For awhile now, I've been gathering tins decorated with roses.
I'll never pay more than $5 for one.
Most are made in England, Western Germany, and Holland, and some are definitely older than others.
I like to use mine to hold buttons and miscellaneous stuff.
They also make pretty flower containers.
I always use a glass vase filled with water as a liner, just incase the tin leaks.
Both Sydney and Daphne wanted a button bracelet of their own.
I made theirs with new buttons, but added in a few vintage buttons too. Most of the buttons are plastic so it is nice and light for them to wear.
At church on Sunday, my mother said to me "well, where's mine?" so yesterday, I made her a bracelet too.
I used all old glass buttons. It turned out so pretty and sparkly!
My mommy is happy! She has her own, and loves that she can wear it with everything.
One of my favorite purchase at Farm Chicks was this pretty charm bracelet.
I ran into Laura (WSU Laura) at the show and right away noticed the sparkly bracelet she was wearing. Right then, I knew I had to have one too!
Lisa (A Thing For Roses) created the bracelet using lots of pretty vintage buttons. I was thrilled when I found she had one left for me to buy.
I've now added a few more buttons from my stash of favorite buttons (you know, the ones you love so much that you never use) to it. I'm so happy to finally use some of my favs and love how the bracelet just keeps getting prettier!
A few weeks ago, I put together a few rings using a couple vintage buttons and an old earring. Big rings seem to be all the rage right now.
I love wearing these!
Tomorrow, is Sydney's last day of 1st grade.
She thought her teacher would like a button charm bracelet like mine, so I made one for her.
It turned out really pretty.
To wrap it, I made a little bag out of a vintage hanky.
The coordinating fabric flower is made from the same hanky. I glued the flower to a clothespin which made a great closure for the little bag.
Sydney then attached a note to her teacher.
Oh boy, is she going to miss Mrs. Emery!
I wholeheartedly intended to take lots of pictures.
Fact is, I was completely overwhelmed when I stepped inside!
I have never experienced anything quite like it. People where everywhere, you could hardly move. Vendors were trying to complete sale after sale after sale, sometimes many at a time, it was complete and utter madness, but absolutely amazing and so exciting!!
Here a a few random pics I took on Sunday.
Side note: Next year we're packing our own lunch. We wasted an hour of precious shopping time waiting in line to buy our lunch. We won't be doing that again!
My Farm Chicks loot.
I put together a little "Thank you" package for Daphne's teachers. I included a gift certificate to a local garden nursery, some flower seed packs, and attached a vintage hanky that I had made into a flower pin.
Summer vacation has somewhat started in our household. We're now just waiting for Sydney, she gets out of school on the 18th!
