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Joanna
True Blue Farmgirl
94 Posts
Ontario
Canada
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 Posted - May 19 2015 : 2:13:15 PM
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I can't resist sharing this photo of a button box I made. My mother has always had a button collection, and as I child I loved going through all the buttons. So, I decided to start a collection of own and thought it would be nice to make something to keep them in.
Of course, I had to apply for the Buttoned Up merit badge.  What do you keep your button collections in?
Joanna - Sister #5965
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mbenton16
True Blue Farmgirl
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Maryellen
Stanfield
North Carolina
USA
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Posted - May 19 2015 : 2:43:33 PM
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Joanna I LOVE the box. It looks so awesome. Great work, Maryellen
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Bear5
True Blue Farmgirl
13055 Posts
Louisiana/Texas
USA
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Posted - May 19 2015 : 2:44:58 PM
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Wonderful work. I have buttons in a glass jar. Your idea is great. Thanks for sharing.
Marly
"It's only when we truly know and understand that we have a limited time on earth- and that we have no way of knowing when our time is up- that we will begin to live each day to the fullest, as if it was the only one we had." Elisabeth Kurler-Ross |
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Bonnie Ellis
True Blue Farmgirl
2474 Posts
Bonnie
Minneapolis
Minnesota
USA
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Posted - May 19 2015 : 8:04:49 PM
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What a pretty box. My grandma had a box too. We kids loved playing with them. Nice tradition to start.
grandmother and orphan farmgirl |
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notathreatinsight
True Blue Farmgirl
626 Posts
Erin
Monroeville
IN
USA
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hudsonsinaf
True Blue Farmgirl
3162 Posts
Shannon
Rozet
Wyoming
USA
3162 Posts |
Posted - May 20 2015 : 06:38:51 AM
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You did such a nice job fashioning your box! I have mine is glass bowls on a shelf... I adore the bowls, but they are super fragile, so rather than continuing to use them in my kitchen, I moved them into my sewing area :)
~ Shannon
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YellowRose
True Blue Farmgirl
6811 Posts
Sara
Paris
TX
USA
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Posted - May 20 2015 : 07:31:07 AM
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Joanna, good job on your pretty button box. I inherited my grandmother's button box. It was a large chocolate candy tin.
Have a blessed day, Sara ~~~ FarmGirl Sister #6034 8/25/14
Lord put your arm around my shoulders and your hand over my mouth.
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katmom
True Blue Farmgirl
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Grace
WACAL Gal
WashCalif.
USA
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Joanna
True Blue Farmgirl
94 Posts
Ontario
Canada
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Song Sparrow
True Blue Farmgirl
1010 Posts
Amy
Talleyville
Delaware
USA
1010 Posts |
Posted - May 22 2015 : 5:52:46 PM
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I have mine in baskets, but I have to keep them in a drawer or they'd get dusty. I love your box because it's covered. What did you use for the base?
Peace in our hearts, peace in the world
Amy (Sister#6098) www.danaherandcloud.com
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Joanna
True Blue Farmgirl
94 Posts
Ontario
Canada
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Song Sparrow
True Blue Farmgirl
1010 Posts
Amy
Talleyville
Delaware
USA
1010 Posts |
Posted - May 29 2015 : 04:34:18 AM
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Hi Joanna, I just saw your button box (and you!) featured on Mary Jane's blog. Big Hugs and Congratulations! :)
Peace in our hearts, peace in the world
Amy (Sister#6098) www.danaherandcloud.com
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Bonnie Ellis
True Blue Farmgirl
2474 Posts
Bonnie
Minneapolis
Minnesota
USA
2474 Posts |
Posted - May 29 2015 : 1:05:22 PM
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Congrats Joanna to be featured on Mary Jane's blog. Your button box is beautiful.
grandmother and orphan farmgirl |
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forgetmenot
True Blue Farmgirl
3602 Posts
Judith
Nora Springs
IA
USA
3602 Posts |
Posted - May 30 2015 : 10:17:11 PM
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I love your box Joanna! I've decorated all kinds of boxes since I was a little kid.
I keep my buttons in several containers: I have two tins from my mother. (She kept her buttons in them.) I also keep them in canning jars. (according to color)
Can you believe many times I still cannot find just the right button when mending?)
Farmgirl sister #3926
"Courage is not the absence of fear, but the belief that something is more important than fear." Ambrose Red Moon |
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Joanna
True Blue Farmgirl
94 Posts
Ontario
Canada
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Joanna
True Blue Farmgirl
94 Posts
Ontario
Canada
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texdane
Farmgirl Legend Chapter Leader Chapter Guru
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Nicole
Sandy Hook
CT
USA
4658 Posts |
Posted - May 31 2015 : 3:25:32 PM
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Love the box! Good job. Mine are in a big mason jar. I like the bowl idea, too.
I used to love going through old buttons, in a big, old Cool Whip bowl my mom kept them in when I was a child. What I wouldn't give to have those. She threw them all away when she moved from the old house. That was thirty years ago. Those buttons would have been sixty to seventy plus years old now.
Have you seen the cute new but vintage style buttons at Joann's? I could spend an hour on that aisle alone.
Good job on a beatiful box!
Farmgirl Hugs,
Nicole
Farmgirl Sister #1155
KNITTER, JAM-MAKER AND MOM EXTRAORDINAIRE
Chapter Leader, Connecticut Simpler Life Sisters
Farmgirl of the Month, January 2013
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Joanna
True Blue Farmgirl
94 Posts
Ontario
Canada
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Posted - Jun 01 2015 : 10:28:11 AM
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Thank you, Nicole! Vintage buttons are fun. I have a few from my great-aunt that I think are pretty old. Sometimes I think that it would nice to know who exactly wore them, on what outfit, and for what occasion. But, of course, that were my imagination can be exercised!
Joanna - Sister #5965
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GGBQuilter
True Blue Farmgirl
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Posted - Feb 20 2018 : 7:38:10 PM
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Greetings Joanna: Your button box is so nice! I also love buttons and have my Grandmother's Louis Sherry chocolate tin box she used as her button box, then my Mom used it. I have many many buttons in tins, glass jars and baskets. I am looking forward to working on my Buttoned Up Merit Badge!
Gae
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