Button, button, who's got the button?

Button, button, who's got the button? 

Do children even play that game anymore?

Probably not.  I don't remember any classmates choking on

a button, but I guess you can't be too careful these days.

When I was growing up, my mother had coffee cans filled with old buttons

that my sister and I spent hours sorting into piles

according to their color, size, amount of jewels, etc.

A number of years ago, I loaned out the last of them to a friend, and that was that.   

   



Occasionally you can find jars of buttons for almost nothing at estate sales,

which is where I found the white buttons pictured above.

If you're in need of buttons, be sure to check Anything Goes Here.

She's selling her entire vintage button collection!

  They've been sitting on top of a dresser collecting dust,

 so I blew the dust off the cover and used them to transform

another find that's been stashed in the basement

since I bought it last winter.

My 5 dollar trumeau mirror.

The heavy mirror alone was well worth the cash spent,

but as for the art framed in the top section, it had to go!

This photo obviously appealed to the now deceased homeowner

in whose home the estate sale was held.

Can you guess the year this image was published in the decorating magazine?

I've got the missing corner which bears the date

July, 194_

The last digit is missing, but 1940 something is close enough for me.

The clipping was in the frame for over 70 years.

It was time for a change!

To fill the opening where the magazine clipping and glass were removed,

I found a piece of linen and stitched on buttons in the shape of a heart.

I could have glued the buttons to the fabric, but I wanted to be able to reuse

the buttons when I tire of this objet d'art.

If you're going to tackle this project, I would recommend

basting a heart outline on your fabric first.  It will save you

time in the long run, a lesson I learned after stitching on

 the buttons pictured above.

I painted the mirror frame off-white with home made chalk paint

 and then added the button art above, but it just looked blah to me.

 Plan B.

Much better.

I stitched more buttons onto a piece of red corduroy

left over from Little Red Riding Hood's cape

and taped the fabric to a square of foam core with

double-faced carpet tape.

I inserted the whole thing into the opening and held

it all in place with 4 pieces of super-sticky

duct tape.  It may be tacky, but it allows me

to easily change out the art whenever I please.

Here's my transformed mirror, just in time for

Valentine's Day!

As always, thanks for visiting.

Vickie

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