So, where did she go, you may be asking. Well, let me tell you! November 7th, I went on a supply buying spree for.....Buttons! I wish I could reveal my sources (sorry!) but this opportunity comes only twice a year. Since my button supply is getting low, I had to go!
I am literally swimming in buttons (okay, twist my arm!). I counted over 17,000 buttons that have to be sorted and cleaned in preparation for jewelry making. Seeing as though Christmas is right around the corner, I may not get to most of them until 2011. However, I will be doing something different with them this year. I will be scaling my jewelry down to antique buttons and early vintage buttons only (nothing produced after 1930). All the rest will be sold in my ButtonAddict shop on Etsy. There are so many vintage button jewelry pieces being created these days that I need to specialize more.
Here is a glimpse of what I am swimming in:
Tasty Bakelite!
Antique Metals!
(the bulk of my purchase, by the way)
Yummy Antique and Vintage Glass!
Shell, Vegetable Ivory, Horn, Rubber, Leather!
All antique and early vintage
And, as an added bonus, there was two 2-gallon bags of vintage beads and jewelry parts that no one seemed to want. Everyone else was there for buttons and thought this was garbage. So, I snagged it with the hopes that there was something good in the bags. Turns out, about 1/4 of each bag was vintage glass beads! Whoo-Hoo! Right up my alley! Sure, most of it was vintage plastic from the 60's and 70's, but hey, I can always sell them off!
Vintage Beads - Glass and Plastic
Now you know where I have disappeared to! I have been sorting everything in the evenings so as not to take too much time from my regular work day. But as I said before, twist my arm! I think it is safe to say that I have enough stash to get me through another year of jewelry production!
"Heaven....I'm in Heaven.....when I run my fingers through these lovely buttons!"
