Cute as a Button Garland

Did your mother have a button jar or tin?
If she didn't, your grandmother probably did.
In their day, when a shirt or coat
became too worn to wear,
you saved the fabric for rags or a quilt,
and the buttons were saved in the button jar.

My mother's button jar was like
a little treasure chest for me as a child.
I loved looking through her bounty of "jewels",
and the bigger and gaudier the button,
the more I liked it!

These days, I prefer smaller buttons,
with very little ornamentation,
other than the age they wear so gracefully.

Sometimes, you'll find unexpected
treasures in a button jar also,
like these tiny, precious, crocheted flowers.
I wonder who stitched them and
what they had planned to do with them?

It's always a real treat to find
an unused set of buttons, still on the display tag.

Buttons removed from one garment
where tied together on a piece of string,
so they would stay together and
could be used later on another shirt.

Aside from their simplistic beauty in jar,
buttons have such homespun appeal,
that they are a natural choice for crafting.

I've brought home a lot of vintage and antique
buttons lately, so I decided it was time
to do something with them and a
button garland seemed like the perfect thing.

I sorted through my buttons and
selected muted, neutral colors that
could be used throughout the year.
Lots of white, cream, browns and
an occasional gold or clear button for some shine.

So simple, so inexpensive, yet so perfectly homey.

Buttons.....Gotta love 'em!

Are you saving your buttons?

Blessings,

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