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Tag Archives: buttons
Selling Seeds in 1953
I found this old seed packet advertising recently–from 1953, and had fun looking through it. You would sell packets of seeds for 10 cents a packet and then earn PRIZES for your sales! How easy was that? It says right … Continue reading
Posted in gardens
Tagged buttons, early advertising, earning prizes, prizes, selling seeds
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Buttons from St. Louis
Yes! Well, you might not have to click to enlarge! On our recent visit to St. Louis (mainly to revisit old restaurants), we spent some time foraging in antique markets, shops, etc, and I’d like to share some of the … Continue reading
Posted in buttons, crafts, dogs, embroidery, fashion, sewing, travel
Tagged Ardor of Paris, Bakelite, buttons, celluloid buttons, Paris backmark, St. Louis, The Quilted Fox
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Buttons from London
One of our first forays in London was to a button store, of course–having already bought a book the evening before . . .So we went to The Button Queen– which I had seen on a YouTube video before I … Continue reading
Posted in buttons, London, travel
Tagged backmarks, buttons, Firmin, Gaunt, London, London Badge, The Button Queen, Wyon
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National Button Week 2013 Part 5: Buttons from Paris
This fine button is by French designer Roger Jean-Pierre. He worked for fashion designer Elsa Schiaparelli from 1934 to 1939. She was a wild, innovative designer—with matching wild, innovative buttons. More about her another day . . . Then he … Continue reading
Posted in buttons, crafts, fashion, Paris, sewing
Tagged A.P.et Cie, backmarks, buttons, Courvoisier Paris, Elsa Schiaparelli, Michaud & Daly, military buttons, Paris, Qualité Solide, ROBIN Paris, Roger Jean-Pierre, T.W.&W.
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National Button Week 2013 Part 3
Today let’s study buttons that are still on their old original advertising cards. Remember you can click, and double click again to see details in the photos. This circus card is great. If you click the photo to enlarge, you … Continue reading
Posted in buttons, crafts, sewing
Tagged Blumenthal Co, buttons, buttons on cards, La Mode, Le Chic
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Old Framed Button Art
Not too long ago the Other Half came home from an auction and gave this artwork to me. What do you say to a guy like that? It takes some getting used to—and I decided this morning that the time had … Continue reading
More Buttons from Paris
By popular demand—a photo of the two blue sparkly buttons from the last post–a closeup: On to new business– one day we headed out early toward Montmartre. We took the metro and when we got off our stop nearby, we … Continue reading
Posted in buttons, Paris
Tagged buttons, Dam Boutons, Montmartre, Paris, Reine, Saint Pierre
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Buttons from Paris
First thing on the agenda when we got to Paris was to make a beeline for Ultramod Mercerie at 4 Rue de Choiseul in the 2nd arrondissement. It’s an unpretentious looking little shop in a narrow street: It’s in a … Continue reading
Titusville Button Show
Recently I went to the Titusville, NJ Button Show sponsored by the local Central Jersey Buttoniers club. (click on photos to enlarge) It was a beautiful spring morning—one of those high pressure blue sky ones–and the drive was so pleasant along … Continue reading