tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1278085019370560632.post7361960268281169732..comments2024-03-20T21:29:34.452-04:00Comments on Karen Heenan: The Button BoxKarenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00449229622474314815noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1278085019370560632.post-6698545503704350052014-05-06T08:27:12.861-04:002014-05-06T08:27:12.861-04:00We have a huge Button jar. My mom love to add butt...We have a huge Button jar. My mom love to add buttons in it. But they are really useful at times. I do not know why every mother doing this :) Wholesale Mens Apparelshttp://www.clothingnbags.com/men-t-shirtsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1278085019370560632.post-12429591000986621002013-05-26T19:07:30.398-04:002013-05-26T19:07:30.398-04:00I remember my mom having her grandmother's but...I remember my mom having her grandmother's button purse. An old fabric purse with both the handles broken. Hideously ugly but it had a zipper so the buttons stayed inside and was soft to keep the buttons from getting scratched. I got my grandmother's buttons in a plain old paper bag. Mine are in a tin box that I think Valentine candy arrived in.MelMelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1278085019370560632.post-76973140995093425132013-05-22T17:03:56.619-04:002013-05-22T17:03:56.619-04:00I have button boxes, plastic, so they don't br...I have button boxes, plastic, so they don't break. I started my first so that when the dry cleaner crushed a button on one of my husband's absurdly expensive custom made dress shirts, I'd have a match from one which was worn out. Now, all buttons go in there, and I rarely have to buy buttons for anything (my girls shop in my button boxes, too).Marjiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14950085029835332900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1278085019370560632.post-4104145733909457412013-05-21T17:27:34.226-04:002013-05-21T17:27:34.226-04:00I have button jar. Even i do not know how many but...I have button jar. Even i do not know how many buttons I have in that jar. but they are all useful whenever I need I can use them.Wholesale Clothinghttp://clothingnbags.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1278085019370560632.post-36264833471571447352013-05-21T15:28:45.117-04:002013-05-21T15:28:45.117-04:00I've got both my grandmother's and mother&...I've got both my grandmother's and mother's button tins - couldn't tell you how old grammy's tin is but I remember it from 40 years ago, and it was old then ! Funnily enough, I was running my fingers through them yesterday LOLClaire S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11825049555257941107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1278085019370560632.post-19002444005768130632013-05-20T08:57:45.805-04:002013-05-20T08:57:45.805-04:00I have a button box. It still has buttons that we...I have a button box. It still has buttons that were in there when my grandmother gave it to me. In fact, it has men's shirt buttons still on the card. My great grandmother instilled a sense of 'thrift' in me. Although, since I've grown up, I now realize she was just a hoarder... I find the most difficult thing is to USE the buttons!<br /><br /><br />Lisa and Robinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17857077701513254469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1278085019370560632.post-64613003860627991822013-05-20T05:58:38.060-04:002013-05-20T05:58:38.060-04:00I inherited my grandmothers button box too. I us...I inherited my grandmothers button box too. I used to love to play with it when I was little.Vickihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01529416439720810403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1278085019370560632.post-31526957340176505362013-05-19T21:25:53.759-04:002013-05-19T21:25:53.759-04:00OMG, so that's why my grandma had so many butt...OMG, so that's why my grandma had so many buttons. I could never figure out why since she never sewed. Must have been a depression era thing and/or sewing thing. I loved putting my fingers in her button stash. Wish I had had the forethought to keep it. Great post.SEWNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05447977771494445400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1278085019370560632.post-63816650556529961852013-05-19T16:28:40.327-04:002013-05-19T16:28:40.327-04:00My mother's button box was a woven round straw...My mother's button box was a woven round straw basket with a lid. I had it until recently but discarded it as it was too tattered to save. I have a button basket very much like hers myself plus several clear zip bags of buttons just waiting for garments. In our house trashed discards get the buttons removed. They will have a future life in another garment.theresahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13871779245121626075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1278085019370560632.post-72122801156309797802013-05-19T14:44:54.378-04:002013-05-19T14:44:54.378-04:00I do have a button box. My