Hello fellow Button Floozies and everyone else. This is my first post on the site, but I’ve been a reader for a long time. I’m Nola, from Alamo North , and I love buttons! When I read this blog for the first time, I KNEW what I’d post if I ever got the chance. Here’s my chance... Here is the denim jacket that my dear cousin Paula turned into a wearable piece of art: I say wearable, but it is so heavy, I’m not sure it would actually be comfortable to wear. Paula has it displayed under glass, permanently framed. I’m not sure she ever actually even wore it. Paula’s mom, my Aunt Rosie had quite a button collection (among other things), and after she passed away, Paula inherited the huge collection. It’s easy enough to display buttons in a jar, or in a frame, but Paula kicked it up a notch. She found an inexpensive denim jacket at a local thrift store. Armed with buttons and a glue gun, she started creating! One by one, she applied each button. Hour by hour, the jacket transforme...
