Me too!!!!!! :-)

 (Wedding Cake Topper...Love birds by SkyeArt)

     Do you like blogging?!...I do too!......Do you like tennis?!...I do too!......Do you like buttons?!....I do too!! ^_^

     Okay...I slipped the tennis part in there, because that's just how I roll these days!! LOL Today's blog post is not, however, about tennis!...and stop clapping!! LOL This blog is mostly about buttons...pretty buttons......creative buttons.....colorful and eye-catching buttons!! :-) 

 (Ceramic Bee Sew On Buttons by ThisOnesMineDesigns)

 (Set of Three MEDIUM Handmade Focal White Daisy Buttons by ThisOnesMineDesigns)

 (Handmade Basketball Ball Buttons by ThisOnesMineDesigns)

(Handmade Support Ribbons for Cancer Awareness  by ThisOnesMineDesigns)

(Ceramic Crayon Buttons by ThisOnesMineDesigns)

     The bee button was the first one to snatch my neck around this morning, but the crayons and the ribbons did their share of neck-snatching too! :-]

     I think they caught my attention because I've been seriously thinking about going back to putting buttons on my flowers and boutonnieres. I think they need some character along with the colors! :-) 

     Unfortunately my customers haven't been that accommodating when it comes to buying my button-ieres! LOL They do buy my lapel pins and boutonnieres though. In fact, I got a nice sale yesterday...a lady's brooch and some lapel pins! :-) I think I just may try a few with some interesting buttons soon, and see how it goes!

     Right now, though, I have some studying to do, and some breakfast to eat, and some tennis to watch! ^_^ Have a good 'button-ed-up' day, Everybody! :-)

Vintage Buttons

Pull them from a shirt
that's been tossed into the pile;
Yank them from a dress
you haven't worn in quite a while.

Inherit them from friends;
Get them as a gift of love;
Take them from the back
of one of Granny's vintage gloves.

Pluck them from old hats;
Tell their story with your tears.
Now ,use those vintage buttons,
that you've saved through out the years.

Old is what they're called;
Out of style, and retro too;
But when I put them on creations,
with my eyes, they look brand new!    

Bull's Eye!....Caught 'MY' Attention!!

(Enamel Pendant Necklace by KCMisMe)

        I don't know why some things catch my attention more than others...unless it's tennis! I know why tennis catches my attention. It's because I used to be sort of an athlete. Well, if you can call the kind of game playing where you beat your husband on the basketball and tennis courts every weekend, and playing first string basketball in High School, being an athlete!...I do!! LOL

     Tennis aside, sometimes the other things that catch my attention are beyond explanation...like, for instance, circles and bulls eyes. WHY?!!!...I don't know. But they always do! Could the short stint in High School when I learned how to shoot a bow and arrow be the answer?...O-U-C-H!...My forearm still hurts just thinking about it!! 

      Who knew that the little leather forearm thingee that they make you wear when you shoot your arrow...the little forearm thingee that's suppose to stop the backlash of the bow string from burning your skin off when you let go of the arrow...was only for decoration!!................O-U-C-H!!!............Yeah! That could be why my eyes get big every time I see a bulls eye alright!! LOL

       Anywho!...Let me show you some bulls eye items I found...and the button inspiration they gave me! :-) ...

(Lampwork Glass Beaded Earrings by peacefrogdesigns)

(Change Pouch with Hook by nicherndesigns)

(Mosaic Earrings with Vintage Glass by minusOne)

(Bulls Eye Pillow by raindropdesigns)

      Are you seeing circles yet?! ^_^ I am! In fact, I'm seeing circles all the time! They jump out at me all over the place!...No! I'm not drinking anything alcoholic, and I'm not on any mind-altering medication, and I don't see little green men or talk to myself either!...Wait a minute! I may be talking to myself right now!! O_O

     WHATEVER!!!...Ha! Ha!....As I was saying...maybe to myself!...circles and bulls eyes always catch my attention. In fact, I just noticed that in my button stash I have a lot of bulls eye-like buttons!...This one, on one of my crochet necklaces, is in my Wuglyees shop right now!...

       

        And if you saw my post yesterday you know that I made a crochet flower that I 'went-a-hunting' for a button for. This one...

       Well, I found one! And guess what it looks like?!...Go ahead....GUESS!! LOL

       It's a bulls eye looking heavy metal button!...I love this button too! I owe a 'Thank You' to my girlfriend that recently gave me this button. I talked about it on the post HERE. Because of the vintage button, I'm not gonna just give it away as a free gift (I give free gifts to every customer that buys something from my shop). But I can't decide whether I want it to be a necklace, a brooch, a hair comb, or what!...Any ideas?!...That is, if anybody is out there! O_O I could still be talking to myself!!

       By the way, Mr. Wug got some pictures of my blue circle scarf...the one I made to match the blue hat (which is already in my shop HERE). He stuck 'headless Tina'...(No! I'm not a mentally sick person! ^_^ Tina is my scarf model!)...out there in the snow yesterday and took them...

