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| showmemom |
Posted - Jul 25 2005 : 2:02:00 PM
does anyone collect buttons?
my grandmother was a quilter and to keep me busy she would give me her button box and a long piece of thread and i would get to make my own button necklaces.
i love to get a big bowl of them and just run them through my fingers.
i have 2 large chicken waterers full in my front room and people always comment on them when they're at the house.
always looking for more so if you have some, let me know.
talk to you soon. karen
living' large in MO |
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| Lori Jones |
Posted - Nov 02 2005 : 06:06:45 AM
Thanks for the buttons, Lucinda! I loved them all!
"Dogs are not our whole lives, but they make our lives whole." Roger Carras |
| Bridge |
Posted - Oct 23 2005 : 09:13:59 AM
Lucinda, thank you for the great buttons!! I loved the litle strawberry! I have to think of a special project for him!! |
| Deb H |
Posted - Oct 09 2005 : 7:41:49 PM
Bramble,
I too have received my packet of buttons from you - so clever! I received them awhile ago and should have responded sooner, but haven't had a chance and I'm sorry! Thank you so much!
Deb
"Well-behaved women rarely make history" - Laurel Thatcher Ulrich |
| sleepless reader |
Posted - Oct 03 2005 : 4:16:43 PM
You are most welcome!
Sh
Life is messy. Wear your apron! |
| Bridge |
Posted - Oct 03 2005 : 3:54:14 PM
Thanks Sharon!! For the great button, I loved the cute little piggy!! |
| bramble |
Posted - Sep 30 2005 : 3:47:34 PM
Glad you all liked them so far! I am still mailing and if you are on the charm square list they are coming together, sorry for the delay. I am really behind ( too many trips with my son to the doctor the last few weeks for an assortment of injuries and ailments. He will survive, but I might not! Don't give up on me , I'm still constructing and mailing!!!
with a happy heart |
| Lori Jones |
Posted - Sep 29 2005 : 3:11:06 PM
Got my adorable package of buttons from Bramble! I was so excited! I was even more excited when I saw how creatively they were wrapped and sent. You did such a good job, Bramble! How cute! Thank you so much!
"Dogs are not our whole lives, but they make our lives whole." Roger Carras |
| Kathigene |
Posted - Sep 28 2005 : 09:23:13 AM
I just found the cutest wall clock idea on the Martha Stewart web site under button crafts using what else Buttons! I've never been moved to make a wall clock before but this is just adorable and I can see it hanging in a country kitchen with aprons near by. Or for that matter it would look great in a craft room as well!
Kathy
Dogs make such good friends because they wag their tails rather then their tongues. |
| Aunt Jenny |
Posted - Sep 25 2005 : 7:52:26 PM
I thought your packaging was adorable too and my girls loved the buttons you chose for them too!!
Jenny in Utah
The best things in life arn't things |
| Bridge |
Posted - Sep 25 2005 : 7:05:44 PM
Bramble.... Thank you for the wonderful buttons!! That was the neatest idea of packaging, I just love it!!
I was working painting the barn on Sat when the package came. It gave me a great pick me up!! (I really needed!!) I was doing the "Button Boogie" while I finished the painting.
Thank you so much!! |
| sleepless reader |
Posted - Sep 19 2005 : 10:54:10 AM
Kay...I'm sending a big thank you too!I especially loved the pincushion. Cute stuff and ,just as an extra, it arrived on my birthday! I felt extra-special :)
Sharon
Life is messy. Wear your apron! |
| katie-ell |
Posted - Sep 18 2005 : 4:18:57 PM
Hi -- Go to www.google.com and then type in your search words and go. I typed in the words 'embroidery pattern southern belle' and found quite a few sites with the pattern available -- very pretty patterns! Hope this helps. |
| rusty1232 |
Posted - Sep 18 2005 : 3:14:16 PM
I would like to know if any one out there has the pattern for the crocheted and embroidered southen belle pillowcases. I have looked every where and cant seem to find one. Thanks for your help. Rusty 1232 |
| therusticcottage |
Posted - Sep 10 2005 : 10:49:18 PM
Jenny -- you are so welcome!! I'm so glad that you like the pincushion.
"If you are lucky enough to have a garden, you are lucky enough!" |
| Aunt Jenny |
Posted - Sep 10 2005 : 7:11:59 PM
Kay....thanks so much for the wonderful buttons and adorable little strawberry pincushion! I LOVE it!! One of those little treasure I will keep for always..thanks!!
