Monday, January 16, 2012

Vintage Buttons and a Pin

First, the pin. Some of you had asked to be notified when Sebastian’s pins were available. In that regard, you can find them at the link below. They are $5 each. Sebastian wanted me to put $50 each on them, but I convinced him that his friends would appreciate a much more reasonable price. After all, what would he need the money for anyway?

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Click here to be whisked away to Sebastian’s buttons.

The little guy has just about every luxury one could want; a wardrobe full of clothes, cookies and coffees to his heart’s content and a nice place to lay his head – even his very own tent when it comes right down to it. No, he has no need of any kind of extravagant financial compensation. Let’s just leave it at $5, shall we?

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Secondly, the vintage buttons. A week or two ago, my sisters and I went to a Quilting and Fiber Art Marketplace. It was a gathering of small business owners whose focus was quilting fabrics and supplies. It was my kind of place – second only to a bear maker’s marketplace, if only there were such a thing!

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There was a vendor who dealt in Vintage Buttons and Linens. I had never seen so many beautiful old buttons in one place before.

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She also had tablecloths from the 40’s and 50’s – she must have washed and ironed for ages to get them so pristine.

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I probably could have stayed and rummaged through her baskets of buttons all day long. They were so different from what I see in the fabrics shops. Temptation was everywhere I turned.

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I heard a little voice inside my head that kept encouraging me to say “Yes, ma’am. I’ll have one of everything please.” Thankfully, I paid no attention little attention to it.

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I eventually tore myself away from her booth only to find myself drooling in yet another one. I’m sure you’ll understand when I say I often forgot I had a camera with me. I did snap this one though.

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Leave it to someone with a like mind to wish you the best in language you understand.

9 comments:

  1. Oooh, we think we could have lost LT forever in there. Hey, hang on a minute, where is it? We could really lose LT forever in there... :oD

    Jack and The Clan

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  2. I wish I went to school in an area that had such markets. I simply love looking through fabrics upon fabrics. Sadly there's only one crafts store in town and their fabrics are slightly overpriced

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  3. I would have been in heaven there! I like Sebastian's buttons!
    Hugs, Lisa

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  4. You must have been in seventh heaven with all that fabric and buttons and bobs. I love the raspberry colours.
    Hugs
    kay

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  5. Wonderful market!
    Greetings to Sebastian. He is a really happy bear.
    Hugs, Conni

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  6. We snuck over last night and purchased a pin! =) Do you remember the name of the vendor with the old buttons?

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  7. That shop looks wonderful with so many old buttons, one more beautiful then the other.
    Sebastian can be proud of those pins !!

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  8. How great sounds like my kind of place!!!

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  9. Telas preciosa, botones maravillosos, manteles divinos.Cuantas cosas bonitas.

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