I started with a pile of buttons in a huge plastic tub. I could never find anything when looking. So I grabbed my jars and started sorting the buttons by color. I also have a ton of vintage buttons still on cards so I threw those in a large galvanized bucket.
Once the buttons were sorted by color, I already felt better about my button “collection”. Okay I might just be a button hoarder. You be the judge. I then cut white card stock to the size of the mason jar lids. I stamped the colors in each jar on the top of the lid.
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srpprcrftr says
January 2, 2014 at 2:24 amLove this idea. I don’t want to use my “good” blue jars, will use my thrift store finds instead. Sure looks alot better than a mess I have. A few years ago I sorted all my buttons into plastic containers, store them in my iris carts which I labeled the drawers so I’d know what was in which drawer. It’s still ok but they’re not in sight. When I craft I like to see my “stuff” out so I can think as I see things, get inspiration. That’s just how I work, get things made. I love this idea, thanks for getting me started. Happy New Year
Tanya says
August 8, 2015 at 8:40 amHi, Your storage system looks great! Just a note…. if any of your vintage buttons are celluloid, they’ll corrode metal ones that are in the same jar. So store those alone. I’m an avid button collector. 🙂
Best,
Tanya