| T O P I C R E V I E W |
| KellyWall |
Posted - Jun 05 2009 : 06:32:28 AM
I would like to host a button swap. This will be my first time as a swap mommy so please be patient.
Rules:
Only first ten to sign up, make up 10 button cards with 5 buttons on them (an index card with buttons attached would work, or small bags). The buttons can be new or old, some may prefer old. When I recieve all the buttons and postage I will divide them out and send the new ones to you. Include postage in you package, I am not sure how much it would be, check with you post office before you mail it. Be creative! Sign up deadline: June 15th Mailing Deadline July 15th
Email me for sign up! This should be fun!
1. Kelly Wall finished2. Kristin Sherrill Recieved: June 16th
3. Calicogirl/ Sharon Recieved: June 18th
4. Gramadinah/Diana Recieved: June 15th!!
5. Antoinette/Toni recieved July 6th
6. Raspberrybee/Karen Arrived while I was on Vacation!7. barnagainkristen recieved June 27th
8. Quiltingfarmgirl/Barbara Recieved June 18th
9. Merry recieved June 18th
10. AuntPammy recived July 3rd |
| 25 L A T E S T R E P L I E S (Newest First) |
| RaspberryBee |
Posted - Aug 12 2009 : 08:10:27 AM
Your welcome Kelly. Funny note - While my mother was here she really did not get the whole button swap thing...at all! When your package came I took pictures of them as a set and individually so my mother could get an idea of what all the fuss was about. She loved them!!!! She thinks maybe she should of helped make a few cards :-). Funny. There is always next time or the time after that or...
Till next we meet again,
Karen
I would rather sit on a pumpkin and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion.
-Henry David Thoreau- |
| gramadinah |
Posted - Aug 11 2009 : 5:29:29 PM
I got my buttons a while ago I have been on vacation and just got back.. I love them all great swap Kelly.
Diana
Farmgirl Sister #273 |
| NikkiBeaumont |
Posted - Aug 08 2009 : 09:27:47 AM
Kelly, this was such a neat idea! I so enjoyed being there when you hand delivered the buttons to Kris! They were all so cute and different. I wished that I got photos of all them. This was a great idea! And I have photos of a few of them, if you would like for me to send them to you or post them I will. Just let me know!
Farmgirl Sister #554
http://leedsalabama.blogspot.com/
http://alabamaheartofdixie.blogspot.com/ |
| KellyWall |
Posted - Aug 07 2009 : 11:37:39 AM
Thanks for the nice postcard Karen! You are so sweet!
Kelly |
| KellyWall |
Posted - Aug 02 2009 : 4:42:01 PM
I am so happy everyone liked this swap, i think I will frme most of mine and hang them in my craft room. You all have been the best group to work with, thanks for all the compliments! I am going to host a fall button swap so keep in touch!
Kelly |
| quiltingfarmergirl |
Posted - Jul 31 2009 : 6:32:25 PM
I had a box of buttons in my mailbox today when I got home from work! The highlight of my day! Dinner could wait, had to check out my new treasures. Amazing creativity from all over the country. I may leave them as they are and display them in my sewing room. What a great swap. Thanks so much everyone! I do love buttons...
Barb |
| Calicogirl |
Posted - Jul 31 2009 : 3:10:50 PM
I received my buttons today!!!  Thank you Kelly for being the hostess with the mostess and thank you ladies for the wonderful buttons and displays :) You made my day :)
~Sharon
By His Grace, For His Glory
http://merryheartjournal.blogspot.com/ |
| barnagainkristin |
Posted - Jul 30 2009 : 10:00:18 PM
What a fun package I found in my mailbox today. Buttons! This was such a fun swap and everyone did such a great job. I love the buttons and the way they were displayed. I'm not sure I can take them off and use them. If my grandma would have had these cute buttons in her button box they would all be my favorites. I'm so glad everyone attached who they were from since that makes it even more fun. Thanks ladies! I love them all and a special thanks to Kelly for doing such a great job on the swap.
barnagainkristin |
| antoinette |
Posted - Jul 30 2009 : 6:22:02 PM
I received my buttons!! What ingenious ladies out there!! I like Kristen's idea
I think I will just put them in a type of collage frame. Thanks to all the ladies
who participated and thanks for all the great buttons!! Toni |
| Merry |
Posted - Jul 30 2009 : 3:01:50 PM
Received my buttons today, thanks everyone! Great swap!
Merry
Farmgirl #536
http://afarminmyheart.blogspot.com/
"Nobody has ever measured, not even poets how much the heart can hold."
Zelda Fitzgerald |
| RaspberryBee |
Posted - Jul 30 2009 : 2:22:00 PM
Ladies it is amazing that all the buttons are presented so differently and yet in the same breath so similar. All are wonderful bits of love. This is the first swap I have been in and what fun I had thinking how to put the buttons together (had lots of time for that...smile...) and now more fun wondering just what wondeful things will become of these sweet buttons. Thank you all for your gracious gifts and thank you Kelly for hosting such a wonderful swap. Enjoy the rest of the summer ladies!
I would rather sit on a pumpkin and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion.
