Newly listed: Button Tree Necklace

Not many things are more cheerful than a button tree :)
 Bird Mobile fabric sculpture on yarn wrapped branches by BabyJivesCo
 White tree, art photography Koi art by dahliahousestudios
Dawn above the city (original oil) by ValeriaKondor

Button wednesday...a day late

I know, I know, it is thursday, but this week somewhere we lost a day. I'm pretty sure that our week here had no tuesday, I don't know about yours.

Nevertheless we wanted to share some button prettiness with you. We are no button collectors, what is a good thing since it could easily lead to bankrupcy, but once in a while we just cannot resist, or I can't.

This cool, groovy pouch is a recent ebay score.

And these funny, handpainted wooden horse buttons I bought in a bric-a-brac shop in Amsterdam, some forty years ago. They were already vintage by then, only at that time they were simply called old :)
See more button facts at Kraplap.

Monday Moodboard

1. P8ButtonArt  2. LaMarmota  3. stellacreations  4. PenyBall

Aaaah I couldn't keep my promise, I still owe you some pictures! The thing is we started to sew in our new room right away, and I don't want to see you the mess :) But I will take pictures these days, and will show you the progress and result of our renovation.

Wishing you a creative Monday!

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Please link back to this blogpost so that everyone can check the other Monday Moodboards.

The Button Family

It all begun with this bag, that I have showed you before. It is an adorable pouch portreting a dutch peasant family and all the little heads, including the cat!, are made with buttons.
I had never seen such buttons before, but I started looking for them, and they appear to have been quite popular in the States around 1900.

And like this goes with buttons, it is addictive, and I got myself a small collection :)

This one left is part of a series, I've seen them on Ebay for high prices, but I got mine for much less! I would love to know where this button family thing comes from. Searching on Google only brings up family trees of real Button families!

These are bridge tally cards, probably picturing the actual players.

This one is very different , but I love it too: Missis, will yer please sew me a shirt on this button?
Well of course, the beginning is already there !!

This bunch I bought on Etsy very recently: several cats and dogs, people and blank ones to make my own button family!!
Hop over to Kraplap's blog to enjoy even more button facts!

Button Wednesday

This came today in the mail! It is the result of a trade with the  lovely Etsy seller, EyeSigh, and if you love buttons and sewing notions like I do, you will agree that it can get any cuter than this!

This little sewing bag has a whole dutch peasant family pictured with paint and thread and all the little faces are made with painted  buttons!

And it came full to the brim with embroidery floss! It is something to cherish for ever, thank you Regina! Please check her vintage shop EyeSigh, Regina also has a photography shop, blueskyclouds.

I've never been in the States, but I'm sure that if I ever go I will spend more time in garage sales and auction houses than visiting the touristic highlights, oh bliss...

To see more buttons, check P8's blog!

Button Wednesday

For those who always wanted a button tree in their garden, these finds are for you :)


artbywiley



hayleyjensen

fionamacneil

jmaranez

ilovegreyskies

See more buttons on P8's blog!

Button Wednesday

After showing you our little collection of buttons, I wanted to show you some of my favorites. My mother bought these more then 30 years ago in Amsterdam, so I've been knowing them my entire life. I don't think we will ever have the heart to use them, they are just too pretty.



Ther are hand painted on wood, I love the combination of the tiny detailed paintings and the wood textures.

To see more button posts and P8's impressive button collection, visit here.

Button Wednesday

I guess collecting is in the DNA of human. Everyone does collect something, except maybe a few minimalistic people.


With buttons it always starts slowly, clothes get old but the buttons survive so you remove them. You pass a shop and love some buttons although you do not need them. You even find them on the street and can't resist them. A bunch of buttons are left from a passed away relative. And then after years you have hundreds of buttons.

We are not such huge collectors as Petronella, but we are proud of our own little collection. Some have been with us as long as I remember, too pretty to be used or just haven't been matched with the perfect purpose yet.

And a little update with our handmade buttons, we have made monogrammed keychains, available in our giftshop :)

You can find more buttons here.

Button Wednesday

We are having fun with our button machine, experimenting with all kind of materials.
The results are fun too, little pieces with lovely details.


Mum made some ribbon embroidered buttons, we have attended ribbon embroidery lessons a few years ago and used this technique with different kind of things. The results are almost 3 dimentional and pretty fast compaired to normal embroidery.

Mess is also an important factor while creating :)

The results are super cute and romantic buttons, use one to adorn for a bag, blouse, jewelry and you are ready to go! They will be available in our supply shop today.

You can find more buttons here.

Button Wednesday

Button Wednesday is hosted by Petronella aka Kraplap who has a huge love for buttons. As our own button machine arrived a few days ago we thought it would be perfect to join the button fun!


Mum is like a little kid with a new toy, she has been playing with it for days, nice quiet in the house :D

We are using new fabrics, vintage fabrics, new and old lace, linen, and vintage embroidery. They are fun to make and the results are super cute!

Here are some of the first results, more are available in our supply shop!

Join the fun, and post about buttons too!

Our Creative Space...

We borrowed an old button maker of a friend. Looks interesting, right :)?

We use alot of vintage embroidery for our bags, but some pieces are damaged or stained and can't be used for that. So we wanted something to not throw those pieces away.

With some simple materials and muscle strength...

...We now have these super cute buttons.

You can see more workspaces at Kootoyoo's blog!