I'm in Heaven

Thanks to my friend Cindy, I am now the proud owner of 4 boxes of buttons (shoe box size - boot box size). Cindy forwarded the Craig's List ad to me... there were originally 7 boxes, but someone beat me to three of them. I was a little disappointed (yes, I know I have a problem).

But when my husband brought the boxes to me - I felt much better. The boxes are better than I could have ever imagined! The pictures aren't showing the same box over and over... each one of those boxes is unique. LOVE!

Not only that - it looks to me like most of them, if not all of them, are vintage. I'm not one to discriminate - I love all buttons equally... but there is a certain beauty about many of the vintage buttons.

So what am I going to do with all these buttons? We'', I've already decided that these buttons will not be for the kids to play with like they do with my other three tubs. I hope to sort these and wash them and love them :) Some of them might become tacks, some of them will be used for hair clips, some will be little hoot eyes... and eventually some of them will end up in the supply shop I plan on opening on Etsy (I have definitely hoarded too much) and at the Black Door Studios.

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