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I've been buying cotton plaid shirts from thrift stores and cutting them up for the fabric. The plaids will eventually become donation quilts.

 

In the meantime, I clip off the buttons and put them aside so that I don't add more plastic to a landfill. Still don't know how I will use these buttons, but I have a few ideas. Since I am still collecting shirts, my button pile will continue to grow as well.

 

The table cloth was found in a thrift store. The plate was made by a childhood friend who gave it to me as a birthday present years ago.

Image captured in support of the Macro Monday theme this week... bit of fun, found our button jar; this little cow used to feature on one of my daughter's coats when she was very little.

 

#ButtonsandBows

#MacroMondays

we're getting ready for a YS and i came across a small box that was labeled "small decorative buttons- brass" in my mom's distinctive printing. it reminded me that she often made little plaques/pictures with suede and these buttons, choosing a button that went with the intended gift recipient's interests.

 

macromonday- generosity

 

ODC/ODT- wide open (i interpreted it as wide open choices ~grin~)

and my heart is wide open thinking about, and missing, my mom :)

 

so i guess it will choose this one for today's DS (dailyshoot) too..........

#ds491 What reminds you of home? Make a photograph of it today.

 

wow, a 3-fer

COTH

 

111 pictures: #1 buttons

A mobile shot of four colorful buttons on splayed fork tines.

 

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The Big Hoot has brought businesses, artists, schools and the local community together to create a public art trail of stunning owl sculptures on display across Birmingham from 20 July until 27 September.

All the giant owls have been sponsored by companies and organisations and at the end of the trail, they will be auctioned to raise money for Birmingham Children’s Hospital.

A selection of old buttons that my mum keeps in a tin (some of which are over 80 years old), passed down from my Grandmother, I guess they're for those stitching emergencies!

embroidered buttons for Michelle's button swap

I have been a collector of buttons for years. Here are some of my favs.

My first foray into slide film *and* cross-processing, a double whammy. Processed and scanned by those nice people at Photographique.

The buttons on the cash register in the barber shop.

A little bit about the history of buttons:

Buttons and button-like objects used as ornaments or seals rather than fasteners have been discovered in the Indus Valley Civilization during its Kot Yaman phase (c. 2800–2600 BCE)[1] as well as Bronze Age sites in China (c. 2000–1500 BCE), and Ancient Rome.

Buttons made from seashell were used in the Indus Valley Civilization for ornamental purposes by 2000 BCE.[2] Some buttons were carved into geometric shapes and had holes pierced into them so that they could be attached to clothing with thread.[2] Ian McNeil (1990) holds that: "The button, in fact, was originally used more as an ornament than as a fastening, the earliest known being found at Mohenjo-daro in the Indus Valley. It is made of a curved shell and about 5000 years old."[3]

Functional buttons with buttonholes for fastening or closing clothes appeared first in Germany in the 13th century.[4] They soon became widespread with the rise of snug-fitting garments in 13th- and 14th-century Europe. (Wiki)

Special thanks and recognition to Flickr artist Buttons McTavish whose "For JKPP. April 13, 2011" provided inspiration for this digital interpretation. This portrait is part of a JKPP discussion

Our Daily Challenge ~ Buttons for 06.04.13

 

Day 155 ~ 365: the 2013 edition

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More macro colour fun

Macro Mondays #Buttons and Bows

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A few of the other pictures I took for this week's Macro Mondays Buttons and Bows theme

I attached these buttons to a jumper I wore to hand out candy last Halloween. Just uploading it here for a friend who'd like to use the idea.

 

Tips for Pam: place the large buttons first and use the teeny buttons for the teeth and bridge of the nose! Click the "ALL SIZES" link just above the photo to see bigger versions to print.

My favourites is the pencil if you couldn't tell :)

just love this big one!

...on a new fleece hooded coat/jacket. it's now 8 or 9 months since I've been in a thrift shop! Online clothes shopping is an adjustment. For Our Daily Challenge topic - Four

I love this shot.

Becky took it at Kingston Maurwood near Dorchester.

It is an agricultural college but you can go and visit and feed the animals.

This is one of the donkeys who is called Buttons. Take a look at the large size.

  

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Some cute shaped buttons I've accumulated. If you're interested in a trade, drop me a line :)

 

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Not sure what they represent....WWII era...in my parents "stuff"...Japanese??? If anyone knows...please let me know.

MM - buttons

This is a side view from my huge jar of buttons I inherited from my grandmother. Today my head and heart aren't on photography, not sure where they are but it was a chore to take this picture. The struggle with the project is you don't get a down uncreative day. If I get inspired, I might retake this but there is too much on my to do list to play around any more.

Buttons are arranged above lines drawn to look like string so that they look like a floating bunch of balloons.

  

Knitted this for myself, and I would say I'm pretty much ready for fall :)

I bought some new whopping, great buttons from Anglia Fashion Fabrics.

big thanks to Zoe for helping us with buttons!

handstitched felt brooch

Turns out my button tin isn't very exciting, so after a few false starts with my still life I ended up choosing these three gold buttons, most likely relics from the 1980s. This lead me on to thinking about displaying them like museum pieces on a pedestal.

  

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365+ days in colour

21/31 March pale blue

52 in 2014 #46 buttons

buttons....don't know what the one on the right does....

I don't know what it is, but brightly-colored buttons make me happy. I love to have them around as eye candy.

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