I have the button box that at one time belonged to my great uncle. It came with an assortment of buttons, some metal, some cloth, some plastic, some leather. We have added to it over the years, when the kids were young they loved to look through the "box".
Today people collect buttons, gathering them from antique shops, auctions, or garage sales. Others use buttons to make button art.
We keep our buttons for reuse, or just because they are too good to throw away.
I remember mom's button box, I used to love looking through the buttons! Some buttons are very ornate or interesting looking, like little pieces of art. I too have a collection of buttons and every once in a while I look through them and remember what garment that button came with or came off of, often I no longer have the garment but it makes me smile to remember it.
ReplyDeleteI'm so glad you have those memories as well.
ReplyDeleteI once painted a jar for my mom to put her buttons in. It said "Mom's Buttons". Unfortunately, I painted the first four letters of "Buttons" a different color than the last three, so at first glance the text looks a bit strange...
ReplyDeleteBut I guess it didn't matter; she's still using it.