I’ve never been able to get rid of spare buttons. I figured I owed that to my underlying hoarding problem. But about six months ago I went to a church bazaar and came across a jar filled with white buttons (over 200) for 1$. So although I was there to make money, I ended up spending 1$ on the buttons and sneaking it back to our table without my bf knowing (he just doesn’t get it). So now I had 200+ buttons but wanted more! CRAVED more!!! So every time I went to a bazaar I looked for buttons! Bazaars are THE best place to find vintage buttons for dirt cheap (.50-$3). But it wasn’t enough. I only go to go to church bazaars once, sometimes twice a month and my NEED to acquire more buttons wasn’t being met. So I started looking for them at the dollar store. I told myself it was OK since it only cost 1$ sometimes 2$ (plus tax). Of course, each time I got out of the dollar store with a bill for 25$ or more, I was always surprised.
About a month ago, my dear sister bought me two sack of mixed color buttons from Walmart (she knows the way to my heart) and my son asked me what I’m going to do with them. Yea mom, what do you need those buttons for! So as a fun little game I thought we would sort them out per color together. We ended up having so much fun that day that I figured now was the time to bring out my other buttons that I had secretly been stashing away over the past few months. I was extremely happy with a number of buttons that I did have.
This weekend was spent sorting out buttons and putting away my crafts “stuff” (after one year of stockpiling them in my closet). It was interesting to see all the different kind of buttons that I have. I have to admit, though, after sorting out buttons for 2 hours, I couldn’t wait to be done with it. I have enough buttons…for now. A friend suggested I use them for arts and crafts so will most likely give that a go and see what cool DIY projects I can create with my buttons!
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| Blue is my favorite color!! =) |
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| So Vintage! |
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| I can almost see the bottom of the box!! |
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| All done!!!!!!!!! |
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| Ahhh *JOY* |
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| My little desk area. |
I think it look very cute in the jars!
love the jars! good thing i had them around, they came in handy!
So many things you can do with buttons! I love the creativity!
Yes thanks to pinterest for all the ideas hehehe =)
You can sew them onto the face of a pillow in a cluster to form a design. Or in a child’s room you can paint a tree mural on the wall and glue the buttons in clusters to form teh flowers or leaves on the trees….keep the colors fairly monochromatic
The tree mural sounds fun! I may try that!
I love how creative yiu can get with them especially when you give them to kids and see their eyes light up!
=) my son loves helping me sort them out!
wow that is allot of buttons!! you can get very creative with the kids..
Yes, and I plan on it! =)) hehehe
I think the visual of a collection of buttons is quite lovely. LOVE them in clear jars! I’m inspired to gather all my random buttons now!
Yes i think them being sorted out by color and put into jars is great. I love the little jars too! =)
I used to save buttons too, probably something I got from my mother. I was going thru my “sewing” box not too long ago and came across some of my mother’s buttons. She died in 1979… I still have a part of her with me!! The funniest thing is that my daughter needed a button and was able to use one from my mother’s collection!!
I wish I still had things that belong to my father that passed away. It’s great that you still had those buttons from so long ago =)
We used to do all sorts of crafts with buttons when my son was young.
I have mine help me sort them out! But now that I plan on using them for crafts, I will look for things he can help me with.
That is so funny because I have a jar full of buttons. I wouldn’t say I collect them but like to keep them in case I need that odd looking button. 🙂
I started out like that too, just keeping the spare one that usually came with clothes. =))
There is a lot of things you could do with all those buttons. I would like to see something unique you have done because I’m sure it would be great!
My wife keeps all the buttons off clothes we no longer even have. She has them in a huge box. Displaying them looks much more creative.
I bet my girls would have a lot of fun making things with all those buttons.
I’m sure they would =) Loads of cool crafts can be done using buttons!
I don’t have anything that I collect. I’m not sure what I would do with a lot of buttons. I do have extra buttons from when I’ve bought shirts and sweaters. I can’t bring myself to throw them away. They’re in my sewing basket. Every once in a great while I do need one.
lol Buttons is the only thing I collect. But After going over all my inventory I think I will have to slow down on the buying for a while lol
I would love to see what you create with the buttons! I used to make popsicle stick frames as a child and I would glue buttons on them and they looked awesome! 🙂 The blue ones are pretty!
