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Thursday, July 19, 2012

button, button, who's got a button?

i do!

my dad gave me a baggie full of button cards that belonged to my nana.  i had so much fun sorting them.

there were a ton of brass buttons - they looked like they were from military uniforms...
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the detailing is amazing...
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odd brass buttons...
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such a pretty icy bluish green...
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tiny black buttons on a large safety pin.  perhaps these were boot buttons from old fashioned lady boots?
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red buttons (ha!)
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i love these chartreuse green buttons, and the yellow are so lemony...
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brown buttons
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charcoal buttons
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brown and black buttons
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odd buttons that didn't fit anywhere else (love the pink ones tho!)
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nana must have sewed the shirt buttons on cards...recycling!
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i love the greenish buttons, and the white ones will look so cute on a sweater...
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i think these buttons were my favorite - i plan on knitting a sweater for petunia and i think they will be perfect for it.  i wonder what nana planned to use these buttons for?  or rather, what did she use one button for since there were originally 8 on the card?
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nana used to crochet toys and used these eyes...
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 these buttons looked like jacket buttons, very masculine...
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mom also found a button tin at a thrift shop on a recent day trip.  it had several lovely silvery buttons, perfect for a sweater (or two)...
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a few stray buttons...
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i managed to put all but nana's white shirt buttons in the tin.
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i can't wait to make a few projects - be it a sweater or  something sewn - so i can give these buttons new life!

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