Button Studio

There are places you find yourself in from time to time, and you quickly realise how lucky we are to have them

Over the past few years, Ben and I have spent some time in the children’s ward in Ballinasloe. Gratefully nothing dramatic, just in and out for tests… but always met with such kindness, patience and genuine care.

Today Ben and I were delighted to bring in some pieces for the ward . As a token of our thanks for their amazing care .
Just something to add a little colour and light to a space that quietly does so much.

A heartfelt thank you to the incredible team , bringing fun, warmth and professionalism in equal measure, understanding children inside out, and doing an incredibly hard job with such ease and care.
You really are a special kind of magic

WHY I MAKE

I make because it is simply who I am.

You could try stop me fiddling with things.
Try stop me taking something broken, ordinary, or overlooked and seeing what it could be instead.
Try stop me solving problems with my hands.

But making is how I think.
How I understand the world.
How I leave a little mark behind me.

I don’t make to be rich.
I don’t make for attention.
And praise still makes me slightly uncomfortable.

I make because something inside me needs to.

And if, along the way, something I create makes someone pause, smile, remember something, or feel a connection…
then the piece has done its job.

That is the real reason I make.

Day 2 – Behind the Scenes

Behind the scenes of a craft business
is one long balancing act.

What I want to make.
What I need to make.
What feeds the soul.
What pays the bills.

Creative freedom
balanced against real life.

Ideas stacked on top of deadlines.
Passion balanced against practicality.

Some days it feels like
a delicate house of cards.

One wrong move
and the whole thing could shift.

But somehow it holds.

And in the middle of the chaos,
the colour, the risk, the madness…

that’s where the magic happens.

And honestly?
I wouldn’t have it any other way.

Day 1 – Meet the Maker
Hi, I’m Jane.
I collect buttons like other people collect baggage.
I’m powered by colour, fueled by ideas, and mildly allergic to beige.

I believe “different” is a superpower.
Dyslexia? Not a flaw. A frequency.
Everyone has a special power. I will find it.

I have an unhealthy obsession with fairness.
Justice for all.
Except tuna. Tuna can leave.

I overthink.
Under-cook.
And cannot say the word moist without physical recoil.

I see potential where others see “fine”.
I evolve things.
People. Products. Possibilities.

I’m deeply personal.
Slightly chaotic.
Wildly driven.

Normal is boring.
Buttons are life.
Colour is therapy.

Welcome to my brain.

If you want to see more of my mentoring, creative projects and the evolving version of me, you’ll find it over at .ie