-Henry David Thoreau- |
| KellyWall |
Posted - Jul 30 2009 : 1:40:59 PM
Wow Pam! That was quick! Glad you liked them isn't the creativity awesome.
Kelly |
| AuntPammy |
Posted - Jul 30 2009 : 11:07:01 AM
The mailman just came and my buttons arrived!!!Thank-you all-they are all so lovely.I have taken them and looked at them over and over again.Kelly, thanks again for doing this it was so much fun.
"Keep your face to the sunshine and you will never see the shadow." Helen Keller
www.auntpsalmostheaven.blogspot.com |
| kristin sherrill |
Posted - Jul 28 2009 : 4:52:20 PM
I got my buttons!! I love every single one of them! Kelly came to my house herself and delivered them. I think I am going to try and find a big ole frame and display them all in it. They're too pretty to take them off and use them. I hope I can come up with something really cute.
Thank you so much for doing this swap, Kelly. It has been fun. You are a good "swap mamma".
Kris
Happiness is simple. |
| Calicogirl |
Posted - Jul 28 2009 : 2:27:55 PM
Thank you Kelly! I will let you know when I get mine. I am excited to see everyone's creativity :) Thanks for being a great hostess
~Sharon
By His Grace, For His Glory
http://merryheartjournal.blogspot.com/ |
| KellyWall |
Posted - Jul 28 2009 : 2:22:33 PM
I mailed everything out this morning, and hand delivered to Kris. Pam your to sweet! Let me know what you all think! |
| AuntPammy |
Posted - Jul 27 2009 : 4:17:50 PM
Kelly, you have been one sweet "swap mamma."This has been a real pleasure. Keep up the good work...you're the best!!!
"Keep your face to the sunshine and you will never see the shadow." Helen Keller
www.auntpsalmostheaven.blogspot.com |
| KellyWall |
Posted - Jul 27 2009 : 12:44:29 PM
Hey, All the buttons are packed up and ready to go! I will make another trip to the post office in the morning. I hope you all enjoy the as much as I have! Thatnks for the information about the button sites and books, I have always wondered about buttons, they are so cute and pretty, My next swap will be a themed one, I m thinking "Fall" colors. Thanks again for making my first swap so fun and rewarding, you all have been so great! |
| khartquilt |
Posted - Jul 22 2009 : 6:22:46 PM
I am an ASG member. In our summer issue newsletter there was an artical with some sites on buttons. They also were promoting two button books:
"busy with buttons" and "Warman's Buttons Field Guide" they say these books can be found at your local retail book stores.
www.ascuteasabutton.com
www.bennosbuttons.com
www.buttondrawer.com
www.buttonemporium.com
www.buttonqueen.com
www.buttonshoppe.com
www.distinctivebuttons.com
www.accessoriesunlimitedinc.com
www.buttons.comwww.jillionsofbuttons.com
www.perfectbuttons.com
Kathy H
Farmgirl Sister #81
"To the world you may be one person, but to one person you may be the world..." (anomymous)
http://khartquilt.blogspot.com |
| ceejay48 |
Posted - Jul 21 2009 : 06:41:06 AM
Kelly,
If you do another button swap, please let me know . . . I just may be interested!!
Thanks!!
CJ Armstrong
from the barefoot farmgirl |
| KellyWall |
Posted - Jul 18 2009 : 5:59:19 PM
Karen, no need to worry, you have plenty of time, we all just got finished a bit early! Sorry to here about your illness, I was sick too, in fact my whole family was, we recovered in time for vacation! i am excited about finishing this swap, you all have been the best! |
| KellyWall |
Posted - Jul 18 2009 : 5:53:45 PM
I will try, ya'll I am on my sons computer, just can't stay away, I am in Maine right now! Can't wait to check mail when I get home! I hope the last package has arrived, I will be home Saturday Miss you all!!!
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| khartquilt |
Posted - Jul 14 2009 : 08:50:44 AM
Kelly,
Would you be able to post a photo or two of all these wonderful buttons before you mail them out?
Just reading along and they sound so lovely.
Kathy H
Farmgirl Sister #81
"To the world you may be one person, but to one person you may be the world..." (anomymous)
http://khartquilt.blogspot.com |
| Calicogirl |
Posted - Jul 14 2009 : 07:37:16 AM
Karen,
No apologies needed! As you posted before your Mom was visiting and now bronchitis.:( I'm glad you are feeling better and on the mend :)
~Sharon
By His Grace, For His Glory
http://merryheartjournal.blogspot.com/ |
| RaspberryBee |
Posted - Jul 14 2009 : 07:19:39 AM
Okay Ladies! The last buttons were put in the mail yesterday. Two days after my Mum left I was told I had bronchitis - I just thought my asthma was acting out :-0. I am on the second round of meds but feeling better. Sorry to be the one to hold things up and missing the opportunity to get the buttons out before Kelly's vacation. As I can tell from Kelly's words everyone's buttons are worth waiting for :-)???? Has anyone living in a small town noticed their post office cutting back on hours? I went to ours Friday to post buttons and they closed an hour early. Went back on Saturday and again closed an hour early - missed the tiny sign with new hours. Sign of the times - sad. Again sorry about being late.
I would rather sit on a pumpkin and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion.
-Henry David Thoreau- |
