the wild raspberry: The Motherlode

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Monday, January 26, 2009

The Motherlode

I just bought a huge pile of vintage buttons from a lady in the next town over. Oh, the pure joy of dumping them out and searching through them one by one. What could I do with this one? Oooh, here is a pretty one! The endless possibilities. What is that?? Look very closely at the first picture. There is a little critter hiding in the buttons.

Isn't he cute? A little doggie that is wishing me good luck.

Did he come from a bag of dogfood? That is kinda gross but I like him instantly anyway. No matter what his past.
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Do you see any you like? I do.

Look. There is even a little tiny statue of Jesus. Interesting. You just never know what you'll find.

9 comments:

Maisy said...: I don't even have a possibility of what I would do with those....however I would want them badly. That dog and Jesus are awesome. You are so cool..; January 26, 2009 at 7:49 PM
Lori said...: that dog is just too cute...i love old buttons too...my favorites are the imperfectly perfect shell and beautiful glass buttons...; January 26, 2009 at 8:08 PM
littlebyrd said...: Dumping out a jar buttons has to be on eof my favorite things! You know what I do with the larger ones? I get those little black magnets and hot glue them to back of the prettiest buttons.; January 27, 2009 at 8:26 AM
kraftykash said...: How fun! Every once and awhile the local thrift store will have a bag of buttons for sale.; January 27, 2009 at 11:55 AM
Jeanne Oliver said...: I adore jars of buttons..especially white and cream ones. If it has a little jewel it is even better. I love to make bracelets. Have fun!!!; January 27, 2009 at 1:53 PM
Jeanne Oliver said...: I adore jars of buttons..especially white and cream ones. If it has a little jewel it is even better. I love to make bracelets. Have fun!!!; January 27, 2009 at 1:53 PM
Sweet Cottage Dreams said...: I am drooling!!! Great find and that dog is adorable!!!

Chas, I went into the custom orders and added the box to my cart but I cannot seem to figure out how to pay for it. Do you want to send me an email or send me a pay pal request for money?

My addy is:
sweetcottagedreams1@comcast.net

LOVE the box!! It turned out sooooo cute!!!!

xoxoxo
Becky; January 27, 2009 at 2:53 PM
Anna Marie said...: You found some buttons! Yeah for you! You (or at least one of you) were telling me that you wanted to find some old buttons. I am going to be "de-tashing" my rather large collection of vintage buttons here within the next couple of weeks. Do you want me to contact you? Just in case?; January 27, 2009 at 3:27 PM
Unknown said...: Thanks for stopping by my blog and your sweet comments. I enjoyed your blog and added myself to the followers (did I "Make Your Day"?...LOL!)

I love the button blog...I have an old jar filled with button from my grandmother. We used to play with them when I was little and now I'm lucky enough to have them. I need to DO something with them!

PS: Your daughters jewely and store idea is precious. Can't see what they come up with...because the purse was WONDERFUL!; January 28, 2009 at 10:50 AM