It has been months since my last blog post and a lot has happened since then. A lot of knitting and a lot of other stuff. The day job has been consuming all my time and energy for several months. Things have settled down a bit now we’ve reach the end of…
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Goodies from the Buttonmania Vintage Button Sale
Why just buy buttons when you can buy “buttons of the moment”? A few days ago I went to Buttonmania’s annual vintage button sale during my lunch break and spent an hour sorting through thousands of buttons with my colleagues Grace, Jill and Nicole. Not only were there buttons on their original…
Buttons from L’uccello
I love it when all the knitting and sewing up is finished and its time to find the perfect buttons. For a completed project I always go to Buttonmania and they’ve never failed to find the perfect buttons for me. But if I want to buy vintage buttons without a project in mind, just…
Buttons and Birthdays
This weekend we “celebrate” the Queen’s birthday in Australia with a three-day weekend, (except Western Australia where everyone has to go to work tomorrow – sorry guys). I put the word celebrate in inverted commas because 1 – Elizabeth II’s birthday is actually 21 April and 2 – I don’t think anyone…