Saturday, April 3, 2010

Buttons!

A few days ago, the boy and I decided to go wander through downtown Littleton. At our first stop, I found a cute mustard yellow Tulle cardigan for half off. Next, we went in an antique store that I had driven by a hundred times, but never went in. Turns out it is possibly the greatest antique store EVER. The place is complete eye candy. The owner is amazing at grouping things and putting displays together. Best of all, they have a SHITLOAD of buttons. Not just any buttons. Freaking 1930s buttons. Most of then came from a factory in Iowa that shut down in the 1930s. The button factory owner passed everything down to his granddaughter, and she's been holding onto them until recently, and the antique store's owner jumped on the opportunity to snag some.

There was also a small collection of old European buttons. They were gorgeous and intricate, and priced at $7-$12 per button. I couldn't bring myself to pay that, so I took a picture. I guess I kind of got to bring them all home that way.

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After nearly two hours in the tiny little antique store, I finally decided on three bags, priced at $6, $8 and $14. Yep, I paid $14 for a sandwich bag half full of these buttons.

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And here are a few of my favorites from the big bag.

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The other two bags were less colorful, but just as beautiful.

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And, being the genius he is, my boyfriend suggested I use the old drawer I bought a few weeks back to organize the buttons. Funny how things work out sometimes, isn't it?

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I'm going to start adding some of the buttons to my embroidery projects, so keep an eye on my Etsy shop!

2 comments:

  1. What an awesome button find. I love sorting through old buttons I've found!

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  2. I can see my button love getting completely out of hand. Soon I will have jars of buttons everywhere...

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