31 March 2010

More button inspiration



I promised to make a follow up to the botton/bowl post the other day. So here are some pictures of buttons that I find inspiring, and a couple of the results from my playing with them.



The button-thing goes back to the sixties when my grandparents had a shop, where they made dresses. I loved to visit them in the shop, to look at all the fabrics and play with the buttons that were kept in a large box. I made rows and pattterns on the floor with them. When my grandmother died in the early 70´s, I inherited another box with buttons and I still have a lot of them.



So look out for fleemarkets,old ladies sewing baskets and old clothes, and the world will never be the same again..
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15 comments:

  1. Estefanía31 March 2010 at 19:07

    It´s so beautiful ideas!! Congratulations!

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  2. The Old Maid31 March 2010 at 19:18

    Fantastic buttons!

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  3. Irene31 March 2010 at 19:33

    What a great selection - amazing what you can come up with,with just a little thought.

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  4. Lisette31 March 2010 at 19:56

    beautiful buttons!

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  5. Merry Jingle31 March 2010 at 20:21

    Lovely stuff, I have to keep my eyes open,

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  6. Catherine31 March 2010 at 20:33

    BTW...In case you missed my post on my blog to you about the wine bottles. You can email Hanneke and ask her to send you a photo of the ones she has for sale.
    dabdab@zeelandnet.nl

    Catherine X

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  7. Norma Bennett31 March 2010 at 20:52

    You have such a wonderful 'eye' for looking at objects and imaging them 'repurposed', this is such an inspiring post Susanne :)

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  8. Ascension31 March 2010 at 21:00

    Una buena idea!!!!
    Casi todas las que hacemos miniaturas miramos las cosas en pequeño...jejejejej, todo lo guardamos por si sirve y al final nos hacemos con cajas de cositas pequeñas jejejejeje
    besitos ascension

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  9. Jo Raines1 April 2010 at 01:20

    What beautiful little creations. I have plenty of old buttons and I'm going to go through them with a renewed sense of purpose! Thank you for showing this! What wonderful ideas.

    Jody

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  10. Sans!1 April 2010 at 04:45

    I love buttons too and never throw any away. One day, I will give my box away to my nieces :). You have done wonders with your grandma's. Those boxes are gorgeous.

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  11. miniacollection1 April 2010 at 07:49

    Now I will look at my mother's buttons (she's got a lot) with a new eye.
    Geneviève

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  12. Susanne1 April 2010 at 10:41

    Thanks for your comments. It´s funny because I thought that you all allready had the "button perspective" like me ;-)

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  13. Kathi3 April 2010 at 02:24

    I've always loved pretty buttons. Now I can see them with a mini eye. Thanks!

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  14. rudoo5 April 2010 at 15:56

    Ooooohh!!! I love buttons! Very creative!
    Jonna

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  15. temari by the sea27 May 2010 at 22:19

    Those buttons are amazing, I love what you did with them!

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