Beautiful Old Mother of Pearl Buttons

Jane sewed the Buttons to a cloth covered cardboard and framed them.

This is another of Jane's Treasures.

I love Mother of Pearl buttons.

They are absolutely beautiful.

You can click on the photo to enlarge it.  

The details of the Buttons are wonderful.

Art!

I love the way she has them displayed in this oval frame.

I wonder how long she played with their position before she was satisfied.

They are just beautiful.

I think Jane told me the buttons on this heart were from her Grandmother.

What a clever way to display something that has a sweet memory.

This seems doable!

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Sweet Button Jar.

I spied this little gem at an Antique Store.

I snapped it up!  

I'm always looking for pretty Button Jars.

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L'ittle Darling Buttons!

 I love Mother of Pearl buttons.

Especially Baby buttons.

These are very old buttons, hand stitched onto the button card.

I have these buttons framed and hanging on my Sewing Room wall.

You always want to use Mother of Pearl buttons on your fine Heirloom Garments!

I am showing you buttons today for my White Wednesday!  

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Beautiful Antique Button Cards

One gross (=12 dozen or 144 buttons) Circa 1915 Mother of Pearl Buttons on  cards.

These buttons were made in Austria prior to World War I.  Notice the buttons were hand sewn on the cards!

 See the Made In Austria stamp on the back of the card.

 

Each card has a letter to identify them in this picture.

This picture is for a fellow button lover who purchased a card at a market and has used them up.  If you don't see a card of the buttons you have now, they are Gone, Gone, Gone! But they are all beautiful. All are in short supply.  Some are shorter supply than others.  I bought all of them  the first time I saw them. I love them.   I will try to get them for sale on my Web site  sooner or later. They are going with me to market.

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!