Saturday, January 17, 2009

Button Treasure Hunting

It’s still miserably cold here. But the nice part of this horrible weather is having the entire family home together. We’re doing a lot of fun things that we normally would have found boring. So when my oldest daughter asked to put the Valentine decorations out, I was thrilled to have a little project with her!

My plan was to do a lot in vintage. Now Amanda really doesn’t like vintage, but she went with it. I pulled out what I wanted to use and she put it together. Which brings me to my buttons….

I wanted buttons in the square silver bonbon tray I recently picked up at the thrift store. Now I have 5 peanut butter jars and 2 large tins full of buttons. When we pulled out the first jar of white buttons, I got blissfully distracted. So many neat buttons! While I’m not close to being done, here are a few of the interesting ones I’ve found.

First is the tray Amanda put together for me.


Here are some neat brass buttons. I think the ones on the right maybe be off of a military uniform.


These dark ones are neat and have unusual shapes. I have to test them because a few maybe Bakelite.


These are neat flat pearly buttons with a silver center. The green ones are very tiny and have gold accents. I’m not sure about the red ones. The just had a different feel to them, so I put them to the side.


I may have more of these, but I thought it was sweet with the ring of pearls.


I’m not sure what this is, but there are a few different ones in the pile. This one is a pearly dark blue. If you know what it is, please let me know! It’s pretty small about the size of a dime.


These are all silver metal (with the exception of the blue heart). The bowling ones are cool. As are the ones with a blue wash over the silver. The little one next to the heart is a jingle bell.


Here are some figural ones. Pretty neat. I wish there were more!


These all look like crystal. The three matching ones on the top are glass, the rest are plastic.


I still have all these to sort. I’m sorting by colors. And I haven't even opened the tins yet. These are only from the jars! It’s like a little treasure hunt!


And now I'm hooked, so I'll probably spend tomorrow sorting buttons too! Amanda did a fantastic job decorating and I'll post pictures her displays soon. They are beautiful!

And I like to apologize to my new blog friends who posted kind words to my child's vintage Valentine apron. I accidentally deleted that post. I’m sorry and hope you will post again!

5 comments:

  1. Such fun, to go through tins and jars of buttons. I pick some up when I am at yard sales, or at thrift stores. I am anxious to see Amanda's Valentine decorations. I am going for a vintage theme this year myself. Hope you are having a wonderful week-end. Hugs

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  2. AWESOME! I love her decorating and can't wait to see more. I love all your buttons..those figural are way cool and love that blue heart.

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  3. Sorting buttons is one of my favorite things to do. Have fun.
    Peggy

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  4. Don't you just love those vintage buttons??! I really love to sit and sort them while I'm vegging out at night and "sort of" watching tv * so soothing!

    Nice job, Amanda!!

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  5. Go Amanda! You know what is funny..okay, just this past month I have been looking at my buttons and even bought a few off of ebay! I also got a button book at the library. I have a fraction of what you have, but mine are sorted by color too. I love'em. Tell Amanda hello from me!

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