cute as a button.

For as long as I can remember, I've loved buttons. I sought out every button I could find as a kid. I even made my parents stop at estate sales to find big piles of them. {Don't I sound like the coolest kid ever? Holy moly!} When my grandmother and great-grandmother passed in the mid 1990s, I inherited a few gorgeous boxes of buttons which I've held onto for years. And now, thanks to pinterest, I have plenty of ideas about what I can do with those special buttons--and all the others I collected!


{button projects: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7}

What did you collect when you were younger?

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36 comments:

  1. Whitney @ EHFARJuly 28, 2011 at 7:08 AM

    I'm definitely going to make #3. When I was little I collected pogs and beanie babies.

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  2. UnknownJuly 28, 2011 at 7:09 AM

    What I great post and such creative ways to display your buttons. I've always collected music boxes. My aunt and uncle used to buy me one for my birthday every year.

    I used to love buttons too though. I always used to make my grandparents play that "button button who's got the button?" game haha

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  3. the southern hostessJuly 28, 2011 at 7:13 AM

    So many great ideas! I love that you can put your collection to use, unlike my childhood collection of troll dolls.

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  4. RAWJuly 28, 2011 at 7:26 AM

    ^Hah! I collected troll dolls, too.

    Great meeting you last night, Alison! Hope to see you at more events :)

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  5. m_bJuly 28, 2011 at 7:40 AM

    oh my gosh you NEED to make that A!
    i was a button collector too! i remember before my grandma passed away she bought a huge jar of them at a yard sale and painstakingly washed every one for me! on xmas morning it was the best present ever!
    (nerd alert!)

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  6. MagdalenaJuly 28, 2011 at 8:27 AM

    This is such a great post! Tonight we'll go to a birthday party and I will wrap the gift like the one in the first picture!! Brilliant idea!! Thank you so much for inspiring me!!!

    Hugs and kisses

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  7. meghanJuly 28, 2011 at 9:09 AM

    The tea towels with the fruits are so cute! If you have little buttons like those they would be adorable! And they would make great little homemade gifts too.

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  8. Simply CamyllaJuly 28, 2011 at 9:21 AM

    Pinterest is driving me insane with all these beautiful buttons ideas! unlike you i didnt collect buttons as a child :( hahaha

    Lots of love
    simplycamylla.blogspot.com

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  9. Tamra {ever swoon}July 28, 2011 at 9:36 AM

    I had spurts of different collection, but I know buttons was one of them. I love the idea of adding to a present.

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  10. California WifeJuly 28, 2011 at 9:48 AM

    What great ideas! I collected buttons like crazy when I was a kid too, but have no idea where they ended up. I really wish I still had them, I love that button monogram!

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  11. Seashells and Southern BellesJuly 28, 2011 at 9:54 AM

    Is it shocking to say I collect, well hoard, seashells!? ha

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  12. christinJuly 28, 2011 at 10:13 AM

    I collected rocks, haha! And I still have them. I should follow your lead and create a rock board on pinterest! Love the framed button letter.

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  13. AnonymousJuly 28, 2011 at 10:19 AM

    Oh my gosh excuse me while I go re-pin all of these! So so adorable, especially #3!!

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  14. RachelJuly 28, 2011 at 10:58 AM

    Those are some really cute ideas! I used to collect postcards when I was a kid! I had several shoe boxes full of them!

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  15. ErinJuly 28, 2011 at 11:32 AM

    I love the idea of using them in gift wrap! Cute post!

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  16. UnknownJuly 28, 2011 at 12:20 PM

    I started a button collection awhile back but haven't done anything with them yet. I think this inspiration is just what I needed!

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  17. Becca {A Blonde's Logic}July 28, 2011 at 12:49 PM

    I love #1 and #3! But #6 is such a great way to store them! Great post!

    Becca
    http://blondeslogic.blogspot.com

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  18. GraceJuly 28, 2011 at 1:23 PM

    I adore vintage buttons and the look of a cute button detail. I collected (and still collect, for that matter) pill boxes when I was little.

