Button, Button ...

As those of you who follow my blog know, I love 

buttons!

My mom knows this, too ... 

and that is how I ended up with this fabulous button collection!

{Thanks, Mom!}

She also knows that one of my favorite pastimes is sorting through old buttons. 

It's like a little treasure hunt ... 

you never know what trinket or oddity you'll come across.

This pile of buttons revealed several old bobbins from a sewing machine ...

and a wooden knob from a sewing machine drawer ...

...a seashell {perhaps from a summer vacation at the shore} ...

... an earring that lost its mate {perhaps it would turn up again some day} ....

... old jingle bells ...

... and a vintage key opener from a can of Spam.

Silly things ... useful things ... 

things that someone ~ at one time or another ~ didn't want to part with ... 

end up in a button jar!

Just waiting .... 

patiently ...

for me to find them again!

♥ Vicki