautiful. I love the neutral color of your sweater. Your buttons work well with that color. Bravo for such wonderful work. I thank you for showing us what you d I d wrong...now we wont do that
I know everyone's saying it but thanks for putting the bloopers in :) When most people make videos everything is too perfect, they always have fancy tools, there's no improvisation, there is 0 mess and it's just not what making crafts is really like!
Omg I'm obsessed! Thank you for sharing your mistakes and normalising that they happen. Not only does it save the rest of us from making the same ones, it also prevents EVEN MORE wastage than you already are by reusing the pips and teaching us how to
Consider getting a little hand file/saw. It's about the size of a screwdriver and you can switch out the blades. Great for small, fine work. :) ETA: Those buttons look like owl faces. Would be so cute to use natural ink to draw little owl features and have them as buttons!
Very glad about halfway through the video you stopped drilling right next to your hand! If anyone wants to prevent the rotating button problem by not holding it, a piece of tape over the entire thing will do the trick, you'll still see the button outline with a blue tape too
it's a good idea to drill a small pilot hole first! if you use the large bit right away, you're putting a lot more stress on your material and it can split - use a smaller bit first and work your way up, gradually expanding the hole to minimize this. cool idea, next time i buy avocados i'll have to try this! i enjoy how they look like little pig snouts. it's really cute 🐽🐽🐽
I didn’t have the best day today, but I just came across this video and I’m ending my day with with inspirational video that had the most perfect reminder for me at the very end. Thank you for sharing this video ♥️ 🥑
This is insane! The buttons are so beautiful. Thank you for sharing the best video ever! I never thought you could use the pits for something so useful! A+
I like the unevenness of the buttons. Maybe those ones can be used in a craft item like a tote or bag or pillow case or a one-button top. Like how you showed how to remedy imperfections. Good video.
They have such a delightful sound really beautiful and we actually go through a fair amount of avocados in our household. I am looking forward to this. Oh, I bet you could make cool runes out of it.
Cute idea! Be aware that you should always wash your fruit or veg Before you cut it. Cross contamination can occur from stuff on the skin and your knife drags it through to the inside.
@@elinsDIY As I recall the drying time varied greatly on the type of potato. There was significant shrinkage and wrinkling, depending on the type of potato. And the beads were generally brittle, though held up fairly well after several coats of clear varnish or acrylic paint (once potatoes were dry). Holes for beads and buttons closed up fast unless there was a metal skewer remaining in the hole throughout the drying time (thick wire or potato baking skewers, though plastic might work - I never tried plastic), but the skewer had to be gently turned each day or the potato hole would "heal" glue itself to the skewer. I cut the beads small, usually into rectangles, but I cut the buttons thicker, and used a circular metal mini cookie cutter. Drying time for buttons was much longer. It was a lot of fussy trial and error, but it was interesting. Especially when people marvelled at necklaces made of potato beads. I also made beads by mixing unsweetened applesauce and cinnamon until stiff enough to form into beads. I finished them after they dried with clear crafts varnish.
Thank you for sharing an amazing awesome experience. Thank you for sharing the mistakes too, it was a great learning experience for us all. My question is how to preserve them, such as do you seal them with a clear sealant possibility, because you have to wash the garment and I'm just curious how the buttons will hold up getting wet from washing and as they continue to age/dry on the garment will they hold up or crack over time without some type of preservative step added. If anyone has any ideas or suggestions please let us know. Thank you again for your awesome idea and video.
These are really great thanks for this video. And I love seeing all your mistakes. Mistakes help us learn and your mistakes will help us feel that our are normal.❤
This is a fun idea. I eat lots of avocados and now I won't feel guilty about the pits being tossed. Now if you find a way to wash items these may be put on, please let us all know. Thanks for this video.
it might be a bit awkward but maybe drill the whole pit after making some kind of jig to hold it and the drillbit in place so you only really need to cut them? super excited to try this myself, thanks for sharing :)
After watching really very crunchy's video on avocado buttons I was legit wondering the process. I didn't think it still needed to be green, but that makes sense with how you showed it. Thanks
Love the buttons! I usually just plant the avocado seeds. We have 5 trees tall enough to go in the ground,hoping they'll survive the next Winter. Appreciate showing what not to do.
