Button Bonanza - Part II

I spent most of Monday afternoon playing with buttons -- it took me right back to my childhood & playing in my mom's button box!

Most of them were pretty ordinary, but there were lots of colorful & novelty buttons, as well as a fair number of 'artsy' clothing buttons and lots of buckles. I think some of them are bakelite, and I'll need to do some research if I'm going to sell them.

I packaged most of the ordinary & colored ones in little bags to sell in the booth, but kept lots of them for projects:Here are some pictures of the artsy buttons & buckles:

Some of these buckles are HUGE! I'm sure the brown striped one and green ones are bakelite. The purple grapes are a hook closure -- so cool!

I wish I could sew clothing so I could use this awesome cellulose green hook closure!

These buttons are so cool -- the horn ones with the flowers & red centers are 2" wide!

The 3 large ones here are a deep purple & more than 3" wide...

I hope my dear friend Kally will see this post, because she makes the most beautiful & artsy-est garments of anyone I know -- she's a truly gifted seamstress. If anyone could show these buttons off to their best advantage, she could!

Button Bonanza

I found a button bonanza at my local thrift today -- these bags had just been put out and I got first pick! I didn't intend to buy so many, but every bag I looked at had more wonderful buttons & buckles in it than the last. Have you ever seen so many buttons in one place? The cashier lost count and even charged me for one extra bag, but I don't mind because it's the Salvation Army & I know it will help someone out.

I can hardly wait to finish up my work on my day job so I can play with my new (old) buttons! My head is fairly spinning with ideas for projects to use them on...