      Hubby takes such a good picture, in my opinion. {And yes! I may be a little biased!} ^_^ Even the snow didn't mess it up! ^_^ 

      Speaking of snow, we got some more of the 'white stuff' last night. In fact, we're due to get a few more snow showers over the next couple of days. It's snow...but it's still not much snow, considering what we usually get this time of year! And I'm not complaining about it either!! LOL

      And as long as it doesn't snow on my study books, my telephone, my computer, my crocheting or on my T.V. (where I wouldn't be able to watch my tennis!...*gulp!*), it can snow all it wants!! ^_^ ...Besides, we're going somewhere really hot for our 'Virtual Date Night' tonight anyway! If you're guessing...this one won't be hard to figure out!! ^_^ I'll tell you all about it tomorrow though.

       Have a good day Everybody!! :-)

Another 'Virtual' Trip!

Another long trip abroad.
We're some 'virtual' traveling fools!
We revel in our 'virtual' jaunts,
but don't have to follow travel rules.

Our shoes stay on our feet.
In fact, sometimes we go without!
And what is all this measuring
and getting searched about?!

Yes, we travel everywhere,
and we never spend a dime.
It's 'virtual' perfection.
You should try it too sometime!

It's Time To Button This Thing Up!

(Upcycled Wool Arm Warmers Fingerless Gloves by MartiniSQ)

         I'm smiling!! :-) ...Aren't these gloves pretty?!...I love them. They inspired me. I needed inspiration too, because I bought some new buttons...from a very very far away place...and they've just been sitting in my house 'staring' at me...Yes, my buttons 'stare' at me. Don't yours?! ^_^

      I've got to do something with them. They're too pretty to just be sitting there doing nothing...and showing off nothing! I want them to show off something...like the above gloves are being shown off by those pretty buttons...

      Or the way these Tubeway Arm Warmers by gayeabandon is showing off these pretty buttons!...

           It doesn't have to be gloves though!...Case in point...

(Burlap Button Pillow by yiayias)

        ...look at the way this burlap pillow is being shown off by this pretty row of buttons. {Her shop also has some pillows that look like 'clocks' and 'written documents' too...just saying!}

      

        These are the buttons I bought. They're cloth-covered...

           As you probably can tell, they're kinda big buttons...

            The one on the left (above)has an illustration of a clock. The one on the right is of an old-style telephone...

        Below is a suitcase (left), and I 'think' the other one (below) is a coffee grinder or something. (Either that or an old style stove or a really lonely birdcage! LOL)

        

         They're big enough to use the way ozetta used these big buttons on her Vegan Acrylic Winter Hat...    

        

          ...or on her gorgeous Selawik Cowl Button Wrap...

           Oh! It just looks so sophisticated and yummy! :-)

       

        I think these big buttons would look great in the right place, right?...

      

        There's also a big camera button...

        A fan...

      And a bottle of ink alongside some letters...

       Do you have any suggestions for me, as to how or where I should use them on my crochet projects?!...for after I finish the white scarf I mean?!

       

       I kinda like the way allyadeney used buttons on this Upcycled Olga Berg Bag...

           I could see one of my crocheted pocketbooks with these big buttons on it! That might be kinda cool actually! :-]

         Those weren't the only buttons I bought. I also bought these pretty 'babies'!...

         Anyone that knows me won't be surprised about why I bought these! ^_^ In fact, if not for these (above) buttons, I might not have ordered the buttons at all! Especially since I had to wait for ten days for them to be delivered!....But ten days is not long to wait to get flowers, is it?! :-)

         These aren't as big as the others...

        I could put these on one of my crochet flower necklaces any time.

       They're so pretty and feminine. :-] Maybe I could put these on some brooches and maybe find some way to use the bigger ones on some men's boutonnieres or something....I'm thinking out loud here. Can you hear me?!...Yoohoo!!!!!....Can you help me out?! ^_^

       Anyway!.....there's so many great uses for a button...This is one of my favorite uses....

(Bountiful Buttons Necklace by hangingbyathread1)

       In order for me to do something like this though, I'd have to get into the button jewelry making business instead of the crochet jewelry and poetry writing business!.....No go!! I need to stay in my lane. 

       Yes, my lane does have buttons strewn all over the place too!.... ^_^ ...but at least I know what I'm doing with those buttons! When some crochet yarn or thread is in the vicinity I'm all over it usually! I just need inspiration...H-E-L-P!!!!....I need to keep my smile! LOL

 

Reasons To Smile

I don't really need a reason,
to let out a great big grin;
But I do from time to time,
just to exercise my chin.

Sometimes I do it just to see
what reaction I will get,
in the places where I've gone,
and the people that I've met.

Sometimes it's just for me!
To amuse some silly thought;
Or to show just how excited
I have been at what I bought.

Sometimes a smile can change my mood,
when weather forecasts make me blue;
Or when I see a baby playing!
Oh yes! Oh Yes! I smile then too!

Truth is, I really don't need a reason.
Frowns just,frankly, aren't my style.
I could sit and write about it,
But even that would make me smile. 

 

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