Comments on: Button Luv

By: Karen

Karen — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 15:08:44 +0000

Thanks for the information on the buttons, Lisa. I will remember that they are vintage, like me!

By: Barbara

Barbara — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 03:00:30 +0000

I love old buttons, antique or not. I have some that my mother had that are still on cards. They sold for 10 cents.

By: Ollie McKay's

Ollie McKay's — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 16:35:40 +0000

Loving those buttons! Cool find! Think I could see a funky colorful necklace or bracelet made from these!! Have a Happy day and a good week!

By: Lisa

Lisa — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 13:42:12 +0000

I just found your blog and want to say how much I love your things! (My sister crochets bags out of plastic. I’m living in Thailand right now and miss her so much. Seeing your bags made me nostalgic!)

And the buttons you found are beautiful! I love flea markets!

Lisa
Yoga Thailand

By: Jennifer Smith

Jennifer Smith — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 19:40:09 +0000

Who can resist a flea market? These buttons are quite a find. Really brings back memories of my childhood as my aunt usually takes me with her when she goes shopping for buttons and supplies that she'll use for her dress shop. .-= Jennifer Smith´s last blog ..Welcome! =-.

By: Lisa - Alterity

Lisa - Alterity — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 19:48:27 +0000

Sorry to say that they are all vintage. Plastic is a modern material in the antique world. The only one you have that is old is the darker green one down at the bottom towards the left. It looks like a pressed celluloid button from the 30's. Celluloid is one of the earliest plastics, but it does not qualify as antique in the button world. Buttons before 1918 are antique. Antique buttons would typically be brass, cut steel, rubber, horn, wood, and shell...some ceramics and glass, but one would have to look at the shank to determine if they were antique or not. Great vintage buttons, though! .-= Lisa - Alterity´s last blog .. =-.

By: Personal Watercraft Parts

Personal Watercraft Parts — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 05:45:04 +0000

Oh my gosh, at least now I know I am not the only one who loves flea markets and finding completely random things to take my attention away lol. .-= Personal Watercraft Parts´s last blog ..Personal Watercraft Parts =-.

By: Audrey

Audrey — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 10:48:57 +0000

I remember when I was young - my grandma always had a large jar of different kinds of buttons. She never through any away, if a piece of clothing needed to be discarded she would take of the buttons and put them in the jar. I used to LOVE dumping it on the table and sorting them to see what kinds of buttons she had. You found some really lovely ones! .-= Audrey´s last blog ..Books into Purses and More! =-.