Vintage Beauties

These beauties come from a factory that closed down. It beats me how a factory that produces such gorgeousness can go out of business.....

Gorgeous buttons from the 1940s and 50s...

I bought 80 cards.....

Button embellished Suffolk puff {yo-yo} bauble

I'd like to wish a very
Merry Christmas
to all the
Button Floozies


i have put a tutorial for this on my blog

http://maximumrabbitdesigns.blogspot.com/2009/12/christmas-suffolk-puff-ball.html

Autumn Crafting

I've been itching to get this post up on time to celebrate the Autumn season. I haven't had time to do any crafting this season (to find out why not look here), but I still pulled out some warm & cozy colored Autumn supplies to stare at.
I love staring at them. Especially the buttons. :)

Belle of France!

Here is the Belle of France! I had so much fun creating this Marie Antoinette Christmas Button Fairy this weekend. I wanted my fairy to be different from the traditional. So, I called on the lady of "Let them eat cake!" I so hope that my swap partner loves Marie! "Let them eat fruitcake!". Joyeux Noel!

BOO...

Yeah! Everybody knows that!

(Handmade shrink plastic buttons)

Come visit my blog!

Christmas Decoration Swap

I took part in a Christmas Decoration Swap on Folksy recently & my contribution was this button heart. I made it using festive red & green vintage buttons from my stash, finished off with a red polka dot ribbon....

Feel free to pop on over to my blog Mollimoo to find out more & to see the fabric buttons I have made for my Etsy Shop . Xx

Rita Carol Buttons

i found this lady's wonderful handmade button shop on Etsy
she makes custom buttons printed with your choice of image
my favourites are these family photographs
Please come on over to my blog to find out more!

http://maximumrabbitdesigns.blogspot.com/2009/11/rita-carol-buttons.html

Did You Know . . .

That Muscatine, Iowa is the pearl button capital of the world?!

My friend, Dawn, and I trekked to Iowa this last weekend to visit Sharon at Sweet Repose and to our surprise, we discovered that Muscatine has a rich history in button making. I couldn't wait to share it with the Floozies!

This quaint little town sits right on the Mississippi on the Illinois border. Love this great little boat.

Here's a pic of the paddle complete with pics of buttons!

And lots of the shops and restaurants carried the button theme.

I loved this great gate.

And I had to bring Sharon a picture frame packed with lots of buttons, including some of pearl. How was I to know when constructing this that these buttons may have been making a great big circle back home (got em from my mother-in-law in Alabama).

Sharon and her business partner call their company White and they are the two white girls, lovers of buttons and all things with rich pasts to tell. The next time you're around Iowa City, take a detour down to Muscatine, a cool little town with a great vibe and some awesome people. Thanks again, Sharon!

Apron giveaway!!

A shameless plug for my Apron Giveaway over at Percy & Bloom! Come enter to win.. if you mention The Button Floozies in your comment and you win, I'll throw in some antique and vintage buttons for just for you!!

See you there!
xoxo~

Abbie

Fun at Glitterfest!

A couple of weekends ago, my friend Robin and I did an event called Glitterfest here in Southern Calif. (Santa Ana) It was wonderful! There were many well known artists vending and shopping and everyone had a great time....
I had several different items to sell but wanted to show you a couple that included buttons.
My biggest seller were my banners...these are collaged with lots of fun goodies...buttons included! I accidentally posted my pics out of order and for some reason blogger wont let me fix it tonite you will see a close up of one of the buttoned penants soon!

Here is my banner display:
And on the tiered plate display I made lavender sachets that were made with squares cut from sweaters and a button in the middle!

Here is one of the penants with a button......

Then of course I had to stop this shopper and get a picture of her button bracelet.just for you!..she makes them with buttons and safety pins:

All in all, it was a really fun event, lots of inspiration and I just wanted to share!

Hope you are having a spookily wonderful week! karen.....

Simple Button Bracelet Tutorial

I have just put up a tutorial to make these here. Suitable for kids to make too. Would make good fun stocking fillers for teenagers. These went down really weel with my Year 10 as part of a recycling project.
Give it a try.
x

Button Brooches

I just wanted to share this post someone shared with me for making really cute brooches with buttons and wire. I had never seen any like them.

Vintage Buttons

Recently I have been playing with my buttons. I made some more button bracelets.
An ivory-colored one:


A blue one:


Then I took some pictures of my metal buttons.
These are in one big plastic divided box:

There are some rhinestone ones:

Silver colored ones:


All mixed together:

These usually live in a big glass jar but they came out for a while to play:


Such a wonderful assortment.

These are some red enamel ones.


I don't remember where I got those. Probably in one button tin or the other.

Cute little bear ones:


These came in another button tin I bought a few months ago. They are twinkle backs.

I found out what they are called from a little book I bought recently. I know no more about them and don't really care. I just think they are sweet and I love to play with all buttons.
Come visit me here at Vintage Soul if you like buttons and like making things with them. I am always up to something.

Buttons...You Floozies HAVE to see this!!

My friend Jeanne, from Backyard Neighbor blog has a post up about vintage buttons....now folks, for me to link this in for all the Floozies to see...you have to know it is something beyond belief....the way the buttons are displayed, have been collected...sold....monies used to buy a car.......it is a sight to see....


So quick....click HERE and take a look.....you won't want to miss it....Hope you enjoy this as much as I did....and if you want to let Jeanne know you stopped by...tell her Coloradolady sent you!!

A Steal

You know it's a good day when buttons are on clearance at your local craft store.

Being a faithful Button Floozy, I cannot walk past a clearance bin brimming with buttons.

My heart smiles this thisbig when I think that I only paid 25¢ to 75¢ for each of these lovely button cards.