Button, Button Who’s Got the Button

Yes, I remember the game, and I also have a button collection which belonged to my mother-in-law. Your very interesting article shows the result of lots of research. Very fine. And thank you for your many kind comments to me. Wanda

Mom - this takes me back to Grandma's house when indeed I did spend lots of time looking for unique buttons in the big wall hangings. I'm saving my buttons, but doubt I'll ever take the time to do what she did. Ginger

I love finding another of your excellently researched and marvelously written essays, Gail! Good catchy title, too. It's too bad buttons are becoming obsolete--they added so much to our apparel, and worked extremely well. If they came off, they could be easily sewn back on. Try that with a zipper! Carol

My mom use to bring out the button box and needle and thread on days we needed something to do. Then we all sat around choosing buttons from the big tin box and threading them to make button necklaces. Somehow they all got "unthreaded" later and the buttons returned to the box.
Nancy

Gail - thanks for the memories! I to have a 'button box' but have not done anything with the many different buttons. Now I will go look and remember the many items they came from! Keep up the writing we need memories.
Melba Lu

I always enjoyed looking at grandma's hanging button collection & marveling at the work put into making the star pattern.

Although I've saved a few buttons through the years---they're usually scattered around the house rather than in one jar or box.

Another attration at grandma's house was her salt & pepper collection.

A friend wrote that her favorite aunt collected buttons in a large glass aquarium. Didn't mention having fish. Wouldn't that be pretty setting on a coffee table? Do families have coffee tables any more? Gail

Wow, the picture adds punch to your story. I look forward to seeing more photos with your postings.

Yea for scanning success! It does sorta set us free, doesn't it. Tho your prose is extremely descriptive, the photo is a nice addition. Carol

Loved reading your piece about buttons. About 20 years ago I purchased a nice bracelet in a small gift shop in Vidalia, Georgia, made entirely of old, different buttons, and paid a lot of money for it....more than I'm willing to admit now, but it was/still is, so unique. Each time I wear it, someone, even strangers, stop to gaze at my bracelet. Some day perhaps my daughter will appreciate it.
Blessings,
Sandi in FL.

Many years ago I was a member of a group call EHU or Extention Homemaker Unit and we made button necklaces. I made a pink one & a teal colored one. Not long ago I found a rose colored one. They definitely are eye catchers. I love everybody's comments. Gail

Excellent story. Loved the pictures. Found another typo in the line that reads: "The represent cigarettes popular in the fifty’s: Lucky Strike," I think it should be "They." I struggle to find typos in my own work. I think we read what we thought we wrote. It happens often in my work. You're a very creative writer. Janet

Thanks Janet! I should have reread it again. Gail