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Shot on 120 format Fuji Provia 100F film using a Mamiya RB67 Pro S body and a 127mm lens on a Manfrotto tripod. Scanned using a Nikon Super Coolscan 9000 ED dedicated film scanner.
I have wanted to get a good photo of the button factory for a while. I'll have to keep trying.
Button Poms (Pompons) are popular accent flowers used in bouquets. They look quite different when they are viewed close up than they do in real life.
Cut steel coat button made in Birmingham around 1800. This button is part of a set which was probably made for wearing at court and other formal occasions.
Accession number: 1887 F904.8
Vintage 1930s valentine card from my Mother's collection. The poem, printed in hard to read gold ink, reads:
Button-face oh! Button-face,
Be my Valentine!
With big round eyes and ivory skin,
Ev'ry grace is thine!
She has a real, hand painted button for a face. Unfortunately there is a crack in the button.
The back of the card is printed Raphael Tuck & Sons. LTD. London, Paris, Berlin, New York, and Montreal. Printed in Germany.
Barred Button Quail (Turnix suscitator) is a buttonquail, one of a small family of birds which resemble, but are unrelated to, the true quails. Found in most habitats except dense forest and desert. Feeds on insects and seeds, and is reluctant to fly. The female is polyandrous. The female is the brighter of the sexes, initiates courtship and builds the ground nest. Eggs are incubated by the male who also tends the young, which can run as soon as they are hatched. The hen goes off to acquire another husband, Captured at Yala National Park, Sri Lanka
NEW! Any of my button designs can now be made into a pendant/necklace with an 18 inch ball chain. Pendant measures 1.25 inches.
Barrel of Monkeys (see my profile).
Cutwork button---this is my second attempt because on the first one I had too much lace and it looked like a sunflower.
The base fabric is cream duchess satin and the lace is cream as well.
The centre section is a piece of cream silk organza that had cutwork on it and I layered it on top of a piece of pale pink cotton Voile.
I had much difficulty attaching the lace--my fingers are too short and stubby to handle fiddly bits.
These elegant button covers are perfect for a simple outfit you want to dress up or to pair with an elegant sweater! This set includes two (2) button covers.
This button placement certainly seems odd to me (I don't think I'll EVER button it) but I do love the button that I chose and the little loop is pretty cute. It can just always stay open. No problem.
Really, I have a few other bones to pick with the pattern too, from the too-short length to the fact that the placket is supposed to be made REALLY long and then sewn partway shut (??) to the unfinished seams on the inside (I made some of them into French seams to at least cut down on the raw edges a little bit).
And please don't pay attention to the poor quality of my bias-tape-sewing there. That part was done about 4 years ago, when I'd really not done much sewing at all.
Temporary home (because I might have a use for those buttons); however, it's growing on me.
This was a Crafty Fun Friday entry, but I won't make you go look for it: directions are here.
Cute goats milk button soap in raspberry, vanilla and almond.
See these and more at our Etsy Country Farm Store.