BUTTONFEST IN MELBOURNE

Yesterday I was lucky enough to go to The Victorian Button Collector’s Club Exhibition and Sales day in Melbourne. It is the day of the year where I have saved up my money to have a big splurge on the many buttons available from 50cents to maybe $150 each so all are catered for. It is like a child being in a lolly shop. My friends Carole and Ross drove me down and after about five hours spent at the show my nephew and niece picked me up so I could stay down for a few days. The Melbourne ladies make me most welcome and I can sit and chat to them while resting my back. It was a perfect day both weatherwise and the running of the show. I was thrilled to have drawn out a winning raffle ticket for a little girl who was so excited to win a pretty frame with children’s buttons displayed in it. It made my day to see her so happy. I got a nice variety of buttons and will look forward to photographing them and sharing them when I get home. ( I forgot to bring my camera cord with me!!! ) I have just been to my nieces place for a lovely barbeque lunch and I am now going to “play” with my new buttons because I was too tired to do so yesterday. Button Collecting is a great hobby for young and old.

THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF BUTTONS

Button Collecting is an enjoyable and fascinating hobby for both young and old. A lot of the fun is in the hunt, be it in opp shops, antique fairs or whatever. The thrill is to find a lovely button in amongst a mixed lot. I have now been collecting buttons for about 15 years and the thrill of a great find remains as it was in the beginning. You can learn a lot about history, mythology, opera and the likes as these are all displayed on buttons. I consider them to be little works of art and by sharing my collection I hope you will get as much enjoyment out of them as I certainly do.