Mammamel
09-02-2007, 09:47 AM
After yesterday and today, I think I do!
I scored well at a yard sale yesterday.
This lady is selling off her mother’s estate. Her mom was a member, perhaps even founder of a button club. Yes there are clubs that collect the little things we take for granted and forget often to make tight on our clothes.
I have carded buttons and loose buttons and bagged buttons. There are some I think are mother of pearl, some metal, some cloth covered, lots of plastic and that stuff before plastic, but I can not remember the name of it. There are wooden ones also.
There are pink ones and blue ones, red ones and orange ones. I never noticed before how many shades of color there are. Nor did I realize how slight the differences in shade can be.
I ended up with a small jelly jar of, fabric buttons, blue buttons, brown buttons, orange/yellow, red, green, pink/purple, varied novelty, and a jar and ½ each whites and blacks, plus over a jar of metallic.
And that doesn’t count the extras. Like, 3 button dolls, these were so cute I went back for them after my first trip! A planter full of misc, beads and “Jazz Ups” and odd jewelry things. 3necklaces, a really odd red and white button string thing with a pierced ear dealy on each end. Plus button covers, and lots of lapel pins. Oh and a cross stitch kit from 1999. Its dated, 1999, so when I make it I plan to leave off the date part… A Barbie clothes pattern, which will find its way to ebay eventually. I also scored a baggie of collars, not lace just white, a stencil and several pages of various stickers. I use stickers to make signs for work so i am always looking for cheap (IE under $1) stickers!
Or the drugs. Yep I found drugs in my buttons! 3 different kinds of pill, 1 of each. There were also assorted tacks, straight pins and some kind of colored... metal things tons of them.
One set of earrings matches the hat I HAD to have. I don’t know WHY I HAD to have it but I just had to. It is white with a red and white polka dot ribbon… with the tags still on it.
But my fave score was the buttons. I could make wall hangings pictures out of the buttons, and I just might. There are tons of ideas ranging through my head right now. Dolls, aprons, and others places pretty buttons could be honored.
I was told by an older wiser sewing buddy to not remove the carded ones from the cards until I was ready to use them. So those will be filed in a box for now, some may make diorama displays in shadow boxes, if I ever get the boxes and decide not to use them on various sewing projects!
For some pics of my buttons, presort, you can go here:
http://s27.photobucket.com/albums/c152/MammaMel/
Now off to do laundry and assorted other fun things!
I scored well at a yard sale yesterday.
This lady is selling off her mother’s estate. Her mom was a member, perhaps even founder of a button club. Yes there are clubs that collect the little things we take for granted and forget often to make tight on our clothes.
I have carded buttons and loose buttons and bagged buttons. There are some I think are mother of pearl, some metal, some cloth covered, lots of plastic and that stuff before plastic, but I can not remember the name of it. There are wooden ones also.
There are pink ones and blue ones, red ones and orange ones. I never noticed before how many shades of color there are. Nor did I realize how slight the differences in shade can be.
I ended up with a small jelly jar of, fabric buttons, blue buttons, brown buttons, orange/yellow, red, green, pink/purple, varied novelty, and a jar and ½ each whites and blacks, plus over a jar of metallic.
And that doesn’t count the extras. Like, 3 button dolls, these were so cute I went back for them after my first trip! A planter full of misc, beads and “Jazz Ups” and odd jewelry things. 3necklaces, a really odd red and white button string thing with a pierced ear dealy on each end. Plus button covers, and lots of lapel pins. Oh and a cross stitch kit from 1999. Its dated, 1999, so when I make it I plan to leave off the date part… A Barbie clothes pattern, which will find its way to ebay eventually. I also scored a baggie of collars, not lace just white, a stencil and several pages of various stickers. I use stickers to make signs for work so i am always looking for cheap (IE under $1) stickers!
Or the drugs. Yep I found drugs in my buttons! 3 different kinds of pill, 1 of each. There were also assorted tacks, straight pins and some kind of colored... metal things tons of them.
One set of earrings matches the hat I HAD to have. I don’t know WHY I HAD to have it but I just had to. It is white with a red and white polka dot ribbon… with the tags still on it.
But my fave score was the buttons. I could make wall hangings pictures out of the buttons, and I just might. There are tons of ideas ranging through my head right now. Dolls, aprons, and others places pretty buttons could be honored.
I was told by an older wiser sewing buddy to not remove the carded ones from the cards until I was ready to use them. So those will be filed in a box for now, some may make diorama displays in shadow boxes, if I ever get the boxes and decide not to use them on various sewing projects!
For some pics of my buttons, presort, you can go here:
http://s27.photobucket.com/albums/c152/MammaMel/
Now off to do laundry and assorted other fun things!