Button fetish

Just lately I’ve had a bit of a thing for buttons.   It started when I had a bit of an idea and bought a couple of bags of buttons.  Then I bought some more.  Then some more.  Soon I had a mountain of buttons and decided I needed some way to store them, so I made a button box.  I found a raw wooden box at the Reject shop that had a glass lid and a removable partitioned tray.  I painted it, added some self adhesive ribbon (the scrapbooking sort) and glued on a few beads.  I was quite pleased with how it looked and once I sorted the beads into colours and put them in the box it looked fantastic!  When I showed it to my friends they all wanted to go out an make one of their own!

 

What have I been doing with all these buttons?  Well mostly just looking at them! LOL Oh and sorting them.   I have started to incorporate them into my work though – I’ve used them for clasps on necklaces, I’ve sewn them on to tea cosies, I’ve set them in resin to make pendants, I’ve glued them together to make brooches and at the moment I am making button earrings (for pierced ears).   

There is something rather comforting about buttons.  They are like beads in a lot of ways – they come in lots of colours, shapes and sizes and it’s nice to just sit and look at them!    I’m even toying with the idea of making a colour wash collage for my wall (a bit like a patchwork quilt but with buttons!).  But then, that would use a lot of buttons,   I’d probably have to go out and buy some more.  Mmmm I kinda like that idea!

 

Sharyn