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I belong to a small local button collector’s group who meet once a month at each other’s homes.

In 2011 we had a challenge to collect buttons of a theme.  I chose Chooks and Roosters and this is the result of my effort.  They are all modern apart from the hand painted white glass button in the middle.  It is set in white metal and I think quite charming.

The others are of various materials including wood, plastic, metal and ceramic.  They make up a nice display which I have mounted on hessian for a natural look.   I show a few individual photos too.

I have just had a few days in Melbourne with my nephew Graeme.  He always takes me somewhere for an outing.  I went to The Button Shop, Glenferrie Rd. Malvern for a short while and bought a few new buttons.

Here is one of my purchases in Malvern.  It was an expensive button at $20 but will be a lovely antique in 100 years.

It is large at approx. 4  1/2 cm.  The purple colour is a great foil for the green, blue, orange and black of the inner disc. I feel it is quite dramatic.

I show here three new Mother of Pearl  buttons which I purchased in Melbourne.  They have been dyed and etched (maybe by laser)  It was hard to look in the small shop.

While in Melbourne this week with my nephew Graeme we went to Jimmy Buttons shop in Fitzroy.  What a jumble of buttons, laces, ribbons etc. something for everyone.

Here are some photos of the organized clutter in such a small space.

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 am still alive and kicking but have been most unwell for a few weeks and not able to do my daily post which I have missed, however I am on the way up again and look forward to my button photography and chatting on the laptop.  That is what it is for, recording lovely buttons and sharing them with someone else while also helping me to be in touch with people.  Maybe my website might encourage someone else to start collecting buttons and get the same pleasure that I do from the search and in getting some nice ones and also meeting people with similar interests.  They are all plusses.

So I have just posted another Beatrix Potter post and will do a different one next time.  I just wanted to say that I am on the air again.

This group of black plastic buttons have had a pearl coating of silver colour which really sets them off.  It gives them a stripey look because of the ridged lines radiating from the centre.  They measure 1  1/2 cm.

Yesterday was a lovely day so with two friends I went to the Historical Day in a little place called Merrigum.  What a great job they do for a tiny community.

They had butter making, ironing with a flat iron,  an old wringer, a blacksmith, shearing, old cars, lace making and wood turning, just to name a few.  It was just nice wandering around saying “I remember”.

My friend Joyce had a button display and she always gets lots of interest.  Lots of old engines and machinery were on display too.

Here are just a few photos to share the experience.

 

Duttons for Buttons is a button shop in York, England.

A few of my friends have been to this shop and bought buttons for me. (Aren’t I lucky)    The four buttons on this card are all black glass with a gold lustre.  My friend Jan bought them in September, 2017 at Duttons.  She also took some photos of the shop for me which was nice.

It is always exciting when someone gives me a button.   The saying goes “Small things amuse small minds”      (No comment)

Here are two groups of handmade Ceramic buttons which were made in Lima, Peru.

One lot has geometric patterns on a cream ground while the others are realistic flower buttons.  I bought them at a fair in 2002.  They have a  charming handmade look.