mother and her mother a...I do have a button box. My mother and her mother and I am sure all their mothers before them had a button box. There is charm and history in the button box. <br /><br />Lorindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16827815776566518090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1278085019370560632.post-25327206526056227622013-05-19T14:08:19.474-04:002013-05-19T14:08:19.474-04:00Oh, yes I remember that my mother had a button tin...Oh, yes I remember that my mother had a button tin. I loved running my hands through it and sifting all the buttons through my little fingers. I don't know what happened to it, though. I have my own button collections now, on the shelves in my sewing studio in old blue glass Mason jars topped with zinc screw-top lids. It's comforting to look at them!AuntieAllynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06192122099879165907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1278085019370560632.post-54938855302712710772013-05-19T12:55:18.555-04:002013-05-19T12:55:18.555-04:00Not only do I keep my own button box, but my 87 yo...Not only do I keep my own button box, but my 87 yo FIL, a tailor originally from Europe, recently gave me his. <br /><br />He also wanted to give me all his old tailoring tools, but they are sized for a man's hands, not mine. His tools are all European and heavy while I prefer Kai from Japan, made for smaller people.<br /><br />He's sent his old customers to a Vietnamese tailor who purchased his own shop, but the new tailor is similarly small and can't use the big tools either.<br /><br />I don't know what to do with them. They are half of all his worldly goods that he took with him on the sea voyage to the US. As the only one of his children, children-in-law and grandchildren that sews, I feel responsible somehow.badmomgoodmomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11569728075698885020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1278085019370560632.post-16290923520895393702013-05-19T12:47:18.815-04:002013-05-19T12:47:18.815-04:00My mom had a button tin. I loved running my finger...My mom had a button tin. I loved running my fingers through it. I have buttons sorted by color and displayed in random vintage glass containers. But I do notice one problem. Some buttons are scratched, nicked or otherwise damaged by contact with the other buttons. BeckyMchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07858460068535872136noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1278085019370560632.post-12166992409822741432013-05-19T12:46:35.051-04:002013-05-19T12:46:35.051-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.BeckyMchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07858460068535872136noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1278085019370560632.post-59639423107352831622013-05-19T12:40:35.513-04:002013-05-19T12:40:35.513-04:00My Mom had a coffee can of buttons which was hande...My Mom had a coffee can of buttons which was handed down to me. When something was no longer serviceable she always cut the buttons off for a new garment.My Mother-in-law also gave me a cache of buttons. I rarely have to purchase buttons for a project...it's fun to shop the button box!Maryissewfasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12780345687245124170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1278085019370560632.post-89879963940503109172013-05-19T12:39:24.522-04:002013-05-19T12:39:24.522-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Maryissewfasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12780345687245124170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1278085019370560632.post-53781493964100978142013-05-19T11:32:35.602-04:002013-05-19T11:32:35.602-04:00Both my mom and grandmother had button jars and so...Both my mom and grandmother had button jars and so do I. They are very convenient.Little Hunting Creekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15581836733935812927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1278085019370560632.post-64476689692576506892013-05-19T10:03:45.432-04:002013-05-19T10:03:45.432-04:00My grandmother had a button tin--I think left over...My grandmother had a button tin--I think left over from a fruitcake. I remember playing with the buttons on her carpet in the front room, making the buttons into people and parts of the carpet into houses. Although I don't have the tin, I have the carpet...and thousands of buttons of my own.Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05413150151279160155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1278085019370560632.post-53555006508964066872013-05-19T09:45:27.935-04:002013-05-19T09:45:27.935-04:00I vaguely remember my grandmother having a jar ful...I vaguely remember my grandmother having a jar full of buttons. I updated the concept of the button box/jar. I recently bought two jars from IKEA. Somehow, IKEA does not stir up the nostalgia or mystique of a button box. Elarayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06487492651398001387noreply@blogger.com