Category Archives: buttons

I’m moving

Posted on January 13, 2014 by booksandbuttons.com

Hello readers and friends– My site is moving, but will be the same, with a new address. Look for me at  www.booksandbuttons.com. You’ll see my usual page with a row of books at the top. And there is a new … Continue reading →

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Plastic Buttons

Posted on January 2, 2014 by booksandbuttons.com

What better way to start off the new year than with buttons?  And plastic buttons are such a fun category. Oh, I suppose I should call them “Synthetic Polymers” to include all of the ways plastic has been fiddled with … Continue reading →

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Old Black Glass Buttons, larger

Posted on November 24, 2013 by booksandbuttons.com

A few years ago when I told a friend that I was getting interested in button collecting, she sighed and told me that her aunt used to collect buttons.  My friend couldn’t see the point—cards of old black glass buttons … Continue reading →

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Old Black Glass Buttons small to medium

Posted on November 23, 2013 by booksandbuttons.com

I was so excited the day I saw this makeup advertising in a magazine–what a great button backdrop! said I.  And so I started—and am busy filling up 80 spaces—EIGHTY spaces of makeup splashes.  I still have a few blanks … Continue reading →

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National Button Day postscript . . .

Posted on November 18, 2013 by booksandbuttons.com

A reader, “Buttondeb” submitted this cute photo of the grand celebration at their house—

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National Button Day 2013 !!

Posted on November 16, 2013 by booksandbuttons.com

I THINK  today is National Button Day—November 16th– So I guess you have the day off, right?  And are sorting and mounting your buttons?  So I won’t keep you very long—just will share, oh, let’s say sixteen buttons . . .Yea! … Continue reading →

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Falling Leaves, Buying Buttons

Posted on November 11, 2013 by booksandbuttons.com

Couldn’t resist another early Sunday morning drive to my flea market!  The trees are past their prime, but there are still lovely pockets of color here and there, and it’s a pleasure to drive past lovely old stone houses like … Continue reading →

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Two Buttons

Posted on November 3, 2013 by booksandbuttons.com

I’ve been busy lately trying to organize my button collection. Soon they’ll all be mounted on cards.  HA! HA! HA! One button friend has said she won’t buy any more new buttons until she has the ones she now owns … Continue reading →

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The Myerstown PA Button Show Oct 2013

Posted on October 21, 2013 by booksandbuttons.com

Last week we drove to the middle part of Pennsylvania–Pennsylvania Dutch country–to visit the Myerstown Button Show held at the Lantern Lodge. It was a beautiful bright October day and the leaves were about midway in color.  We didn’t go … Continue reading →

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The Titusville Button Show September 2013

Posted on September 16, 2013 by booksandbuttons.com

The New Jersey State Button Society held its meeting and show in Titusville at the fire hall on Saturday, September 7.  I’ll share with you the buttons I bought: First, some glitz—that’s a heavy old rhinestone button, about an inch … Continue reading →

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