Button Floozies

I do enjoy quiet Sundays spent crafting with the frenzy of televised football games for background "music".   I've been sewing buttons (and trim) onto scanned antique images to create Valentine cards for crafty ladies. They're easy to disassemble so the buttons can be used for creating! New in my Etsy shop today! What have you been creating with buttons?

I received a heartfelt request from a button lover who needs to replace the buttons on a suit due to a dry cleaning mishap! She needs four of these buttons, which came from a vintage suit designed by Yves St. Laurent. If she can't find the exact buttons, then she needs 6 that are similarly colored/sized/quality. back view of button The key is quality ; she has tried to get store-bought replacements and they don't look "right" on the suit. She wanted me to ask for help on this blog; maybe someone has these buttons in their collection, or knows someone who does, or has another idea because they've bought similar replacements? If so, please comment, or send an email to: buttonfloozies(at)gmail(dot)com. Thank you!

Hello, I am Deborah over at Vintage Soul . I am really new to blogging but I have been visiting this blog and many others for several months before deciding to take the plunge. Buttons are among my favorite things and I love it that all you guys love them as much as I do. It's so much fun to come here and visit all your blogs and see how you use buttons in your work. I love the creativity. I have lots of buttons - have been collecting long before I knew there were others as crazy as I am. I call it crazy because most of us don't actually collect collectible buttons but even the humble run of the mill generic ones. I store my buttons all over and as creatively as possible but here are my current favorite storage options: Vintage apothecary jars bought at a thrift shop several weeks apart. I tell you I was stunned to find the second one. They are not common around here. Here is something I create using my buttons. I call them button pots. They are really small about 2.5 inches t...