Button Tuesday

   Sunday Margi and I had a "playdate". I dusted off my stamping and card making supplies. Wow, It's been a while. My creative mojo had cobwebs!
   Margi gave me an early birthday present. The sweeeetest set of stamps! Button cards; yep, shut-up! Button cards! Yippee, That's right, Button cards.
  We played for hours and I just love this set of stamps. I left all my crap supplies out on a table in my family room and played most of the day on Monday. Happy Presidents' day to me! So, do you want to see what I created? TaDa!

    I stole borrowed the frame from Mr. Wonderful, he had Zippo lighters in it????? I stamped the cards with my B day present and mounted modern black glass buttons on each card. Sooo pretty.                               

Now I am off to stamp more cards. Happy hunting! ~Robin~

                               

Button it up Tuesday!

    Yesterday was button study. I had missed the January meeting and I can't tell you how I missed this group of wonderful women!

     We mounted buttons on a picture of a flower arrangement. I left my camera at home so I didn't get a picture of each one but they were amazing. I finished mine at home this morning and here are the results: 

Button, button, who's got the buttons?

The trip to my parent's home is a 9 hour drive. That is not including pee breaks and coffee stops. We stop overnight in Florence Kentucky. We get an early start and arrive in Florence a little after noon. Mr. Wonderful deposits me at the Florence Antique Mall and heads for the golf course. The picture above is one of those finds that give you goose bumps! They had me at the string of buttons. Then I read the small verse, I looked around to see if anyone had caught me wiping my eyes. Whoo! That was close.

Gee! Did someone see me coming or what? The picture was priced at 29.99. There was a sign in the booth 30% off all items over $20. Score! I would have paid full price. I will have to rearrange the sewing room to get it hung but a girls got to do what a girls got to do!

I think the style of clothing is what drew my eye to this piece. The tag said "news print fashion ad". I saw the word button and couldn't resist. When I got home I noticed a signature and date, Ethel Hays, 1929. I did a little research and found that Ethel Hayes was an American syndicated cartoonist specializing in flapper-themed comic strips in the 1920s and 1950s. She became one of the country's most accomplished children's book illustrators.

What a talented artist!

This beautiful handpainted rose on an oval canvas was found at Dutch Valley Antiques in Knoxville, TN.

It came from the amazing booth #504 of Cindy Corum! Cindy has a knack for displaying her gorgeous treasures! We were on the way home when we came upon this Antique Store and the truck was quite full or I could have done some real damage in this booth! As Arnold says "I'll be back!"

                                                                              

I did find a spot for this treasure!

I found this sweet sign in my Mother's hoarding area garage. She didn't make me beg too long for it!

I had the empty frame hanging in my "Girlfriend's Cafe". Perfect spot, perfect name!

I tease my Mother that I get all my hoarding junking skills from her! She is The Queen! She had almost all of these buttons waiting for me! Can you believe? Mind boggling isn't it!

 

Let the sorting begin!

Lots of plastic and metal!

 

  

Don't you just love white buttons?

What a treasure hunt! Ohh how I love the vintage ones!

 

Bling Bling as my sweet granddaughters call them.

The cutest little plastic hats.

A curious find from Antiques and Accents in Corbin Kentucky. I think this is celluloid.

My Mother gave me this sweet bracelet! It has 12 blue glass buttons on it! Thanks Mom!  You talk about thrill of the hunt! I have overdosed! Don't tell anyone but I am going on the Lincoln Highway yard sale the 5th of August. It is a yearly event for my sister, sister-in-law and me. We laugh until we pee ourselves then we get a room and drink fuzzy navels! Good times! Happy hunting! ~Robin~

Where bloggers create II

Before I give you a tour of my creative spaces, I want to thank Karen Valentine for being our hostess with the mostess! A toast to you! I so enjoyed last years event! I didn't participate but I did look at every blog. Magnifique!

I signed up this time, walked to my "sewing/button hoarders room and had a panic attack. I thought about emailing Karen and opting out, but I ain't no quitter! I quickly left that room and went to what use to be our house garage. We have lived here 9 years and never had a vehicle inside of it. Time for a change. Mr Wonderful, at my nagging suggestion replaced the garage door with french doors. Let the games begin!

500 pages of sheet music, lots of Mod Podge, and an old Funk and Wagner dictionary later, Voila!

Mr. Wonderful removed the cabinet doors and painted the cabinets white while shaking his head. ( he just don't get it) and he really didn't get the sheet music deal. None the less I continued to glue dictionary pages to the back of the cabinets hoping thru osmosis I would learn to spell. Didn't work?

Now all my storage boxes needed to be matchy, matchy so more Mod Podge and dictionary pages.

The scrapbook  paper around the lid makes me giggle!

I was not liking the looks of the "primary colored' sizzix cutters so, you know the routine, Mod Podge and more dictionary pages.

More matchy, matchy!

Fasten your seat belts and keep your arms inside the ride at all times. Here we go!

I cut circles from the dictionary pages (who would have guessed?) and put them behind the knobs of the candy jars. SWEET!

A little girly fufu here and there;

I hung a couple of my collage pieces here. The paris one is available in my etsy shop.

I love all the storage and of course got to have some tunes! Anyone have the "Waiting to exhale" cd?

Are you wandering what those large brown things are?

They hold scrapbook paper, and lots of it. Would you ask Mr. Wonderful to paint them white, because I am afraid to.

A girl can't have too much paper or too many shoes!

This is where I work when I am out of wine and no one will come play with me!

My personal stash, but I can be bribed!

Cards that I make to sell  give away. Now we can move on to the sewing/button hoarding room.

Tallulah, open the door, we have guests! What's going on in there?

So, this is where I hoard buttons sew!

More M. P. and some delicious Graphics 45 paper. SEW what do you think?

Vintage linen pillows and yo yos. Yummy! Hey! Where are all the piles of fabric that usually cover that sofa?

I forgot that there was a sofa there.

No, those are not jars of buttons.

Yes, those are the cutest hanky curtains you have ever seen. And my sewing machine. I am in love.

Some fabric. Some books.

More fabric and a little hanky panky!

Drop leaf cutting table. LUUUUv it!

See, I told you I sew! My youngest daughter says she could so pretend to cook in that apron!

Hey! Who you calling a Floozy?

Hankies! I lost count at 4000.

A tiny little table with a few mother of pearl buttons. I hope you enjoyed your visit. Come back any time.  I know if you "get it " you will leave a comment, cause I do love me some comments, almost as much as buttons. TALLULAH! Where are your clothes?  Happy hunting! ~Robin~