It is Wednesday again, so it's BUTTON DAY on my blog !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This Button Wednesday is about the Celebrity Button Art Charity Book. The book was launched in November 2010 and compiled by Karen Gammon, a retired art teacher from Staffordshire (UK). It contains over 240 pieces of artwork collected from celebrities around the world. Each piece of work is done around a button and a full list of celebrities participating is attached. Contributors include actors, actresses, royalty, academics, chefs, singers, authors, politicians and designers. The artwork has been collected over the past nine years. The book is a continuation of a fundraising project started at the beginning of the new millennium, and a range of charities will benefit. It is a marvelous initiative and the book is beautiful (I just had to buy it....). Next to the celebrity button art, it contains a short history of the button, button assemblages made from tens of thousands of buttons and lots of other information that is related to buttons. You can buy the book here.
Some of the art work presented in the book:
Have you seen a lovely, beautiful, stunning, crazy button or button-related thingy, or did you make something with a button / buttons, or did you even make buttons yourself, blog about it on your blog on Wednesday, and give the link here in the comments so that everybody can enjoy it !!
Today in the Flickr Favourites it's the turn of the traditional costume of the North-West Veluwe in The Netherlands. The North-West Veluwe is an area in the north-west of the province of Gelderland along the former Dutch Zuiderzee (but now it lies inland, because of land reclamation). If you have followed this traditional costume series on my blog, you will have noticed that all places and islands around and in the Zuiderzee had their own distinctive costumes. The original North-West Veluwe costume contains an ear ornament usually made of precious metal (locally called ‘oorijzer’, lit. ‘ear-iron’) and a colorful small cap with red flowers and lace. The female attire going with it, was mainly dark in color but with a red checkered scarf crossed over the kraplap (i.e. bodice). From the beginning of 20th century the old traditional costume was gradually replaced by the costume of the North-East of the Veluwe, because lots of the girls from the North-West Veluwe started working in the houses in the cities of the North-East Veluwe (like Kampen). The last woman who was wearing the old costume of the North-West Veluwe was Wijmpje Frens-Wouters, who died at the age of 102 in 2007.
For more flickr favourites see ArtMind's blog.
1. People of The Netherlands , about half a century ago - 'er zijn verschillende manieren om oud te worden , dit is er ook een van ...', 2. Eibertje, 3. Klederdracht, 4. Op en top Holland
And two picture postcards from my own collection.
It is Wednesday again, so it's BUTTON DAY on my blog !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This Button Wednesday is about a dog named Buttons. He is made by Suzanne Noll, an animal and nature inspired, ceramic and mosaic artist. Buttons is fearsome and beautiful at the same time. I simply love that dog ! 
Buttons is handmade from high-fire clay with various glazes without the use of any molds, making this an original work of art. The mosaic is of steel balls and ceramic buttons, while on the collar hangs an antique key. His whiskers are made of copper wire with silver plated balls at the tips. 
If you love Buttons, go and have a look at Suzanne's other creations in her web shop Animal Instincts Art and her Etsy shop animalinstincts.
Have you seen a lovely, beautiful, stunning, crazy button or button-related thingy, or did you make something with a button / buttons, or did you even make buttons yourself, blog about it on your blog on Wednesday, and give the link here in the comments so that everybody can enjoy it !!
Today in the Flickr Favourites it's the turn of the traditional costume of Schokland in The Netherlands. Schokland was an island in the former Dutch Zuiderzee. As a result from the increasing sea-level Schokland transformed from an attractive settlement area in the Middle Ages to a place under continuous threat by floods in the 19th century. By that time the Schoklanders had retreated to the three most elevated parts, Emmeloord, Molenbuurt, and Middelbuurt. A major flood in 1825 brought massive destruction, and in 1859 the government decided to end permanent settlement on Schokland. The population of Schokland was moved to Kampen on the mainland. Schokland lost its status as an island when the Noordoostpolder was reclaimed from the sea in 1942. The remains are still visible as a slightly elevated part in the polder and by the still partly intact retaining wall of the waterfront of Middelbuurt.
Just as other islands in the Zuider Zee, Schokland had its own distinctive costume. The original Schokland costume very much resembled that of the island of Marken. A characteristic feature was the cylindrical bonnet with loose chin ribbons and the colorful outer garments. In the course of time changes appeared, likely influenced by the proximity of the island of Urk. By the end of the 18th century a costume with an ear ornament usually made of precious metal (locally called ‘oorijzer’, lit. ‘ear-iron’) and a starched white bonnet were quite popular with the women on Schokland. The female attire going with it, was mainly dark blue or black in color and made a less pretentious impression. A necklace of red coral beads indicated the wearer’s wealth and standing. Many of the elders held on to the traditional costume, so that both variants persisted over time. After the evacuation the population spread over the mainland surrounding the Zuider Zee, the traditional costume became obsolete and it was lost at the beginning of the last century. There is a choir existing of offspring from the former island who sing in costume.
For more flickr favourites see ArtMind's blog.
1. WL-090506-033, 2. bloedkoralen, 3. Schokkerkoor op Schokland, 4. www.flickr.com/photos/jackvandongen/4990415866/in/gallery...
And two picture postcards from my own collection.
It is Wednesday again, so it's BUTTON DAY on my blog !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This Button Wednesday is about the button button box. What is a button button box ? It is a box in the form of a buton or decorated with buttons, and you can put buttons in it :) Isn't that nice ?
This first one is from Habitat; I found lots of pictures of it on Flickr and I immediately adored it. Tried everything to get my hands on it. Searched the Habitat shops here and on the internet, asked a friend of me in the UK to find it for me, but nope; it was not for me :( If anybody out there can help me getting one, please do it ! 
I love these soft button sewing boxes; lots of colors and models of this type exist on the net. 
This is a cute as a button sewing kit; a lovely button box to put into your bag.
Manda makes the most lovely button boxes; you can see more of it at her Flickr page "Button Lover".
A lovely little button button box by Le Petit Poulailler made of some of her paper fancies.
A lovely button sewing box from Shruti.
Great DIY button box by shan a rama on Flickr.
Very very cute button button box by All About The Buttons on Etsy, who has a lot more button sweeties.
And if that is not enough, here are some awesome tutorials to make your own cuties (click on the pics to enter the tutorials):
Have you seen a lovely, beautiful, stunning, crazy button or button-related thingy, or did you make something with a button / buttons, or did you even make buttons yourself, blog about it on your blog on Wednesday, and give the link here in the comments so that everybody can enjoy it !!