So far I have only used them on eyes for my sock monkey and thinking on adding a couple on my felt owl! There are sooo many diy ideas on pinterest!
Wow! I Love the buttons, very creative,
Love them too!!
You have some really pretty buttons. I can see why you would want to collect them. My Grandmother use to collect buttons when I was little. I am not sure if she still has them or not.
Is she still has them you should see if she wants to part with them! They are valuable for us buttons lovers heheheh =)
I love the sailor buttons! I can’t wait to see your finished owl! Looks so cute!
Love the gold vintage ones, they are my fav!! Will post picture of the finish owl once I am done!
I love all the creativity you shared here. Thank you
Glad you enjoy! Thanks for stopping by! =)
I love you story. I think you’re the neatest most organized hoarding I’ve ever seen.
There is such a thing as an organized hoarding! hehehe
Awesome story here. Definitely see your talent in terms of how creative you can be.
Thank you Nate for the compliment! =)
marielle nice articles
creative 🙂
That is too funny. Back when I scrapbooked I used buttons on a lot of my pages, so I have a jar full of them, but I don’t scrapbook anymore & they are just sitting there.
I understand the button love! I collect Civil War buttons, and have some lovely perfume and china buttons!
I wish I had all of those buttons! I can think of so many things to do with them! Sadly I only have about 30 white buttons. [maybe]
i collect pens i love to see they write differently and look it’s the writer in me but can never pass up a good pen
There are so many cool things you can do with buttons….and you’ve got quite the collection. You can do monogrammed pillows using your buttons, or wall art like branches with flowers (using your buttons to make the flowers). Do share your projects with us
My mom used to have a big box of different buttons to sow in our clothes if a botton would fall. When I was a child I loved to go through it and arrange the buttons according to color, size, type, design, you name it, with my little sister.
There were some vintage buttons just like the ones in your pic.
I didn’t even remember how much I loved buttons until this post. Thank you very much, lol
With the 2 and 4 hole buttons you could make necklaces and bracelets–start a new craze! Maybe sell them or donate them at one of the Church bazaars–hey you never know!
Such an organized little nook you have there. Those buttons looks beautiful!
That is a cute display with the buttons. I think they look fabulous on your work nook.
You & your buttons girl, lol, it crazy you love them my daughter just starting to play with buttons but she use them to create her doll clothes, but I like the idea of the buttons in a jar
we lots with buttons to but mostly for play time
blue is my fave too!
As I was reading this I kept thinking, what in the world can one do with all those buttons??? (I’m so un-crafty) So I jumped on Pinterest and oh-my-goodness…now I WANT some buttons too…LOL
Wow! That is a ton of buttons. I would be gettin crafty!
My daughters birthday theme was Lalaloopsy. We bought colored buttons from Walmart and then used them to decorate frames (we had special bday pics taken and used them as centerpieces). We also used them to decorate glass vases that we also used as decorations at her party. They turned out so cute!
Ok, you seriously have a lot of buttons! I don’t collect buttons but I do collect Starbucks cards! I have them going back to when they first came out!
OMG! Wow! That’s awesome that you finally got them organized! Now time to do some stitch designing with those buttons 😉
I don’t collect buttons, but I love looking at them! They are so pretty sometimes 🙂
I don’t collect buttons but wow, that was a lot and can be used in a lot of stuff like DIY or scrap books too.
i can honestly say that i have never crafted with buttons. although if i had your collection i might be inspired. 🙂
This is so cool! Suddenly I want to collect buttons to see how creative I can get.
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I am a ringaholic. Anytime I go to an antique store I have to look at the rings and try to talk myself into buying one. I used to have tons of old rings now, I don’t but I want to start again. It’s driving me crazy lol.
Wow, that’s a lot of buttons! LOL. I bet you can do so many cool things with them though! I wish I was more crafty.
Wow! That must have taken a while for sure.
My Grandmother always used to save a lot of buttons when I was growing up. I find myself saving whatever buttons I come across too these days.
As they say, the thing about being a collector is that your family never helps you quit. They just fuel it with more. I love your unique collection there.
As they say, the thing about being a collector is that your family never helps you quit. They just fuel it with more. I love your unique collection there.