Button Floozies

I chose buttons from my collection that would complement an Abstract Painting used as a background. The art is by me, Sue Marrazzo, artist, and button collector. I really wanted to show-off the buttons and make them the "STAR." In shooting photos for this post...I realized how each button is like ART. Each has a style, design, color, shape, and is composed of different materials. I am featuring: wooden, metal, resin, acrylic and glass buttons.  Take a look at these ARTFUL BUTTONS... The button collection shown  with art by Sue Marrazzo, ISAP, NCS. www.suemarrazzo.blogspot.com

I'm at it again -- creating with buttons -- and this time enjoying the soft look of mother-of-pearl and shell buttons in vintage glass. Have you ever altered a bottle?  I just finished my first one: it's for a  Bird Song 4  swap.  It's a raffle drawing-style swap so who ends up with it is anyone's guess! I decided to stick with a low-color palette this time and it was an adventure from start to finish. First I had to find an old bottle.  Bottles are not something (believe it or not) I collect, so finding just the right one was a challenge.  I finally found a true vintage one at a street market a few weeks ago. I chose this one because if has a rather flat front that I knew would take well to altering, as well as some interest in the ribbing on the reverse, above. The hardest part for me was figuring out a stopper or cork for the bottle.  I actually bought some glass bottle stoppers online from an Etsy vintage seller but neither fit i...

Have you ever picked up a button and wondered who it used to belong to?  Or where it has been?  Or how it came to be in the place you found it?   That's the idea behind an interactive project I call Flash Fiction, Button Style .  People send me a picture of a button, and I write a flash fiction story about the button and the person who once wore it.  Flash fiction is a relatively new genre of writing that emphasizes brevity.  I like to think of it as a bridge between poetry and fiction--every word is chosen carefully, the overall rhythm has heightened importance, and the final sense of the writing carries more weight than its individual components.  For Flash Fiction, Button Style , each story is 250 words or less.  To accentuate the genre's penchant for suddenness and spontaneity, I also limit the time spent on each story to one hour or less.  While the pieces may lack perfection and polish, I hope their immediacy gives them freshness ...

I spent all week at Brimfield and saw some fabulous buttons!! I bought the ones on the lower right.  The mother of pearl.   The others are just a part of the clear glass buttons that I have collected.  I do not yet know  why I am drawn to clear glass buttons but  I am sure one day I will have an awakening and know exactly want to do with them!!  They are hard to use as they don't show up very well on a quilt.  Any ideas???

This is a a one-of-a-kind collage ornament created with found collage papers, lace, glitter and BUTTONS! The final touch to this ornament was the cluster of 3 vintage buttons. The gray button even has the thread still attached. Take a look at one of my handmade ornaments... Ornament: A Gift of Love Medium: Collage with buttons Artist: Sue Marrazzo, ISAP, NCS My Blog: www.suemarrazzo.blogspot.com

I found this SINGER button tin at a yard sale here in Pennsylvania. It was full to the top with assorted buttons. It is now 2/3 full...Thanks to my Creative Collage ART Students. I love to share finds like this with others who are like minded. In this ART class we use collage papers and found objects...and YES that includes BUTTONS!  Take a look at WHAT'S INSIDE THE SINGER BUTTON TIN...  The Vintage Singer Tin by Bristol Ware  Inside the button tin   The Chosen Ones  Plastic Molded Floral Buttons   All Colors, and some with threads  Plastic Jet Black Faceted with gold trim  A delicate OLDIE metal floral and others  A Floral Mother of Pearl Inlay and others My TOP 4 Picks! What are Yours?

I shared a photo of some vintage buttons from a friend recently. Here's a project I just made that a few of them will get added to :) I think I like the blue flowery one best! They will get sewn to the top corner of this tote, as soon as I decide which order I want them to go in ;) You can read more about this project here