News & Spotlights — sew on eyes

Pamela Malouf of Kingman, AZ shared her fantastic, mixed media art with us.   This mixed textile piece, "Vortex Visions," is a brilliant mix of of fabrics, glass eyes, and additional elements that give the artwork a 3D effect. Can you find all of the eyes? There are actually 5 thoughtfully places glass eyes. Two of them are sew-on eyes in lower left corner, plus 2 blue eyes and one brown eye glued on around center. It's so exciting to see our glass eye designs incorporated in artworks like this! About the glass eyes from handmadeglasseyes.com: All artisan glass eyes are original graphic designs designed...

Heather Meyer from Minneapolis, MN finished off her purple crochet octopus creature with a set of these orange glass octopus eye sew on buttons to give him extra depth and character. In her review of the eyes Heather says, "Loved these octopus eyes - the perfect finishing touch to my little friend!" If you'd like to add life and character to your own crochet creature creations, you can shop all glass eyes with sew on button backings here. Our selection of unique, original glass eye designs is ever-growing and expanding! About the glass eyes from handmadeglasseyes.com: All artisan glass eyes are original...

Alexa Frear of Pismo Beach, California needed some new eyes for a plush, stuffed turtle. As you can see from the "before" image below, without eyes the turtle was a bit... lacking. Alex stumbled upon the sew on green sea turtle eyes at handmadeglasseyes.com, and determined that they provided the perfect solution. After applying the 16mm button eyes, the stuffed animal appears much more lively and full of character! You can check out the sea turtle eyes Alex used to restore this stuffed turtle here, or shop all sew on glass eye buttons here.