These look pretty and unique but I don't imagine that the avocados will have the strength to hold up over time and stress. I would just slice up a wooden dowel to the desired width and diameter.
I made my first before watching this vedio, and really was happy to see the same idea. My seed fell and bloke in have along the natural split, so i cut mine narrow and long like an oval shape but i relly like them, i will also be using them in a knitted t-shirt. Want to test with other seeds too❤👍🏻
I really appreciate the mistakes being left in. I wish more people did that
Thank you very much for the feedback!
Me too.
@@elinsDIY same!
Same!
Yeeeah!!
1- cut the avocado pit when fresh, it's easier. even drilling the holes and the peeling of the skin is easier. then let dry.
2- put the sanding paper around a flat object, like a cooking spatula. then move the button, not the sandpaper. much easier.
handymen cut a rectangle that fit in their hand from a wooden plank, then roll the sandpaper around it. you can move the wood around big pieces you need to sand, or fix it and sand little pieces on it.
loved the video. thanks!
Thank you for the tips😍
Don't they warp while drying?
Merci pour la traduction en français et pour vos explications. Peut-on passer ces boutons à la machine à laver ?
А стирать изделие пробовали?
I came across you in my feed today and subscribed. I loved watching, especially when you shared your process and pushing through the mistakes.
I loved the tips that your viewer offered above, as well. In both cases, I felt like I was in your studio watching and participating, in my mind for today. And in my actions on a day yet to come. 😂
Refreshing to see someone share the learning process, mistakes and all, and thus teaching others. Awesome!
Thank you so much! 🫶🏻
Yes! I'm learning how to see mistakes as an important part of learning, really appreciate seeing the whole process, I probably would've given up half way (wayy too hard on myself - perfectionist) so commend you for keeping going and just learning from what didn't go quite right! ❤
This felt like such a random video i had to watch. I loved it! I just learned how to make cordage from banana stems which grow in my garden here in West Africa. Now i can make beads from avocados to attach to the cordage. Cant wait to watch your other videos. ❤
Thank you so much! ❤️ wow that sounds so cool!! Which I lived in a country where we could grow bananas🙈
Do you have videos of your projects on here? I would love to see the beads you make! 😊
My husband works at a fast food joint and has been bringing me home avocado pits until I finally make the buttons. I think today's the day! Thanks for this awesome, informative video!
Great idea! You can also use them to dye cloth. It comes out a beautiful baby pink.
Wow that’s amazing!
@lanetower3411 What a great idea! And just in time,too. I rediscovered my mother's old (40's) cotton bed sheets when checking my fabric stash for material for pillow cases. Plant dyes have been on my mind lately for things to do with grandson during school holiday. Tech kids has to learn about the old ways :).
@@margitwes6495 avocado pits=pink. Pomegranate rind= yellow. You may need a mordant. Alum is one. If you have one of those deodorant crystals, they work. Soak the cloth in the mordant first. A rusty nail is another, but I think it dyes the cloth more blue.
@@lanetower3411 Thank you for taking the time to respond with more info. I'll never look at rusty nails the same way :)
Didn't know these things. Cool!
Wow, what a sustainable way to use the stone. And I really appreciated, that you left your "failures in the bidoe - this helps so much to do it the right way❤
Thank you ❤️
I love this!! Thanks for sharing!!❤🥑❤️
What a great idea. How are the buttons after washing? Will they stay hard or break after a while? Thank you for leaving the failures and for your patience, while trying out better methods.
I would also like to know whether they survive getting washed.
I love how you left all your mistakes on the video ❤ ive felt quite disappointed in myself by doing that kind of stuff when a tutorial seemed to be easy
I know the feeling! Thank you🫶🏻
I can feel the beginning of my crunchy mom era beginning. I just started seriously gardening to the point where we can eat from it
That is so cool ❤
How fun!!
I ADORE these buttons! Thank you for showing us what NOT to do so we can avoid pitfalls. (PITfalls---see what I did there?)
Hahah, thank you! 🫶🏻
I love this! I love the use of something that would usually just be tossed out, I love the sustainability, I love being able to learn from your mistakes! The perfect how-to video, letting us know what to do and what not to do and why!
