It is Wednesday again, so it's BUTTON DAY on my blog !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Today it's about button trees. I showed you already some the great art trees from Ran Hwang. The present post is about some smaller trees. The first picture is from Lisa Jordan alias lilfishstudios on Flickr; she played with some fabulous buttons and the result was this lovely tree !
And Christian Church, alias Christian BC on Flickr, photographed this prickly one in the Belhaven Memorial Museum in Belhaven, North Carolina, which holds the collections of Mrs. Eva Blount Way, a seriously eccentric woman who simply couldn't throw anything away.....
This gorgeous tree is made by Gregory “Mr. Imagination” Warmack, which he gave a s a gift in 2000 to the American Folk Art Museum on Manhattan in New York City. The understructure of Button Tree is the limb of an old tree that the artist rescued from the streets and set in a base festooned with bottle caps. Dismayed that the tree had been the victim of development, he was resolved to “save part of it.” Warmack worked on the piece a little at a time, nailing buttons onto the wood one by one in a laborious process that took years to complete.
Pictures are from christiNYCa and Lori L. Stalteri.
And if you want to make a tiny button tree yourself, this charming tutorial from Lee Meredith can help you out ! 
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 !!
picture taken before the fair started
This week was dominated by the alternative Christmas fair (last night) in Flensburg on the Danish-German border. It was in the Norderstrasse, close to the medieval Nordertor gate. The market was on two opposite sides of the Norderstrasse, at one side it was in the Danish Library (that's where I was) and at the other side was in an Art Gallery and its inner court. Despite the cold there were many people and the whole atmosphere was very cozy; lots of Xmas snacks and Glühwein, and very alternative street decoration with bunting made of rope with old shoes and paper snowflakes. Hubby, Peggy and I had a great evening, despite the fact I did not sell as much as I hoped I would :)
Das Nordertor, Flensburgs Wahrzeichen
It's a beautiful old street with a lot of athmosphere; I could not take pics of the Nordertor because it was too dark, but I found some great pics on the net. Next to the market was a lovely coffee, cocoa and tea house with great cakes, so everybody went there to warm up and have some drink and cake. The interior was so beautiful, it was like an exhibition of a tea and coffee can collector !
And I made a new collection of brooches this week. Obsessed with buttons, I finally decided to make my own ones. Gathered some lovely wood branches in my garden (something I have to do each year anyway for my wood stove) and let them dry for a couple of months. Sawed them into thin slices, and let them dry again for some months. And then the thrill of making the holes ! Not 2 or 4 holes, as ordinary buttons usually have, but much more holes I drilled into those slices. Then sanded and oiled (with organic corn oil), and there they were; the real special P8 buttons. So, what now to do with them ? Took them many times in my hands, they feel so yummy.... Why not combine them with some embroidery, which I so love to do ? And some of my special vintage buttons ? So far so good, and the new line of double buttoned embroidered P8 brooches was born. I hope you enjoy them as much as I did making them. Here some pics of the new brooches:
They are for sale in my Etsy P8 Button Art shop, and there are more to come in the coming days !
This week's earrings are from imogeneANDannie, who makes beautiful metal jewelry. I fell in love with these branch earrings having such a beautiful form. And not only that, they are also incredible light to wear. I wear them pretty often, because they are so light and fit with every possible outfit; the power of nature !
It is Wednesday again, so it's BUTTON DAY on my blog. It would be great if you could do the same; make your Wednesday a button day too. 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 via Mister Linky at the end of this post.
Lots of snow here, so the Xmas-feelings are growing high. Therefore, this Button Wednesday is about Xmas trees. 
A Button Art Tree in Belgium (Mandahattan on Flickr)
A Button Wall Tree (Bobbuchan on Flickr)
A real Button Tree (Annette Erzfinke on Flickr)
A felted Xmas Tree (calakacompany on Flickr)
A crocheted Xmas Tree (BeaG on Etsy)
And two great ideas to make your own button Xmas trees ! Click on the pictures to come at the DIY pages.
!!!!!!!!!! If you have something for The Button Wednesday, give Mister Linky your name and the link to your button post !!!!!!!!!!!!!
