tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9120546411356503924.post3543425079796579086..comments2024-01-09T00:48:01.527-08:00Comments on Second Hand Chicks: Button JewelryDiane and Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07607277617856041975noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9120546411356503924.post-15862487597299557412010-01-03T05:39:25.301-08:002010-01-03T05:39:25.301-08:00How I love buttons! People may not believe me, bu...How I love buttons! People may not believe me, but I really do love buttons. Buttons such as these truly cause a greater and more glorious love to burst from my heart for buttons. The bakelite, the shapes, the feel and heft, the colors...<br /><br />Yet such buttons also create a melancholy within my bosom -- yes a melancholy. For you see, these buttons were removed from a lovely vintage fur coat, a boiled wool sweater, possibly from a dainty antique blouse, or from a pair of button up leather boots worn long ago on two tiny feet. I can only imagine the lovely clothing onto which these buttons were sewn. And now, these buttons and their clothing friends are separated forever.<br /><br />Let me be clear, however. I do not begrudge your John friend's mother for using these buttons and creating marvelous works of art with them. We all know that there is a season for every thing, and perhaps the cloth from which these buttons gained their life and initial splendor, had met the ultimate time to simply be rent and torn asunder, tossed away with the other moth-eaten wools, cracked leathers, ripped coats, and stained blouses... So bravo to John's mother for reusing such unique and lovely buttons and for offering them to consumers with an eye for style and artistry!Western General Facilitieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02012616092103301027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9120546411356503924.post-42075975050971717422009-12-12T13:55:44.543-08:002009-12-12T13:55:44.543-08:00Kelly - I was telling a friend about these earlier...Kelly - I was telling a friend about these earlier today. A picture is worth a thousand words!Gaylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04466709417592027635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9120546411356503924.post-7507119748306648172009-12-12T13:54:27.559-08:002009-12-12T13:54:27.559-08:00Hello Kelly, those are all so beautiful! I can'...Hello Kelly, those are all so beautiful! I can't wait to see them when I come out to shop next (when the weather warms up a little and it doesn't snow!)...I love the old Bakelite jewelry... I inherited my mom's old pieces and I treasure them... Love to you... Bisous... Julie MarieJulie Mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11351116606101921159noreply@blogger.com