Jenny in Utah
The best things in life arn't things |
| Aunt Jenny |
Posted - Sep 10 2005 : 2:07:58 PM
one of the cutest christmas cards I ever recieved was one from my cousin (she didn't make them, but they could be easily) that was a small powder blue card with a little snowman on the front..with one big white button and one small flat white button one on top of the other..for his body..and an embroidery floss "scarf". It was very simple..just said warm wishes on the front was blank inside...cute cute cute.
Jenny in Utah
The best things in life arn't things |
| greyghost |
Posted - Sep 10 2005 : 2:04:38 PM
Karen - I am DEFINITELY interested! I'll email you so I don't derail the thread :)
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| showmemom |
Posted - Sep 10 2005 : 1:54:15 PM
hey lynn-
i'm trying to straighten up my office and reduce my stuff-i have quite a few buttons that would be perfect for your projects-i'm trying to concentrate on vintage and these are ones i've bought in jars of buttons and picked through-nothing wrong with them but just not what i'm collecting at the moment.
i could probably come up with a hundred or so easy. are you interested and would you have anything you'd like to trade?
talk to you soon. karen
Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face.
Victor Hugo |
| greyghost |
Posted - Sep 10 2005 : 1:21:53 PM
I didn't read the whole thread but I just got a cool idea for using buttons! I don't collect them (I actually don't collect much of anything, yet) but now I want to find a whole bunch for this Christmas.
I want to find some good cardstock paper with a little texture, cut it in half and fold it in half again, and stitch or glue buttons on the front of the card in the shape of a Christmas tree, or a star, or an angel and send them as our cards this year.
I also wrap my gifts in simple butcher's paper and splurge on things like ribbon & trinkets to dress it up. But it would also be cool to glue some buttons on the front of the package too.
Thanks for the inspiration! |
| Deb H |
Posted - Sep 10 2005 : 06:22:51 AM
I think the bubble wrap is a good idea and you can make a small pouch without it taking up too much room - one of my senders did that and it still fit in an envelope. I will do that because so much of the mail service is machine operated, I fear that even if we write "hand cancel" on the envelope, I don't know that they will actually do it...
By the way, Susan, I wish I lived closer to PA so I could visit your farm! I think I will do all my Christmas shopping from farmgirls' websites!
Deb P
"Well-behaved women rarely make history" - Laurel Thatcher Ulrich |
| Clare |
Posted - Sep 09 2005 : 6:37:32 PM
Maybe also writing "fragile" on the front and back of the envelope will help? Worth a try!
**** Love is the great work - though every heart is first an apprentice. - Hafiz
Set a high value on spontaneous kindness. - Samuel Johnson****
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| BlueEggBabe |
Posted - Sep 09 2005 : 6:25:56 PM
I must apologize,
I am also slow at sending my buttons out but wanted to give some feedback on sending "Hand Cancel". I am not sure this is enough security as two of my three arrivals have had broken buttons in them. I'm talking REALLY crunched.
I think I am going to send my selections wrapped first in a paper towel and then in a small bubble envelope.Maybe that might protect them......should I still ask for "hand cancel"?
"If more of us valued good food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world place."
J.J.R.Tolkien |
| Deb H |
Posted - Sep 09 2005 : 5:01:32 PM
Bridgette, Lori and Karen, I have received all your buttons and am so embarrased that I haven't sent mine out yet - plan to get them together this weekend. Thank you all! They are great! Only one broken one in the bunch. Now that the mailing list is here, how do we view a current list? I had printed it out when Karen sent it, but don't know how many others have signed up. I'm sorry if it's a dumb question...
Deb P
"Well-behaved women rarely make history" - Laurel Thatcher Ulrich |
| Aunt Jenny |
Posted - Sep 06 2005 : 9:39:00 PM
Tami...go to the home page...click on home at the top of this page...and on the cute little girl there is a bubble to click on that says mail lists..then click on button list...easy as that!!
Lori..the girls and I got our cute buttons and kitten cards today..thanks so much..made my day!!!
Jenny in Utah
The best things in life arn't things |
| ladybugsmom6 |
Posted - Sep 06 2005 : 8:16:44 PM
OK girls, as the original Button Glutton, (My Kids said so!) I need to know how to join our little group. I am sure I asked to be involved, BUT my comp has been down for almost a month and when I wasnt I was, (irst trimester fatigue!)but you lovely ladies are already sending me buttons and I have no link to the rest of our group! HELP!
-Tami
livin' right and loven' life! |
