Sunday buttons

I belong to the Colorado Springs Button Club, and we had our monthly meeting yesterday.  It was a fun one; instead of a "program" this time, we brought our own buttons to do some work on them.  Some people spent time putting their buttons on cards, which is the preferred storage and organization method.  I was merely sorting through small bags of buttons I've bought and haven't had time to separate.  Two shoeboxes full!

It was such a satisfying way to spend a couple of afternoon hours on a Sunday!

I "re-discovered" so many favorites!

 I love this one for it's wonderfully ornate front...

and then it's sort of "bubbled" reverse.

 I have a round one like it, too.

This one is ball-shaped...

and the one next to it is made from overlapping pieces of scalloped metal, in a pinwheel shape.

I think that carved mother-of-pearl are my favorites, though.

That, and glass, like these colorful beauties (above.)