Vintage Buttons Yay!!

[Idledame]

LD...step away from the computer! You do NOT need any more buttons! Honestly, ladies, when she says she has a big box of buttons...she's talking about a box that's 2' x 2' x 2'. And that's not counting the ones in picture frames on her walls. LD is the Typhoid Mary of the Button Collecting disease. All you have to do to get it is read this thread and next thing you know all these little packages start arriving in the mail and you're addicted too!

 

[Lady Day]

Oh Idledame, youre so funny I recall you looking through that box quite a while. Those were my 'keepers' I have a box about half that size full of the rejects. I need to get rid of those.

I just got these. 11 glass buttons, yay!

LD

 

[Jennifer Lynn]

I didn't purchase any of these, but I thought to myself "I know folks who would have a field day in these drawers and bins" as i perused at a local vintage store. I need to head back there sometime to get buttons for a 60s swing coat I recently purchased...

 

[deadpandiva]

I got these from etsy. I am very exited about the cherry buttons butI am not sure how I will use them. If anyone is intrested in those, the seller had alot more.

 

[SayCici]

Jennifer, the maple leaf buttons!!!

DPD, I love the green set with the buckle! Can't wait to see how you use them.

 

[MirandaFern]

LD...step away from the computer! You do NOT need any more buttons! Honestly, ladies, when she says she has a big box of buttons...she's talking about a box that's 2' x 2' x 2'. And that's not counting the ones in picture frames on her walls. LD is the Typhoid Mary of the Button Collecting disease. All you have to do to get it is read this thread and next thing you know all these little packages start arriving in the mail and you're addicted too!

I was just thinking to myself "STEP AWAY FROM THIS THREAD...you don't need another 'addiction'-ahem-collection..."

 

[Foofoogal]

I am a major buttonaholic and I adore Mother of Pearl. Those leaves and buckle are amazing. :eusa_clap

 

[deadpandiva]

I love this card.

 

[deadpandiva]

I went button crazy. These are the ones I like best.

I really just like the card on this one.

 

[Foofoogal]

I need some serious button intervention. I have tons and tons of them and keep picking up whole jars and for some reason I cannot part with any of them.
I find them very cheap entertainment and can get lost in them for hours.
Is it just me? :eusa_doh:

 

[Idledame]

This is from a post on paris daily photo http://www.parisdailyphoto.com/
It is part of a button exhibition that was going on in Paris at the Mona Bismarck foundation, located at avenue de New York. Yes, it's made of buttons! The artist of this "painting" is Lisa Kokin. Go here for a close-up view.http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5S75LIZM8GI/TFnZEQNXrPI/AAAAAAAALlo/S97kTStVhJw/s1600/MonaBismarckButtonExhibit.jpg

ns!

 

[Grant Fan]

ladies there is a company in my home town called accessories of old, I get all sorts of things from them. Everything in the store was purchased by the family in the time it was made what they are selling now is what they have always had. I go to the actual store when visit my parents but here is their website you should give it a look. http://www.accessoriesofold.com/

 

[Lady Day]

Im totally broke now.
18 cards of 20s/30s glass buttons. Got a great deal on them too!

Yay buttons!

LD

 

[Land-O-LakesGal]

ladies there is a company in my home town called accessories of old, I get all sorts of things from them. Everything in the store was purchased by the family in the time it was made what they are selling now is what they have always had. I go to the actual store when visit my parents but here is their website you should give it a look. http://www.accessoriesofold.com/

Thanks for posting that site is fabulous well I guess there is one good thing about going back to work.

 

[Foofoogal]

LD. I love the graphics and the purple ones. They look interesting.

I saw an Antiques show from Europe recently that had a button lady. She made all sorts of fabulous displays with her buttons.
I have separated most of mine by color. I am so bad about identifying most of them. I think I have a mental block as if I knew what they were exactly I would be tempted to sell them.

 

[AdrianLvsRocky]

Grant Fan - Thanks so much for that link! So much amazing stuff and they ship to the UK so I'll be getting myself a few very early Christmas presents!

 

[Grant Fan]

I am so glad you all liked the site the owner is a friend of my mom's and I want to see him do well.

 

[Lauren]

LD, I love the artwork on those cards!

I couldn't help myself, these are too yummy. But after I bought them I realized they were all close to the same shade, and what I really needed were brown and green buttons lol

 

[Miss 1929]

I couldn't resist these and they are big! About 2" on the buckle.

 

[Lauren]

Those are so cool. I've got a similar set but they're ships, but without the original card. So neat to see the original presentation
My husband has a Home Craft magazine from the 1930s that shows how to make them- I think it has patterns for the ships and fish. Pretty nifty stuff.