Black bobby pins

#121
Materials: Vintage black buttons with a very cool flower and ridged pattern. Bobby pins measure about 2" in length.




#122
Materials: Black buttons over-layed with purple tulle, white buttons, and purple wire.




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Materials: Grey buttons, grey/silver buttons, cream tulle, and purple wire

#128

Materials: Vintage black, woven fabric buttons about the size of a penny.

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Materials: Vintage, black, rounded buttons that flatten out on the back a little. Dainty, simple, and cute.

White bobby pins

Please reference the number underneath the picture to specify which pair you want to order.

# 115
Materials: Vintage white and silver buttons with clear edge




#124
Materials: Vintage white, cone shaped buttons with shell-like pattern



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Materials: One opaque square and one silver square button with faux-diamond in center




#125
Materials: Vintage white buttons with impressed flower pattern. Shiny!!!

Julie's brooch

This turned out to be one of my favorite pieces of jewelry so far, so I thought I'd share. I made it for my friend and gave it to her as a birthday present. I figured a brooch was a good alternative for someone who doesn't wear a lot of clips in her hair.

Pink bobby pins

Please reference the numbers underneath the pics to help specify which ones you would like to buy.SOLD


#111
Materials: Pink and brown buttons with purple wire. Small, approx. 1/4" across. Subtle and cute.

Compass bobby pins

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Materials: Unique, antique white and silver compass buttons on bobby pins. Buttons measure 1" across

Purple bobby pins

All bobby pins pictured are for sale unless marked "sold". Please reference the numbers underneath the pics to specify which ones you would like to buy.
#116
Materials: purple and lavender buttons, purple tulle, purple wire


#117
Materials: Round, antique purple buttons on bobby pins

ka-BLUE-ie (bobby pins)

Bobby pins are 2" in length, buttons are less than 1/2" across. They are available for sale unless marked as "SOLD". Please reference the numbers underneath pictures when ordering. SOLD


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#118

Materials: electric blue buttons, navy buttons, navy wire, purple and white tulle on bobby pins

Gigantic Brooch

This one has a pin on the back so you can wear it on your favorite jacket. It measures around 1 3/4" across. #119
Materials: white and brown antique buttons with white tulle on a brooch pin.

Sold: more to come

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Colorful hair clips

Alligator clips measure approx. 1 3/4" from tip to tip. Please reference the numbers underneath the photos to help specify your order.

SOLD

#107

Materials: deep blue button, light blue-lavender button, maroon and cream tulle, purple wire on alligator clip

#103

Materials: Orange and yellow buttons, golden wire, purple and cream tulle on alligator clip

Brown Clips

Alligator clips measure approx. 1 3/4". All are for sale unless marked "SOLD". Please reference numbers underneath the pictures to help specify which clip you would like to order. #106
Materials: Light brown and pink buttons, silver colored wire, and cream tulle on alligator clip.


#102
Materials: Dark brown, brown abalone shell, and chocolate brown buttons, maroon and cream tulle, and golden wire on alligator clip.

#101

Materials: Golden floral pattern button, chocolate brown button, maroon tulle, and golden wire
on alligator clip.

Black Hair Clips

Alligator clips measure 1 3/4 " tip to tip. All are for sale unless marked "SOLD". Please reference number underneath pictures of clips to help specify which one you are ordering.
#105
Materials: Grey buttons with purple and cream tulle, green wire on alligator clip


#104
Materials: Black button, grey abalone shell button, purple tulle, black wire on alligator clip

#100

Materials: Black, grey, and white buttons, maroon tulle, and copper colored wire on alligator clip

The Rachel

I am the girliest of my friends. I love flowers on my clothes, in my hair, adorning my shoes... I love accessories and coordinated sweater sets. I love a-line, strapless dresses with peep toed shoes. As much as I love these things, I rarely end up wearing them. Instead, I always reach for my jeans, tennis shoes, and my grey fleece when getting dressed for a night on the town. My friends are much the same and so I thought I would start with darker colors. My goal was to achieve a more subdued level of adornment that would blend in with tee shirts and Chacos. This is an example of one I made for my friend for her birthday. It measured maybe half an inch across and provides just a hint of shine and poppies without being as obvious as a 50's pin-up flower.

Cute as a button...

My newest project. Little hair clips made from antique buttons.

I loved buttons as a girl. Even as an adult I can appreciate the shiny, delicate intricacies they have to offer. I love that they come in all sizes, shapes, colors, and textures. So, when I had the opportunity to receive an entire box of antique buttons that had belonged to my mother-in-law, Glenda, I took them without question.

In 2007, only a few months before Glenda passed away, she came to visit my husband and I in South Carolina. At the time, she was publishing a newsletter she called Mind Matters, Caring for Someone with Memory Loss. She planned to have a fundraiser where people would sell baked and handmade goods and the proceeds would go to the Alzheimer's Association. In preparation for that sale, I had made several sets of wine charms using buttons and even made cards to mount them on that read 'Cute as a Button'. Unfortunately, Glenda passed away unexpectedly, before we had a chance to sell them. I'll never forget how excited she was about them and how "cool" she thought they were.

I still have the wine charm sets, aside from a few I gave to family members. Haven't been able to bring myself to part with them yet. So it seemed serendipitous, the day my friend Julie held Glenda's dusty black cigar box in her hands. It was bursting at the seams with buttons of every make and model. I didn't know what I would do with my new found treasures at the time I received them. I just knew I would do something with them. In fact, I think I was supposed to do something with them. I think Glenda would be pleased.