Thank you so much!! I agree, it feels so good to use something that otherwise would be wasted!
I usually try yo grow mine for a free plant 🥰 this is super fun too!!
This is really cute! This is what youtube is for
Thank you! 🫶🏻
What a cute idea, and I love the ASMR sounds your little buttons made as you worked with them!
Thank you so much! 🫶🏻
Your knitting is beautiful. I love the neutral color of your sweater. Your buttons work well with that color. Bravo for such wonderful work. I thank you for showing us what you d I d wrong...now we wont do that
Thank you so much! 🫶🏻
Cool! I hope they wash well when the sweater is washed.
Yes, that’s a really good point! I think this is such a cute idea so I hope they do
I know everyone's saying it but thanks for putting the bloopers in :) When most people make videos everything is too perfect, they always have fancy tools, there's no improvisation, there is 0 mess and it's just not what making crafts is really like!
Thank you very much! 🫶🏻
Omg I'm obsessed! Thank you for sharing your mistakes and normalising that they happen. Not only does it save the rest of us from making the same ones, it also prevents EVEN MORE wastage than you already are by reusing the pips and teaching us how to
Thank you!! 🥰
These are great! I love the rustic look. Perfect with your beautiful sweater. Thank you for showing your entire process Mistakes and all. 💖
Thank you so much! 🫶🏻
Consider getting a little hand file/saw. It's about the size of a screwdriver and you can switch out the blades. Great for small, fine work. :)
ETA: Those buttons look like owl faces. Would be so cute to use natural ink to draw little owl features and have them as buttons!
Great tips! Thanks😁
I love that you also included any mistakes. That is so helpful. What a great idea.
Thank you! 🫶🏻
Very glad about halfway through the video you stopped drilling right next to your hand! If anyone wants to prevent the rotating button problem by not holding it, a piece of tape over the entire thing will do the trick, you'll still see the button outline with a blue tape too
Wow - these are so rustic and natural - and a great way to recycle the pits.
I agree😄 Thank you! 🫶🏻
Adorable! Thanx for posting your adventures with the famed Avocado Stone!!💕🥑
Thank you for watching! 💕
it's a good idea to drill a small pilot hole first! if you use the large bit right away, you're putting a lot more stress on your material and it can split - use a smaller bit first and work your way up, gradually expanding the hole to minimize this.
cool idea, next time i buy avocados i'll have to try this! i enjoy how they look like little pig snouts. it's really cute 🐽🐽🐽
Bless you for not quitting.They’re adorable,love them. ❤️👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻😘
Aw thank you very much! 🥰
These buttons are beautiful! I love their texture and chunky feel
Thank you so much🫶🏻
I'm so glad the algorithm brought me here! What a fun video. I like the imperfections. Handmade goods should always be a little imperfect, imho.
Thank you so much! 🫶🏻
I had no idea.. and thank you for showing the mistakes, I'd def cut too thin otherwise❤
Thanks for watching! ❤️
This is the kind of DIY I love! Such a cute idea. I never knew it eas possible.
Thank you so much! 🫶🏻
this is the cutest thing ever. for some reason i always thought the pits became hollow when dried out. thank you for the lesson ✅
Thank you so much!🫶🏻
Insanely fab idea!
These are adorable! I would never thought of making buttons out of avocado pits.
Thank you🫶🏻
I know a whole bunch of people who are into doing stuff like this.
I'll be sure to show them. It's a fun idea.
Thank you! 😄
Maravilla!!! Preciosos!!! Gracias,gracias,gracias!!!
Aww thank you!! 🫶🏻
Ерасная идея. Я буду делать такие пуговицы тоже. ❤
Knowledge and experience. That's what is needed in all areas of life. Thank you. ❤
Well said❤️
Wow!
So amny avocado pips and nothing to do with them till now... This must be one of the best odeas ever.😅 Love it! Thankssss
Haha thank you so much! 🫶🏻
I didn’t have the best day today, but I just came across this video and I’m ending my day with with inspirational video that had the most perfect reminder for me at the very end. Thank you for sharing this video ♥️ 🥑
Aww thank you so much for that sweet comment! God bless you❤️
This is insane! The buttons are so beautiful. Thank you for sharing the best video ever! I never thought you could use the pits for something so useful! A+
We also use the pits as a medicine tea . I simply love loved this video, thank you for sharing ❤️❤️❤️
Thank you so much! ❤️
You making it real.