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  19. wishful nalsJuly 28, 2011 at 3:02 PM

    i love that little A! so cute. xo

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  20. JessicaJuly 28, 2011 at 3:17 PM

    I think the framed initial in buttons is so cute! I may make one.

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  21. AshleyJuly 28, 2011 at 3:40 PM

    What? Didn't all the cool kids collect buttons?! (:

    I really like that button initial. There are so many pretty colors in it. Love!

    When I was younger I collected tons of different things. I actually had a pretty decent Pez collection, sadly I think they were given away! They're worth some money these days. Darn. I had the coolest Yoda pez dispenser too.

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  22. JenJuly 28, 2011 at 3:43 PM

    I love the idea of displaying them in Ball jars!

    My great-grandfather briefly worked in a button factory, and would always be bringing neat ones home to my great grandmother. The collection got quite large, and was eventually passed down to my Mom. She uses them for all kinds of things now!

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  23. A Crimson KissJuly 28, 2011 at 4:21 PM

    My mom has boxes of buttons for sewing projects and I loved combing through them as a kid for my favorites!

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  24. The Southland LifeJuly 28, 2011 at 5:43 PM

    These are all so cute - don't you love pinterest!!

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  25. Bud and LeoJuly 28, 2011 at 7:23 PM

    1 and 3 are my favs! Love love love both ideas!

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  26. LeighJuly 28, 2011 at 8:15 PM

    So cute! I love the monogram made of buttons!
    Love, Leigh

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  27. LeighJuly 28, 2011 at 8:15 PM

    So cute! I love the monogram made of buttons!
    Love, Leigh

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  28. EricaJuly 28, 2011 at 9:41 PM

    I love the button magnets! I used to collect sea shells and would decorate little wooden boxes with them :)

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  29. Drew {Coral Cafe}July 28, 2011 at 9:53 PM

    Buttons are just so adorable! Love that you collected them! I used to save them just bc I thought I'd always need to use them after mine popped off my clothing! haha But mainly I collected rocks and stickers!

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  30. GlitteristaJuly 28, 2011 at 9:54 PM

    The bf's sister had a button motif at her wedding. It was super creative and I loved it, but I'm sure she has a million buttons still. (She did different colored buttons per entree on placecards, buttons on invitation suite, and her dress had buttons from her mother's, grandmother's, and great-grandmother's wedding dresses.)

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  31. linds.elizJuly 28, 2011 at 10:30 PM

    gah! no way!! i collect buttons! i've done so ever since i was a kid, all the way through college, and still to this day!! my best friend actually hands over all of her "extra" buttons off the new clothes she buys whenever i see her! annnnd i have a button tattoo on my foot :)

    sorry, i got real excited. i always thought i was silly for collecting them, but there's just something about them that are so cute!

    thanks for the photos, these are great!

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  32. E Broadus GregoryJuly 29, 2011 at 6:12 AM

    What a great post and post question. I collected anything with a smiley face and pens & paper. I still love pens & paper!

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  33. Emily {All You Need is Love}July 29, 2011 at 1:23 PM

    so cute!! i loved buttons too, and still do!! i used to cover wooden picture frames with them, and give them as gifts -- pretty cute, i must say!! but my biggest collection had to be my erasers, a la "lisa frank" :)

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  34. KristenJuly 29, 2011 at 5:18 PM

    Are those napkins? hankies? TOO CUTE is what they are, that's what.

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  35. TangJuly 31, 2011 at 2:19 AM

    I agree, buttons are adorable! When I was little, I collected coins of all kinds and would take out coin books from the library to compare and hope that I had a rare, priceless coin! Lol.

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  36. UnknownJuly 31, 2011 at 7:34 PM

    You can also use large buttons to store your earrings so they don't get separated. I just saw that in Pinterest this week and couldn't believe I never tried it before :)

    Haley @ Cardigan Junkie

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