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The holiday weekend brings several flea markets to town which I always look forward to but end up buying very little. I miss weekend flea markets from when I lived in California so my favorite part about going is just looking and enjoying the atmosphere. The prices get higher every year and it's tough for me to justify any purchases when I can get stuff at thrift stores for a fraction of the price. So...these buttons are my big purchase for the whole weekend! The seller had a huge box of buttons that I could have sorted through forever but I love the ones I got and I really do *need* these!
I think these are my favorites, especially the sombrero button, so cute!
Wow...gotta admit, I was kinda surprised to see the sombrero button. I inherited my dear grandma's button collection when she moved to a retirement community, and I have two sets of those buttons (light and dark). I love them, I don't know what I'll do with them yet, but they (and the others) are delightful, as are yours! I love the striped one and the flower one...now if only my local thrift stores got buttons sometimes, I'd be one happy girl.
Posted by: Jenn | 07/10/2005 at 12:49 PM
I am suffering from button envy!
Posted by: Leslie | 07/08/2005 at 09:37 AM
I love your buttons! Collecting old buttons is great fun. The only problem is - it's not always easy to decide to use them...
Posted by: Strikkelise | 07/08/2005 at 05:03 AM
they all look wonderful!! you are so lucky =)
Posted by: momo | 07/06/2005 at 08:18 PM
Always good to have/find interesting buttons...
Posted by: Lizette | 07/06/2005 at 05:24 PM
ole!! we have some really great thrift stores and an "antique store" that has some really really cheap stuff, for example i got a mint condition still in the box dressmaker's form, a little kid sized coatrack with a puppy head and a strange big wall hung vitorian coatrack and a wooden sewing basket for 45 bucks. mm hm. and i dressed up effie, my dummy with an outfit and put her downstairs to hold my purse. i loooove bargains!!
Posted by: natasha fialkov | 07/06/2005 at 06:48 AM
pink polka dots!!! LOVE IT!
Posted by: joy madison | 07/06/2005 at 12:42 AM
what great finds! I have never seen a sombrero button before!!
Posted by: jenn | 07/05/2005 at 08:34 PM
Gorgeous buttons! I am quite jealous. :)
Posted by: myra | 07/05/2005 at 04:33 PM
oooh so pretty so pretty! i love the green one on the right in the second picture, and the sombrero wonderful. no wonder the expression "cute as a button" came about!
Posted by: friendbunny | 07/05/2005 at 03:07 PM
Of course you needed those buttons!!! Don't we always need more buttons?
Posted by: kelly | 07/05/2005 at 10:07 AM
Ooh....fun! Can you ever have too many wonderful buttons? I think not. ;)And bravo to you for showing restraint on everything else.
Posted by: amanda | 07/05/2005 at 09:19 AM
Wow! Gorgeous selection!
Posted by: robin | 07/05/2005 at 07:48 AM
Your button finds are fantastic - and beautifully photographed.
Posted by: Jane | 07/05/2005 at 06:39 AM
Great buttons. What a wonderful find.
Posted by: Lu | 07/05/2005 at 06:03 AM