"Where do you get all of your buttons," customers often ask us. The truth is I'm always looking for buttons for our bags in all kinds of places - thrift shops, Ebay, junk stores. Often really cool buttons come our way in old cookie tins or dusty boxes. Usually these buttons are dirty and dingy.
So grimy are some of these treasures, that they need to be washed in soapy water. These are some photos that Ashley took over the weekend. You can see Rebecca's hand in this shot. She's another terrific Ballard High senior who is part of our Saturday crew.
After we soap up and rinse each button, we lay them out to air dry.
Finally, the buttons are all shiny and clean, ready to embellish a new clutch or handbag.
"Where do you get all of your buttons," customers often ask us. The truth is I'm always looking for buttons for our bags in all kinds of places - thrift shops, Ebay, junk stores. Often really cool buttons come our way in old cookie tins or dusty boxes. Usually these buttons are dirty and dingy.
So grimy are some of these treasures, that they need to be washed in soapy water. These are some photos that Ashley took over the weekend. You can see Rebecca's hand in this shot. She's another terrific Ballard High senior who is part of our Saturday crew.
After we soap up and rinse each button, we lay them out to air dry.
Finally, the buttons are all shiny and clean, ready to embellish a new clutch or handbag.
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