Everything's Coming Up Buttons, part II

I'm encountering an ongoing dry spell in these parts for thrift shop finds; but, that's okay because there was a sale at Saturday's button workshop.  I bought some new buttons to love, all of which were used, and which were thriftily priced, ranging from 25 cents to $1.00!

Let's start with plastic; or, as we say in the buttoning world, "synthetic polymer"!  I love these -- the clear one between the two aqua buttons is lucite; the one next to is is painted with a lovely little blue jay, and the blue one just above the large red cameo button is my first "design under plastic", or DUP, button!  The red one with the cameo was my splurge of the day; I wanted a button to remind me of Jane Austen, and so I paid $4 for it.  It's actually plastic on a red celluloid wafer.

I really liked this one because it looked like a fancily-carved radish to me!

And I liked this one because it reminded me of the wallpaper in my the house I grew up in!  Yes, I know, we button collectors are an odd bunch; you never know what will inspire us!

Now on to the glass and one lone shell (lower right, very bottom) buttons -- I love them all, especially the clear glass knotted looking one to the right of the black glass football-shaped, faceted one.  I also think the one just above it is special -- it is glass over a glittery, sparkly design that you can see through it, sort of like a paperweight.  I also like the glass ball set in metal that's sitting below the light blue flower.

Black glass from Austria, still on the card, and very old -- how could I resist at 50 cents?

Some little metal treasures -- I just liked the shapes of them!

Tiny, "diminutive" buttons; won't that lock with the rhinestone look lovely as an embellishment?

My first ever "Battersea" button -- also diminutive.  Sorry it's blurry -- the macro on my new camera is giving me fits!

Easily identifiable by the signature on the back!  If you have good eyes, or a magnifying glass!

Here's the grab bag bargain of the day -- a bunch of metal buttons for $1.  This little grouping was special:

I adore the big, round, puffy metal button and its tiny counterparts; the blue glass button on the far left must have jumped in when no one was looking!

I was inspired to sew some buttons onto my newest "three inchie" embellishment, a beautiful bird surrounded by antique laces, to remind me that Spring is coming...

surely it is...and it's available now in my handmade shop!

I'm linking up this morning here: