The Loss of my Vintage Buttons
Hi :) I'm a new Button Floozie, and happy to be among other floozies! I do have quite the button collection, and HAD a super (and I mean SUPER) find on some vintage buttons a few years ago. I answered a Free Cycle ad for sewing patterns, fabrics and notions. Turns out we had to drive quite a ways to get there (even had to stop and get gas!) but it was totally worth it.
As soon as we picked up the boxes and pulled out of the driveway, I twisted myself around in odd places to go through those boxes, way before we got home! I felt like a pretzel but the curiosity was killing me!
Loved everything I found, and then I found a metal box with a lift off lid, the box itself was old, kind of rusty, but I could see a flower on top of the box. Dying to know what was inside, I pulled off the lid and gasped!!! Completely full to overflowing were vintage buttons. Many pearl buttons, many on cards that said 'Made in Occupied Japan'! Very pretty cards with no buttons on them, but I love the cards as well!
Well, I treasured those buttons. But we went through a time when my husband was unemployed and I starting selling some of my stash of fabric, patterns and things I 'could' live without. I finally came to these buttons and yes, I sold them. It broke my heart and to this day I regret doing it. But this story does have a happy ending!
I won a button auction on Listia for some mother of pearl buttons, many of them dyed the most gorgeous green and some yellow ones. Lots of natural ones -
And while it's not quite the same as my first find, I'm absolutely thrilled with these buttons. I had to lay them all out so I could pet them and just gaze fondly at them :) Then I strung them onto a piece of crochet thread, all the similar ones together. I'm not quite ready to use them them, the honeymoon period isn't over yet :)
Karen
As soon as we picked up the boxes and pulled out of the driveway, I twisted myself around in odd places to go through those boxes, way before we got home! I felt like a pretzel but the curiosity was killing me!
Loved everything I found, and then I found a metal box with a lift off lid, the box itself was old, kind of rusty, but I could see a flower on top of the box. Dying to know what was inside, I pulled off the lid and gasped!!! Completely full to overflowing were vintage buttons. Many pearl buttons, many on cards that said 'Made in Occupied Japan'! Very pretty cards with no buttons on them, but I love the cards as well!
Well, I treasured those buttons. But we went through a time when my husband was unemployed and I starting selling some of my stash of fabric, patterns and things I 'could' live without. I finally came to these buttons and yes, I sold them. It broke my heart and to this day I regret doing it. But this story does have a happy ending!
I won a button auction on Listia for some mother of pearl buttons, many of them dyed the most gorgeous green and some yellow ones. Lots of natural ones -
Karen
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love the story
You don't have to worry about Dina.. There is something wrong with blogger or Google and she will be back:-)
Regards from Tania in Norway
I have a couple of tins of buttons and a few jars. I like using them in projects. However, I have quite a few buttons that I think I keep this for something really special, alwasy waiting for that some "really special" to come along. Not sure how special it has to be? :) I think I just use this as an excuse to hang on to them. ;)
You certainly have a good reason to be excited, they are beautiful!
Thanks for stopping by my blog, it was a joy to see you had visited.
xOx
Carol
xoxo,
Lana