Every so often, I think about my button stash. It’s now vastly depopulated, thanks to a massive downsizing project that took place seven years ago. (In fact, the reason I joined Etsy in the first place was to sell my button collection.) However, I’ve held onto a few buttons, and sometimes give in to the urge to buy more (not that the really good ones turn up in the charity shops all that often, which is probably just as well).
I recently made the bracelet on the right, from a selection of 1930s – 1950s plastic buttons. What’s nice about it – IMO – is the colour of the buttons: teal blue alternating with burnt orange. The button I’ve used as a fastener is Victorian and is made from metal, enamel and mother of pearl.
If you look at the bracelet when it’s laid flat (see below), you’ll notice that the buttons are bunched up close together, so that they overlap slightly. This is because when you put the bracelet round your wrist, the curvature makes the edges of the buttons separate slightly from each other – i.e. the overlap disappears.
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