tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1663680578112260744.post3458159292198349900..comments2024-03-13T08:18:08.922+10:30Comments on Catdownunder: My father found some buttonscatdownunderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08189081688973141295noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1663680578112260744.post-18579905551686612462010-04-20T13:11:19.431+09:302010-04-20T13:11:19.431+09:30Cat,
What treasures! I love timber anything, and ...Cat,<br /><br />What treasures! I love timber anything, and buttons of any kind, and I am hoping that Butch will consider making buttons from scrap timber sometime in retirement. (But first things first, the bookshelves!) <br /><br />As stamp collectors don't use their stamps, I don't use my button collection either, but do play with them from time to time!<br /><br />Judy BAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1663680578112260744.post-83887331390448392652010-04-12T18:05:13.439+09:302010-04-12T18:05:13.439+09:30Buttons are most lovliest of man made items surely...Buttons are most lovliest of man made items surely. I have hundreds. Sete, odd ones, and anything in between. I like to look at them and hold them and thread them on coloured strings then put them all away again. Sometimes I use them. I sew them on tops to hide stains or holes and I change them to give a tired thing a new life. Rarely I sew them onto dolls and give them away.<br />And I wrote a line about wooden buttons in a novel...I once had a small piece of what I was told was African box wood. It looked black with a spongy cork like bark - would have been from a branch I imagine...Rachel Fentonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10046917627054462214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1663680578112260744.post-44165867121401931602010-04-12T16:33:02.206+09:302010-04-12T16:33:02.206+09:30Buttons are wonderful - if you want comparisons - ...Buttons are wonderful - if you want comparisons - go look at Etsy.com for what people are making and selling. <br /><br />Pewter on Norwegian sweaters - wood on everything else - only way to go!Hollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15032454459129277383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1663680578112260744.post-66052568839784499282010-04-11T13:27:07.607+09:302010-04-11T13:27:07.607+09:30I have some wonderful pewter buttons I bought in N...I have some wonderful pewter buttons I bought in Norway - the only thing I could afford - that I have never put on a garment. I might one day but, you are right, they are lovely to look at!<br />Some of these are going to be really lovely - the mulga has come up beautifully. None of it is easy to work. The timbers all tend to be very hard.catdownunderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06959328192182156574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1663680578112260744.post-73262958217498297732010-04-11T10:07:25.672+09:302010-04-11T10:07:25.672+09:30We have a few beautiful items of huon pine bought ...We have a few beautiful items of huon pine bought in Tasmania from wonderful craftsmen - a couple of round boxes used for keeping necklaces and cufflinks in, a rolling pin that I handle with extreme care, and a needlecase. My husband loves things made from beautiful timbers so I often buy him something for a special occasion if I see something really lovely, made from a labelled timber by someone who obviously loves the material. Just keep the buttons as objects of beauty. I have several sets of buttons made from wonderful materials that I may never use but are just lovely objects.Sheeprustlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14927327455496824702noreply@blogger.com