All things buttons & more …
Here are two more buttons bought in 2011 at The Button Shop in Brighton.
They are both gilt with fake “diamonds” set into them.
One has a swirly design with one stone in the middle and measures just over 2 1/2cm. The other has a hammered background with six small stones and is smaller at 2 cm.
How about some sketches for a change.
As I have said before, I love nature and take photos of all sorts of things. Not so long ago I finished my drawing journal picturing all things of nature. Here are three of my sketches from that journal.
These two metal buttons are pewter like in appearance.
The larger one shows a sort of crest with the words Forever New. The smaller one also has a crest with ARMEE MILITARE printed on it. I do not know the significance of these words. I guess they are just blazer buttons.
These square buttons are small, all being under 1 cm. The first ones have a bright coloured design on a white background.
The second group have a delicate pastel shade simple pattern on them.
Here are three plastic buttons of similar size (being a little under 3 1/2cm) They also have the same back and shank style. There are many types of plastics but I am not up with them all so generalize them to play safe. I wonder if these buttons are from the 1950’s or 60’s. (purely a guess)
These little log shaped buttons have been carved and I guess would have been cut off a long log shape of plastic. They may be of casein but I am not sure.
Both of these buttons are blonde horn, one having some carving and a brass centre, the other an embossed brass strip across it. They are approximately 2 1/2cm. in diameter.
Today is 1st June, first day of Winter for us here in Australia. I quite like Winter as I feel the heat much more than the cold. To be inside and it is pouring rain or windy gives me a comfy feeling likewise to get into my dressing gown at say 5pm and snuggle in for the evening is lovely. We have had some beautiful Autumn days, good to be out and about. It is actually sunny now and I am going with my friend Di for a drive to Numurkah ( half an hour away) to look in the opp shops and have lunch. What a nice way to spend a few hours and who knows what we might find. We had a great bonanza last time we went there, maybe a few buttons. I have a house full of treasures!! (room for a few more still) Let us all have a nice day whatever.
I have just recently picked up these two cards of button covers at the local Hospice Opp Shop. It must have been my lucky day to have found them both at the same time.
What a nifty way to dress up a garment. I have quite a few single ones but not many full sets which are always nice to have.
This button is brass with black and silver paint around the outside.
The middle is a flower shape with a claw set cut steel in the centre. It is of medium size.