Buttons, Buttons, Buttons
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Buttons are fun to collect...
Collecting buttons can be a great hobby. Some rare buttons are actually very valuable. Buttons hold your shirt closed and keep your pants from falling off. Some buttons have messages or slogans on them. You can sew them, you can collect them, you can use them in crafts, or simply keep them to have something to play with on a boring rainy day.
I love the look of buttons. I love the feel of them. Buttons are bright and colorful. Some buttons are shiny, some are cold, some are warm, and no matter what they are all beautiful.
Some people push buttons at work or are annoying enough to push other people's buttons. Collecting rare buttons can be a very interesting hobby but I just collect buttons because they fascinate me. This is a peek at a few of the buttons that exist in my world. I hope you enjoy your visit.
Buttons are made from all types of material, glass, stone, bone, shell, brass, steel and various types of plastics.
Wood Buttons
Leather Buttons
Glass Buttons
Cloth Buttons
....and oh just so many beautiful metal buttons
These are shell and bone buttons....
Learn how to identify buttons.....
Button Button: Identification and Price Guide
Amazon Price: $14.70 (as of 05/30/2012)
You may be surprised to discover that a small button removed from your grandmother's favorite dress or jacket could actually be worth a great deal of money. It is one of the things you learn when you do the research on the buttons you collect.
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Many antique buttons are quite valuable...
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Buttons can be purchased in groups or in bags...
Flower shaped buttons....
Square, round and triangle buttons....
Magical jeweled and Inlaid buttons....
There is even a dalmation and a zebra button....
These are buttons that are just for kids......
Pretty pretty buttons...
The latest button news...
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- Brooks Brothers buttons up 35 wall St. lease
- The white-shoe fashion retailer is in negotiations to lease two floors totaling 7000 square feet at 35 Wall St., just steps away from the New York Stock Exchange. ?It's great for them,? said Cushman & Wakefield's Joanne Podell, who is representing the ...
- The chocolate button conundrum
- Journalist Decca Aitkenhead begins her review of the book by reflecting on how her attempts to get her toddler to use the potty by paying him with chocolate buttons backfired. Her ruse worked until "he cottoned on that the buttons were basically a ...
- Push buttons return to Aspen's Main Street crosswalks
- Victor Smith of Houston reaches to push the crosswalk button while he and his wife, Margaret, wait to cross at Mill and Main streets in downtown Aspen Thursday. ASPEN ? Pedestrians were dutifully pushing the newly installed buttons at the Main Street ...
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Do you collect special buttons for one reason or another?
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BevsPaper
Aug 11, 2011 @ 6:29 am | delete
- What a fun selection of buttons! Blessed!
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Ladymermaid
Jan 16, 2012 @ 1:33 pm | delete
- Thank you for stopping by my button article. Are you a collector too?
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mivvy
Jul 12, 2011 @ 11:18 am | delete
- I have loads of buttons. My collection started at my grandmother. As a child I used to play with them. Then they were habded over to my mother and now I have got them.
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Ladymermaid
Jan 16, 2012 @ 1:34 pm | delete
- I also remember playing with my mom's buttons and I too wound up with her button collection. There sure are some very unique old buttons when you really start looking through the lot of them. Thank you so much for sharing your memories.
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Demaw
May 24, 2011 @ 12:25 pm | delete
- Thanks for the blessings, they are always appreciated.
My mother kept her buttons in a old cake tin. I too would play with them for hours. It would be fun remembering the old clothes some came off or making up stories about the other ones. I would use them to adorn my dolls clothes and other craft projects. I still have the cake tin and it has some newer buttons in them also. I still like going through them thinking of projects I could do with some of them.
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Ladymermaid
Jan 16, 2012 @ 1:35 pm | delete
- Lol...it is truly amazing how many of us have the old buttons handed down to us from our parents. I love them.
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TilenHrovatic Feb 21, 2011 @ 11:22 am | delete
- I love buttons! Really awesome lens and some very cool buttons :)
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Ladymermaid
May 13, 2011 @ 5:11 pm | delete
- Thanks. I love buttons too but you can probably tell that.
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ajgodinho Dec 26, 2010 @ 6:17 pm | delete
- I enjoyed this unique lens ~ I didn't know people collect buttons too. Beautiful one I must admit and a nice hobby! Season’s greetings and the best for the New Year! **Blessed by a Squid-Angel**
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KimGiancaterino Dec 21, 2010 @ 11:45 am | delete
- I have my grandmother's button jar, full of different kinds of buttons. I played with those buttons for hours when I was growing up. They bring back many happy memories of learning needle crafts and sewing with my grandmother.
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chrissuard
Dec 8, 2010 @ 12:59 pm | delete
- My mother inherited a collection from my grandmother, she has beautiful old coin and silver buttons so I've always loved looking at old ones. Blessed by an angel!
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asiliveandbreathe
Nov 28, 2010 @ 3:35 am | delete
- I have a jar (or two!) too, including some vintage buttons. I plan to use them when I knit or crochet, but I've seen attractive necklaces made of old buttons so maybe I'll try that too.
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good4us_all
Nov 23, 2010 @ 12:35 am | delete
- What a cute lens! It's exciting to look at all the different types of buttons - there's such a great variety. Nice job!!!
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Pastiche
Nov 19, 2010 @ 2:08 pm | delete
- I loved playing with Mum's button collection when I was little. Now I have a huge collection of my own to share with grandkids. Buttons in a jar or tin remind me of treasure ... so much fun to sort and plunder!
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vbright105
Oct 19, 2010 @ 12:50 am | delete
- I have to join in with my Grandmother's button tin. Brings back fond memories.
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poddys Oct 19, 2010 @ 12:37 am | delete
- This is a really cool lens. Growing up my grandmother had a metal tin that was full of buttons like this, because years ago you tried to re-use things as much as you could and never threw anything out, and so all the buttons you found or didn't need went into this tin, and there were some fascinating designs.
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kab
Sep 19, 2010 @ 9:22 am | delete
- I have zero understanding in the identification and value of buttons, however when I saw a giant pickle jar in a yard sale full of interesting buttons for just $3 I had to buy it. An hour later, and one town over, I was at a different sale and a woman asked if they had any buttons. She said no, but I said that I did. She looked at the jar and immediately offered me $20. As fast as she said that, I knew there must be something worth something in there so I said I really was looking for $30. She bought without hesitation. I don't know what was in that jar, but I knew I didn't have it in me to find out. I was happy with my 1000% profit and she was happy with her buttons.
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GrowWear
Apr 29, 2010 @ 8:28 pm | delete
- As a child, my grandma's button jar was endlessly fascinating. Love your images. :)
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BrianS Oct 18, 2009 @ 12:17 pm | delete
- There is nothing wrong with buttons and you have found some great ones here. Don't let small children play with them however because they put them in some very strange places including places that can restrict air flow.
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HorseAndPony
Oct 8, 2009 @ 2:01 pm | delete
- We collect buttons. My daughter and I make all types of crafts with them. Loved your button lens.
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Button Button: Identification and Price Guide
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