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Here are two Celluloid Back buttons using  a fawn coloured Celluloid.  One has a decorative metal border and the other a delicate floral design in metal.  They are both very effective.

How about another little diversion from buttons?   As previously mentioned I enjoy painting and sketching and here is some of the art from one of my sketchbooks.  They are mainly a combination of pencils and/or water colours.  It is a very relaxing hobby for me which I share with my friend Di.

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.

My friend Margaret has been on holidays in England for three months.  She has been on the search for buttons in opp shops for me.

What a lovely surprise for me to find a 1kg parcel on my doorstep and yes it was buttons plus a couple of extras.  I had great fun going through them choosing what to keep and Margaret will use the others on her sewing projects.

 

This is a nice button comprising a cream background with a fancy brass overlay.  I am not sure if the cream is Celluloid or Painted Tin. (It has a really high gloss surface)

It has a tin back and shank and measures a little under 3 cm.  It was given to me recently.

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.