For this week's lesson, Kim asked us to capture the treasures we love as photographed from above. So I dropped a handful of vintage/antique buttons on a tree stump. Simple!
Here's another shot of vintage buttons. I use them as closures on my handmade journals. Since I usually only need 1 button for that purpose, I don't need to buy sets of like buttons (as you would if you were knitting a sweater). Here the buttons are paired with some hand-dyed cheesecloth for color and texture. I have a whole bag of this stuff, though I'm not quite sure what to do with it ...
1 comment:
Lovely collection and I especially love how you've paired the hand dyed cheesecloth with them. I actually like the idea of using different buttons on a sweater -- when I was in my 30s I got a sweater from the thrift store I really liked but the buttons were cheap looking. I removed them thinking I'd go buy some nice ones. As time ticked by, I wasn't getting to swear my cardigan so I finally decided just to use some buttons I had in my basket -- each was different and I loved it! Lots of people would comment on it too -- great conversation starter. :)
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