Thank you.
Blessings from Oklahoma to you and your loved ones 👍
Thank you! God bless🫶🏻
Oh my gosh, talk about being resourceful. This is brilliant. I really enjoyed watching this. Thanks for showing this 😊
Thank you so much! 🫶🏻
Thank you, I've been searching all over for information about easy sustainable buttons I can make without too many tools.
Awesome, thanks for watching! 🫶🏻
That's so cool, i definitely want to try this, love the look of the finished buttons on the wool - organic, a bit rough.
Thank you so much! 🫶🏻
I like the unevenness of the buttons. Maybe those ones can be used in a craft item like a tote or bag or pillow case or a one-button top. Like how you showed how to remedy imperfections. Good video.
Good ideas🤩 thank you so much! 🫶🏻
this is so cute. :3 the idea of having avocado buttons is so adorable for some reason.
I know right🙊 Thank you!
They have such a delightful sound really beautiful and we actually go through a fair amount of avocados in our household. I am looking forward to this. Oh, I bet you could make cool runes out of it.
How fun! Thanks for watching! 🫶🏻
I love this!!! I've been sorta disappointed looking at buttons to sew with for such a long time but this!!! I need to make it!
It can be hard finding the right buttons! Hopefully you’ll be happy with the avocado buttons😍
Привет тебе из России) мы тебя любим! Все чмоки и миллионы лайков!
Ohh thank you so much! 🫶🏻
So fun and unique!! Definitely want to try.
Thanks! 🫶🏻
Cute idea! Be aware that you should always wash your fruit or veg Before you cut it. Cross contamination can occur from stuff on the skin and your knife drags it through to the inside.
Thanks!
I absolutely love these! What a great idea! 👍😊👍
Thank you! 🫶🏻
Fantastic video. I learned a lot from the mistakes too. I’m going to try this, thank you.
Thank you! 🫶🏻
What a superb idea!!!!
Woooow, what a great idea to use the stone making buttons!! Will try it👍. Thank you even fir your mistake😃🦋🇸🇪🫶
Thank you! 🥰
I used to make beads and buttons from potatoes. I look forward to trying avocado pits.
Wow never thought about that! Did they take long to dry? So cool😄
@@elinsDIY As I recall the drying time varied greatly on the type of potato. There was significant shrinkage and wrinkling, depending on the type of potato. And the beads were generally brittle, though held up fairly well after several coats of clear varnish or acrylic paint (once potatoes were dry). Holes for beads and buttons closed up fast unless there was a metal skewer remaining in the hole throughout the drying time (thick wire or potato baking skewers, though plastic might work - I never tried plastic), but the skewer had to be gently turned each day or the potato hole would "heal" glue itself to the skewer. I cut the beads small, usually into rectangles, but I cut the buttons thicker, and used a circular metal mini cookie cutter. Drying time for buttons was much longer.
It was a lot of fussy trial and error, but it was interesting. Especially when people marvelled at necklaces made of potato beads. I also made beads by mixing unsweetened applesauce and cinnamon until stiff enough to form into beads. I finished them after they dried with clear crafts varnish.
This video was a joy to watch. Your timing was excellent. You kept me engaged. Nice work on the editing as well.
Thank you so much! 🫶🏻
Thanks Google algorithm got the suggestion! And thanks for making the video :)
Thanks for watching! :)
I love the character of your buttons. I appreciate you left the mistakes in. Now we know how to avoid making them too. Thanks
Thank you very much! 🫶🏻
So much easier than using antlers 😊 Avocados are so beneficial in all ways 😊
This is such a cool idea! Thank you for sharing!!
Thank you for watching! 🫶🏻
Thank you for sharing an amazing awesome experience. Thank you for sharing the mistakes too, it was a great learning experience for us all. My question is how to preserve them, such as do you seal them with a clear sealant possibility, because you have to wash the garment and I'm just curious how the buttons will hold up getting wet from washing and as they continue to age/dry on the garment will they hold up or crack over time without some type of preservative step added. If anyone has any ideas or suggestions please let us know. Thank you again for your awesome idea and video.
