Button Room - Reclaimed Bedroom

For nearly 16 years one of our extra bedroom housed my "Button Room".

It was home to my computer, educational materials & reference books, display cabinets filled with my collections of buttons & buckles along with my competition trays and favorite buttons & buckles showcased as framed artwork.  

I am a collector of antique, vintage, modern & studio clothing buttons & buckles- fascinating, incredible works of art, history, science & culture.  I have been collecting since 1996.

I searched my photos and learned after all these years I have just one photo of my Button Room.

Sadly it only shows one small corner and just a few buttons. 

 I've spent many hours studying/researching buttons and button-related topics in my Button Room.

Many hours were also spent handling business as a former President, Vice President & Show Chairman for the Kansas State Button Society as well as Editor for the Missouri State Button Society.  

 As the years went by this room accumulated too much stuff and was long over-due to be rehabbed.

Last Autumn I decided it was time to reclaim my Button Room to its original purpose, a bedroom.

Little by little walls were repaired, walls & ceiling repainted and piece by piece furniture was acquired to create a bedroom

 (above in photo 2 you will see a new addition - French lighting wall sconce)

 Our reclaimed bedroom is serene and comfortable.

It was fun searching for the pieces that now furnish it.

Although I no longer have a dedicated Button Room, the contents of my Button Room were moved to other storage areas of our home and are just a fingertip away (smile).

 

 

2013 Evening Star Button Club Christmas Party - Button Gifts and Lise's Button Museum in the Making

  We held our Evening Star Button Club Christmas party at Lise's beautiful home.  Lise's home is tucked away in a forest community overlooking a ravine.
Look through these windows, you are looking into the tree tops.  Beautiful!

 We shared a wonderful holiday potluck lunch, giggles, our exchange of handmade button-related gifts and friendship.  

Lise's home was so warm and inviting for Christmas...

 

 Jennifer (top center), Tara (1-R), Pam (2-L), Lori (2-R), Lee (3-L), Tami (3-R) and Lise (bottom center).

Did you notice the AWESOME black & white button fabric scarves we are wearing?

Tara made these wonderful scarves for us!   

Tara also sewed each of us a button motif fabric carrying case that fits button-mounted mat boards with or without a frame   

Here are our other handmade button-related gifts that we exchanged

 Lise used a mirrored craft button and wrote an accompanying poem titled My Mirrored Self.
Very fitting for us button collectors.
 

Lori created each us our own button tin with a snowy outside and buttons inside (below)

 Lee decorated this Christmassy frame with of course BUTTONS! 

Our group photo is being sized to fit these frames for a keepsake ornament.

 Pam created a Friend ornament dazzled with a center rhinestone button.

Jennifer hammered old, slightly damaged buttons, joined them together and fired her own enameled head pin to create a button pendant.  I love it, don't you?

I created a Christmas ornament using the image of the 1953 December

Just Buttons Christmas magazine cover.

Each year I look forward to our button exchange gifts.

I am always delighted by them!

Well you've toured Lise's beautiful Christmas home, seen our button exchange gifts, now it's time to get a peek at Lise's Button Room...

 We are greeted with Christmas-themed buttons & pins as we top the stairs next to the Button Room

Glimpses into Lise's Button Room

Every nook and cranny, bookcase, shelf and wall offer buttons, buttons and more buttons! 

Yes, this is an entire original card of amber glass Tingue buttons! 

Worthy of drooling!!

 Lise hopes one day to have a Button Museum... I'd say her Button Room has a great start towards it.  Take a peek inside her Button Room closet... box after box of categorized buttons!

Too cute

Well it's been a long post, but I do hope you enjoyed it.

Take care, Tami

 

10 Year Employment Gift

I recently had my 10 year employment anniversary.  

I received an internet catalog link from my employer to select

and order my anniversary gift. 

I selected a compact Fuji 500 series 35 mm digital camera.

Here are a few photos I've snapped with my new camera of

my art studio and button room

Thus far I am very pleased with this new camera.

I need to study it more and see what else it can do.

Thanks for stopping by