I’m not sure when my fascination with buttons began, but somewhere along the line, I discovered that buttons were good for more than fastening one’s clothes, and a love for this versatile embellishment was born!
I collect buttons in all colors, shapes, and sizes.
I count pretty delicate buttons with intricate floral and filligree designs among my favorites.
I adore butterflies, dragonflies, and other unusual shapes.
I prefer shankless buttons since I use them for crafting and not for sewing.
I like the threaded look but sometimes decorate them with rhinestones and other sparkly gems.
I currently store most of my buttons in a Cropper Hopper Embellishment case, but in the right environment, I could easily envision a shelf or a spice rack lined with symetrical jars filled with a rainbow of these beauties as well.
Here are a few cards I’ve created that highlight buttons as an embellishment:
You can read more about With Love, my Vintage Lace and Button Card, here. You can read more about my White On White Flower & Button Card here.
If you would like to celebrate your love of buttons with other aficionados, then check out Button Floozies!
Thanks for sharing those with us. I just love buttons too. I have very happy memories of playing with Mum's button box when I was a child 🙂
A x
Ooh…pretty buttons!
If you haven't already, invest in a button shank remover. They're not expensive…and they're super easy to use. Suddenly opens up a whole new world of buttons out there! 🙂
Beautiful cards and I'm lovin all your buttons! Mine are all in jars and yours are so organized 🙂
oh i have a ton of buttons myself and am constantly looking at them. i once HAND SEWED buttons on tennis shoes. do you know how hard that was??? try to get that needle thru the sneaker and the grab it to pull it thru – yikes. the buttons were all different shapes & sizes. but i'm rambling. your button cards are gorgeous!
Oh, look at all those pretty buttons, great way to store them too.
Buttons are one of my fav embellishments as well. They can be fun or a serious embellishment according to the project. But they are always fun! Thanks for your great blog!
Oh they look like real treasure in colour sorted, properly organised safety. I will not be showing you my cheapskate coffee jar filled with assorted buttons lest you judge me slovenly!
Love the way you have displayed your button collections! Buttons are so interesting and so much fun. Mine are mostly in jars and tins so I don't see them unless rummaging around.
What a great collection – I just love all of the different colors. They definitely look like treasures when organized so nicely. I also like what you do with the buttons. I'm always collecting buttons, but not so great at using them!
Ooh, another button collector, I love buttons too! Your cards look fabulous using the buttons and love the all white.
Hugs,
Marsha
We saw some fab buttons at the WonderWool fest yesterday! Pretty expensive though!
You have beautiful organization skills. I only wish I could be so good. I try but I am overflowing my drawers and I am in plastic bins. Now, I have to downsize all of them!
Smiles, Cyndi
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Great organization trick… will help me not have to dump all my buttons out of a jar to look for what I need & then lose them putting back into jar =) Following from the Alexa Hop!
-caroline @ c.w.frosting