ABOUT US:

These pieces of jewelry are the work of Betty and Beth, two characters if there ever were. The buttons which form of the basic elements of the designs are found through estate sales, garage sales, and stashes of friends and family. Some of the buttons hail from the 1930s and 40s and some are much newer. Neither Betty nor Beth claim to be button experts and focus on the art and craft of the jewelry and not so much the collectable nature of the buttons (however, there are collectable buttons on some items). Some of the buttons they use in the pins, brooches, bracelets, earrings, necklaces and clips are antique, some vintage and some modern. Many are imported glass.

They sort through about 1000 buttons to find the buttons that will be used in a typical typical, but sometimes the buttons don't go well together and may sit in a jar for a month before the correct combination is found. There could be something on the order of 3000 buttons in a quart jar...the ladies sort through a lot of buttons to find the few that they use.

We sell our work on eBay (see and click below).

 

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