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crafty desktop wallpapers: vintage buttons

I mentioned in another button-filled post that I would love to wallpaper a portion of my future studio with button cards. I think it would be super: a half-wall, maybe, or even a border around the ceiling. I try and use buttons in my projects, but some are just too pretty to be used.

However, there is one way to display my buttons and still use them later: desktop wallpaper! I can be surrounded by my favorite pretty buttons, and they’re free to use on my next project.

So I’ve made up a few crafty desktop backgrounds, and of course buttons as pretty as these are best shared! Enjoy!

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Check back because there will certainly be more to come! Unless, of course, I get tired of playing with buttons…

April 2, 2012

a button surprise

On Saturday, I had the privilege of attending my cousin Katie’s baby shower. It was wonderful to see my grandma, my aunts, my cousins, and of course Katie, who despite her large belly and sore feet, was full of smiles and excitement as she opened parcels filled with tiny dresses and shoes.

blue & white stripe buttons

After the festivities, I was hugging aunts all around and getting ready to leave, when Aunt Jeanie said she had a box of buttons that I might like. Buttons? There’s a good chance that I like those.

“They aren’t very exciting,” she said, “but I figured I’d give them to you before giving them away.”

pink buttons, yellow bug buttons

I am familiar with unexciting buttons. Usually when I happen upon unexciting buttons, they’re all shades of black, gray, and white – spares from old coats and shirts, dangling by a “don’t lose me!” thread. I’m sure you can relate. Those boxes are what I consider the less exciting button boxes, but they usually harbor some treasures despite their appearances.

golden yellow buttons, white decorative buttons (the gold ones are my favorite!)