http://www.blisstree.com/articles/collecting-buttons-some-tell-stories/ Family, Health, Home and Lifestyles Fri, 25 Dec 2009 04:00:54 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.blisstree.com/articles/collecting-buttons-some-tell-stories/comment-page-1/#comment-330526 Shirley Mon, 29 Jun 2009 16:19:30 +0000 http://www.blisstree.com/?p=96383#comment-330526 I inherited my Granny's button collection that I played with as a child. I was always fascinated with all the different shapes, sizes and colors. I wanted to share the buttons with my sisters as they had played with the button too as children. So, I bought medium size paper mache boxes and painted them my sisters favorite colors. Then I sponged on a darker shade of the color and white over the main color. I found magazine photos of things my sisters like and decoupaged then in the center of the lid leaving a 2" area around the edge clear. Then I glued on buttons from the collection around the photos to make a frame. I gave these boxes to my sisters for Christmas. I now need to make one for myself. I inherited my Granny’s button collection that I played with as a child. I was always fascinated with all the different shapes, sizes and colors. I wanted to share the buttons with my sisters as they had played with the button too as children. So, I bought medium size paper mache boxes and painted them my sisters favorite colors. Then I sponged on a darker shade of the color and white over the main color. I found magazine photos of things my sisters like and decoupaged then in the center of the lid leaving a 2″ area around the edge clear. Then I glued on buttons from the collection around the photos to make a frame. I gave these boxes to my sisters for Christmas. I now need to make one for myself.

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