Button Floozies

Whenever I find these bracelets for sale, I have to rescue them!  They were popular in another era: a crocheted band with buttons sewn on. This one looks like someone has been harvesting the buttons from it -- but still had so many beautiful glass buttons, silver colored metal buttons, and even glass painted with silver, left!  I got it at an estate sale for $1.  Joy!

I was pleasantly surprised to see this photo in a current fashion magazine:  It's by Dolce and Gabbana -- featuring beautiful, fancy buttons!

I'm soaking up the last of the summer's outdoor markets here in Colorado, and always on the lookout for buttons! Have a safe Labor Day weekend, and, if you are in the affected South, you are all in our thoughts and prayers!

Has one of these creative reuse, recycle, upcycle CRAFT stores popped up near you yet?  Oh my goodness, I visited  this one  today and it was like heaven! It was as if you were in the sewing/crafting section of your favorite thrift shop and found something amazing for pennies...except, EVERYTHING was amazing and everything costed pennies! I spent a total of $6 and got all of this: Vintage Hallmark embossed wrapping paper - perfect for Valentines! - an unopened vintage tissue roses kit, beautiful old card box, NIP Dept. 56 garland...  a bride and groom cake topper that I've been looking for for a project, pretty old pin box...  3 yards of fabric with finished edges -- perfect to make table runners from...  and a bag of  all  these finished quilt squares, plus extra pieces... someone worked very hard on these, and most of the fabric is raw silk.  I'm thinking pretty pumpkins! Not shown: a stack lovely blue deckled writin...

I just had the pleasure of stuffing a box full of as many vintage buttons as I could, as a donation to the California Holocaust Education and Resource Center .  The organization is building a memorial to the 6 million Holocaust victims out of buttons and are collecting that many!  In these bags there are some very fun buttons mixed in with some very common ones; all are vintage. Believe it or not, I managed to get ALL the buttons shown above into the box! At some point, the Center will add them to their count; I can't even guess how many there are -- but it is definitely in the thousands! They are only looking for very large quantity donations of buttons; if you can help, contact the  California Holocaust Education and Resource Center  on their page.  I know they'll be glad to hear from you! I'm excited to see how the buttons will eventually be used to create the memorial!

  I've been painting buttons for a long time and it never occurred to me to paint a clown.. But I recently had a special order for one and decided to do a few more.  They are all 1 1/8" MOP - about the size of a quarter.    These are all one-of-a-kind.

In this collection there are glass, ceramic, pearl, and plastic buttons.  I found each grouping of buttons in a glass jar  that I bought at a yard sale.  I purchased multiple jars of buttons that day.  I hope you enjoy looking at them!