Black Friday Finds! Antique Style...

What a week!

First of all, Happy Thanksgiving to all my lovely readers!

I love reading all of your comments and I treasure your ideas!

:)

Usually my momma and I wake up early to go out to

the mall for Black Friday.

But this year we didn't really need anything.

So, as the strangest-of-strange crafty people do...

We thought we needed more antique supplies.

And a good road trip!!

So we set on our merry way to Ithaca.

We knew that there were some nifty shops in Trumansburg

(on the way to Ithaca)...

And a HUGE antique mall just outside the 

'Gorgeous' city...

We found some stuff! 

(insert evil little smiley face here)

>:)

I saw a cigar box... And I have so many...

I just had to look inside (usually there isn't anything)

FULL to the brim with these buttons!

And I didn't even have to wash them!

So bizarre... 

All kinds of colors... plastic and vegetable...

And then... Two super vintage mugs!

 I enjoy the clear glass measuring cups for water when I paint...

And this peace mug was so adorable!

LOVE!

LOVE this side even more!

And then... We were headed home.

After a successful day trip we decided that we still had more in us.

So we went to an even BIGGER antique mall closer to home.

This enamel bowl was so modern and clean...

I was amazed and so it came home with me :)

I need to visit Finland next...

I think every mushroom is different...

I've just never really seen anything like it!

I hope you all had an awesome Thanksgiving...

I know it was great to see family again.

Have a great Sunday!

Much love!

Newest Button Display: Moleskin Journals!

I love these antique metal buttons...

I found them amongst MORE buttons!

I think they will be perfect on some little Moleskin journals!

So many interesting things get mixed into old button boxes...

Shoe buckles, pins and beads, oh my!

Molecule/geek buttons!

I love glass buttons... and this one is a mirror!

These black beads go perfectly with...

Black lace. Need I say more?

This lace is probably from the late 1800's.

I can see it on a journal :)

Even blue lace! So much fabric and buttons!



This is the prettiest ribbon I've ever seen.

It is velvety feeling and two toned like silk velvet.

Have an awesome rest of your week!

Antique Glass Buttons & Michelle Palmer 2012 Calendar Giveaway!

My brand new blog GIVEAWAY!
Sunday August 21st!

There are three ways to win this canvas button card;

"Somethin' to Crow About"

1. Leave a comment

2. Follow my blog

3. Post my giveaway on your blog...

This lovely crow has five rare, antique black glass buttons

sewn to a little string he must have found...

You can find more like him at my Etsy shop!

If you post my Crow giveaway on your blog

(and comment to let me know),

You will have the chance to win

 Michelle L. Palmer's (my mom!) new 2012 calendar!

This is my favorite yet!

AND it's hand signed by the awesome artist~

Love the nature-y cover!

I wish I had inherited her handwriting...

September... My favorite month!

Can you believe it's almost fall?

Oooooh... Ahhh!

Enter to win! She's the best...

Thank you for the head start, Momma!



Nice to meet you... I love China Buttons

Hello! I'm Alaina and welcome to my blog!

I look forward to sharing some of my quirky collections,

new canvas button cards on my Etsy, and much more with you!

So colorful!

My favorite buttons are China Stencil Buttons, 

as seen by the massive amount I have hoarded in these photographs.

There are sooo many different stencil patterns for these ivory China buttons.

I own a book, Guidelines for Collecting China Buttons...

Whata button nerd!

I love these... The first two (from left to right) are bone.

These little impostors made it into my China collection, because they're so cute!

Oh my! That's me in the middle!



Thank you for stopping by! I hope you'll visit again...

For now I will return to my needle and thread box

to start some new pieces for my next post!