The very old leather button on this card is one special button. It was a gift from Sharon herself! A couple of years ago she sent me the MOST wonderful bag of goodiesÂ… EVER!! Here is what she wrote about all the buttons she sent:
“…Then there’s the buttons - well, I have old button jars coming out of my ears!!! …Here is just a small assortment - some old and brownish looking, some prettier colors. But there is a bag with some very old leather buttons in it and you see those odd buttons in that bag with the huge eyes - they are Civil War underwear buttons - seriously, they are! You know, the one piece union suits.”
IÂ’m still in disbelief that she sent me such treasures!! How could I not use one for her challenge!
Registered: September 12, 2007 Location: Wake Forest, NC Posts: 61357
Sun, Nov 02, 2008 @ 3:37 PM
Wow, I didnt know you sewed, too! Your free stitching is just so perfect Susan! I love your card and the story behind that button is superlative! Fabulous card, just like all the others.
------------------------------
Art Neko and Prickley Pear DTs
Former DT Dolce Designs, Rubbernecker, StampItCrazy,
I Brake For Stamps
DO U KNOW?
BRAK members love to send SCSers cards on their birthdays? Come join us.
"Do not go where the path may lead; go instead where there
is no path and leave a trail." ... Ralph Waldo Emerson
Registered: January 29, 2006 Location: Mount Forest,Ontario Canada Posts: 11622
Sun, Nov 02, 2008 @ 6:28 PM
Susan, what a wonderful gift from Sharon, and after all this time, what a perfect way to incorporate it into this very appropriate thank you. After all that sewing on the coat, I see you kept your 'favorite' piece of machinery out for just an excellent little bit more of sewing on your card. I'm 'sew' impressed with your project undertaking for your son.
------------------------------ Michele
My God shall supply all your need…Philippians 4:19