Wonderful Vintage Buttons!

In my webshop - a collection of three button cards.

I am cleaning and going through boxes and finding lots of cool stuff!!

Some of it could be yours.

These Mother of Pearl Buttons are lovely.

Or Pink might be your favorite.

White will go with anything.

Five buttons on a card.  

Perfect for Baby clothes or anything you might fancy.

See my vintage Buttons here!

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Austrian Button Card For Sale - Fancy

This Button Card is from Circa 1914.

They are hand sewn onto this card.

Each card has 1 Gross of Buttons.  That is 12 Dozen Buttons, which is 144 individual Buttons!

On the back of the card you can see how they were stamped "Made in Austria".

My Button Man would tell me how they were made just prior to WW1 and a bit about the geography of the countries before boundries were shifted after the war.

I think he told me that his Grandfather who started the Button Business came from that area of Europe.

These buttons have pretty carvings.  They measure 3/8" each.

These are great for Collectors, Button Lovers or people who want a quality button with a past!

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Cute Button Pillow

A friend made me this cute Button Embellished Pillow.

I might have shown it to you before but I have been admiring it lately!

The stem to the flowers is the Chain Stitch.

I think it is very cleaver!!

Now, I must go prepare for a Tea Party.  My Sew Sew friends are coming today.  

I plan for us to sit in my garden with my Roses.  So I am calling it a Rose Tea Party.

Here are some of my roses.

Bye....!  

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Sister Visit - Grandmother's Buttons

Grandmothers Buttons is a shop in St. Francisville, Louisiana

The owner started her Jewelry making business using her Grandmother's buttons.

The shop is full of unique  gifts of all sorts.  

But gifts and jewelry made using buttons dominate!

The shop was a former old Bank building (notice the word BANK on the window above the door - but it is spelled backwards when viewed inside the shop).  

This building is worth seeing all by itself!

There is a Button Museum inside the Bank Vault.  Beautiful and collectable buttons to see! And information about them.

The second floor of the building is where the jewelry is created.  What a wonderful place to work!

We all love Buttons!

Mother of Pearl Buttons are my favorite!

Me and my sister having my Birthday cake. 

(today I get to be the cute one in the picture!)

We had a Great time!!

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The Second Old Fashioned Baby Giveaway!

Jeannie's little treasures for OFB Giveaway 2!

Well, I didn't think I would have the pleasure of doing another Giveaway so soon but a promise is.... and I promised another one at 75 Followers.  I am so pleased that I have 80 Followers.  It certainly makes me feel useful!  So, I have collected some more of my treasures for you.  I will draw a random name from the comments from this post only and  I will draw (hopefully your  name) on February 1.

Same picture with the Vintage look.

Giveaway 2 includes the book (novella) "Emma's Journal" by Ed Rowell.  It is one I read over and over because it is so encouraging.  And the story is so compelling in it's own right that I couldn't put it down!  Here is an excerpt from page 1 , Emma's first jot in her journal. "When it's time for me to go, I just want to know that my life made a difference.  Lord, help me take advantage of every opportunity to touch others in ways that demonstrate your love"  Then the story unfolds between journal entries.

Also, you will find a length of off white antique lace, Bee's Wax,  3 antique Mother of Pearl button cards and a Mother of Pearl Cross.  Items that I hope you like as much as I do.

Please leave a comment about:


How many sewing machines do you currently use on a regular basis? Do you have a favorite?  Why is it your favorite?

First Giveaway Lucky Girl!!

I put the name of everyone who posted on the "Giveaway" post into this tin.

My 17 year old son drew a name from the tin.  The name written on the paper is:

Sisterbill

So , dear Sisterbill, please email me (jbaumeister@cox.net)your name and mailing address so I can get my lovely things to you!

Thank you all for your lovely comments.  I treasure them.

And!  Don't think I have forgotten that I told you all I would do another Giveaway when I reached 75 posts!!!  I remember!!  I had no idea it would be so soon but I am excited and gathering things together for you.  You will see in a couple of days!!

One of my  sons baked me a Birthday Cake 

It took 3 of them to light the candles  (at the same time)  before they melted.

I liked all the candles!

Thank you for your Happy Birthday's! You made me feel special and thought of!

Market Time Again!!

It's  time to head for the Birmingham (wholesale) needlework market.  I am in panic mode as we are getting ready and it is a mess around here!!  We are bagging and pricing buttons which is kinda fun because we get to see buttons that I didn't know I had.

 I love Buttons and I have a guzillion of them! My buttons are old and some are antique.   But never used.  I only have a few of them on line.  I do plan to put more but it is pretty time consuming.   I sell most of them at markets anyway. They shimmer and shine.  They are wonderful.  Simple.  Classic. Mother of Pearl buttons.

It is a long (6 to 7 hours) drive from Baton Rouge and it will be a cold drive. What is with this freezing weather anyway? I live in the deep south!!  Flowers bloom year round here!!  Well, I need to start making my sub lists to my lists because as things get frantic my mind just shuts down.  It's kind of calming that way but I do forget things!

My List

1.  Remember to bring electric kettle, tea and a tea cup!