I adore this idea. Thank you for sharing your process
Thank you for watching! 🫶🏻
The really very crunchy lady will be jealous lol
Hahhah😆
everything about this video was so cute, just love the style and the imperfection with humour made it much more relatable
Aw thank you so much! 🫶🏻
You can also make carved half sphere medallions or domed buttons by carving pictures into the still soft half avocado pit.
Great idea! 😄
These are really great thanks for this video. And I love seeing all your mistakes. Mistakes help us learn and your mistakes will help us feel that our are normal.❤
Thank you! ❤️
I absolutely loved this!! Thank you for sharing!
Thank you for watching! 🫶🏻
Great idea. Good use of something that would be discarded. Very original
I agree, thought it was so cool when I saw someone do it! thanks! 🫶🏻
What a cool idea! Thanks.
This is a fun idea. I eat lots of avocados and now I won't feel guilty about the pits being tossed. Now if you find a way to wash items these may be put on, please let us all know. Thanks for this video.
Hm, good question! I usually handwash my knit sweaters so at least that would be fine I think (hope🤔) thanks for watching!
Lovely tutorial! Can't wait to try this. 🙂
Thank you! Good luck🫶🏻
Never seen a diy like this. Really cool
Thanks😄
Oh wow, they look surprisingly nice--looks like rustic wooden buttons.
Thank you! I was surprised myself😄
Muy buena idea!!!gracias¡😊
Thank you for watching! 🫶🏻
it might be a bit awkward but maybe drill the whole pit after making some kind of jig to hold it and the drillbit in place so you only really need to cut them?
super excited to try this myself, thanks for sharing :)
Good suggestion! 😁
After watching really very crunchy's video on avocado buttons I was legit wondering the process. I didn't think it still needed to be green, but that makes sense with how you showed it. Thanks
I also saw her video, I think avocado buttons are trending😁
Thanks for watching!
This was great. Im going to try this with my kids!!!
How fun!! 😄
Nicely done! I have dried avocado pits and carved them, then let them dry completely. I'll have to try making buttons! thanks for this video and tips
Wow😍 Thanks for watching!
@@elinsDIY You're welcome!
Who would have thought? How clever
Вау. Пуговицы из косточек❤ Какая прелесть
Thank you! 🫶🏻
Lovely!
Thank you🫶🏻
Thank you for sharing with us! Love from Brazil ❤
Thank you for watching! ❤️
These are so cool, I'll have to try it
Love the buttons! I usually just plant the avocado seeds. We have 5 trees tall enough to go in the ground,hoping they'll survive the next Winter. Appreciate showing what not to do.
Wow that’s so cool🤩 and thank you🫶🏻
Perseverance really paid off. I love your creativity.
Thank you very much !
How lovely and resourceful ❤Thank you 😊
Thank you! 🫶🏻
アボカドの種でボタンだなんて凄い発想✨
素敵です💓
Thank you! 🫶🏻
Brilliant idea! Thanks for the tips!😆
Thanks for watching! 😁
I think they're brilliant and gorgeous. Wonderful idea
Thank you very much! 🫶🏻
BRAVO!
These look pretty and unique but I don't imagine that the avocados will have the strength to hold up over time and stress. I would just slice up a wooden dowel to the desired width and diameter.
Que lindo!!! ❤❤❤❤❤❤
Thank you! ❤️
I made my first before watching this vedio, and really was happy to see the same idea. My seed fell and bloke in have along the natural split, so i cut mine narrow and long like an oval shape but i relly like them, i will also be using them in a knitted t-shirt. Want to test with other seeds too❤👍🏻
That’s a really good idea to cut them oval! 👌🏻 I wonder what other types of seeds could work😄
This is so fun 😁 💖 thank you for sharing all of what you learned. Thank you mostly for the precious encouragement at the end blessings to you 💖💖💖💖💖
Thank you! God bless you💖💖
Fabulous idea❤️
Fabulous and amazing! Thank you! Love it!
Thank you so much! 🫶🏻
What a neat idea. I love it. I've always saved the pit for my hair. Those buttons are beautiful. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you for watching! 🫶🏻
For your hair? What do you do with it?
I`m impressed.
I knit, buttons are so expensive. Thank you! ❤
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