Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Button Wednesday : Flea Market Gifts



It is Wednesday again, so it's BUTTON DAY on my blog !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



I have a friend of a friend who likes strolling on flea markets, and when he heard of my button mania he decided to have a look around for buttons (which I did not know). Suddenly this friend of a friend sent me this huge button parcel ! I am so thrilled. Especially, the buttons on the cartons are splendid; they were sewn on by a German girl with the name Helga Meyer in 1965, when she was at a vocational school for seamstresses in southern Germany (the text is still readable). I give you lots of pictures !










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 !!
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10 comments:

  1. AnonymousSeptember 14, 2011 at 3:06 PM

    I accidentally fell into button collecting when I couldn't resist a great sale with brand new cards of button going for 25 cents at Joann's about 7 years ago. My kids found vintage buttons by the jar last Christmas that were so much fun I went back and bought more. Now I just need to find more ways to use all of them.

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  2. zsazsazsuSeptember 14, 2011 at 4:50 PM

    I am green with envy ;;-)

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  3. matchstickgirlSeptember 14, 2011 at 5:45 PM

    There is just something about buttons .... Did you see the button eye parents in the film "Coraline" ?

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  4. Marion PannekoekSeptember 14, 2011 at 8:28 PM

    To unwrap this parcel must have been such a trill Petronella! Enjoy your new collection...

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  5. vadjutkaSeptember 14, 2011 at 8:37 PM

    Hey Ella,

    Look what I (we) have here!
    http://vadjutka.hu/vintage-gombok-buvoleteben-admiring-vintage-buttons/

    See you soon in Berlin!

    xxx
    Judit

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  6. ERGANI weavingSeptember 14, 2011 at 10:41 PM

    It's a precious collection!

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  7. JanelleSeptember 15, 2011 at 9:51 AM

    I am so envious! I am collecting buttons for small projects but I can only get buttons from the mall and they are a little expensive. Even those plain plastic ones *sigh*.

    Visiting from Creating Success Around the World blog hop! Thanks for linking and hope to see you there again next week!

    Janelle
    Of Pinks and Fairy Tales

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  8. SmitoniusAndSonataSeptember 16, 2011 at 12:29 PM

    What a wonderful surprise ! And the needlework's students cards are particularly fine .... they give that contact with the past that is always so special !

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  9. yagaSeptember 16, 2011 at 3:37 PM

    Oh, how nice to have such thoughtful friends of friends! I love buttons too, mostly if there's a lot that I can let run through my fingers and sort into different categories! ^^

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  10. Erika PriceSeptember 16, 2011 at 7:26 PM

    Wow - what an amazing haul of buttons!!!

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