How to make a Vintage Button Art Display

By: Apronthriftgirl Apr 23, 2010

created at: 04/23/2010

I don't know many thrifters who can resist a jar of vintage buttons at a garage or estate sale. I own what must be a few hundred buttons. I use them for crafts, for gifts and for handmade cards. I sometimes find myself not using certain buttons because I want to save them. Rather than hide them away I was inspired by a piece of art in a photo from the latest issue of Ready Made. Shay Ometz and Jeff Barefoot had a button display in their house. I fell in love with it immediately and wanted to make one for myself. My 7 year old son and I spent a fun afternoon sorting through my button collection. He loved finding a certain color and adding it to our piles of buttons.

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created at: 04/23/2010

The child in me decided to organize them with a rainbow as my inspiration.

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I considered using a vintage frame but instead went with a Martha Stewart Collector Box. I found five of these at Tuesday Morning for $3.99 each.

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I placed all the buttons in the collector box and used Gorilla Super Glue to fasten them down. It was very easy to do.

Supplies needed to make a Vintage Button Art Display

Vintage Buttons
Super Glue
Shadow Box or a Vintage Frame without the glass

Now you are set to display your fabulous Vintage Button Collection.

Tagged : buttons, vintage, thrifted, display, art, Martha Stewart, Ready Made

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LMJ
Apr 08, 2012

To Megan whose grandmother has a HUGE button collection: Vintage buttons are valuable. Some can fetch a high price. Please do ot use Gorilla Glue or Super Glue on them -- take the time to sew them down. Some buttons are worth $20 - $100 each.

Your post reminds me that my grandmother has a HUGE button collection (with some buttons that are over 100 years old, or so I'm told), and I'm guessing some day I'll get part of it. Now, thanks to your post, I'll have some ideas for displaying them! Thanks!

I wanna make a big printed display of this collection. I think it would help sales. Large format prints always get attention.

These buttons are great! Fantastic collection! Hope to see more like it in the future! Thanks! :)

Wow buttons! Who’d imagine they could bring the tiniest crack of smile as it did to me? A great way to display them, and am sure visitors, including my kids, would love the vibrant colours too.