Button sites or stores

[CLLinda]

Hi everyone,

 

I am making a snuggly bunting for the county fair and I am looking for a place for wonderful buttons. It's a soft pink yarn with bits of darker pink throughout.

 

Does anyone have a great site to go to for buttons? I really want my project to stand out, so some exceptional buttons may help.

 

Any ideas? Or is there any stores that have great buttons?

 

Thanks for your help.

 

[crochetsal]

Michaels has some adorable buttons, Wal-Mart sometimes has some cute ones. If you want something unique, you could check out hand-crafted buttons on eBay and Etsy. Some sellers also have commercial supply buttons that I haven't seen in stores around me.

Some of the polymer clay beads are (gee, trying to think of a suitable word here) beyond adorable. Some artists make very detailed, figure buttons.

 

Sally

[darski]

You can always use standard style buttons but make them interesting by piling on or something similar.

 

There was a post here a while back - in show and tell that used buttons in an interesting way... really cute and notable as well.

 

I'll try a quick check to see if I can find it to show you.

 

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sorry, I couldn't find it when I looked

[Katie G]

Joann's is having a sale, buttons 50% off, as of yesterday. They had some pretty cute ones. I bought two sets of buttons for purses I am making. One set is glass with kind of mother of pearl background, rectangular shaped. They were $7.00 for two buttons, but I got them for $3.50 and they are really beautiful. The other set is for a little girls purse, kitty heads, and they are really cute, too.

[Angeleyz14]

The February 2008 edition of Knit'n'Style has 3 pages of buttons.

 

For kids: www.bluemoonbuttons.com

www.sassyskein.com

 

Pewter: www.daleofnorway.com

www.danforthpewter.com

www.affectionknit.com

 

clay: www.justanotherbuttoncompany.com

www.claysquared.com

www.polymerclaybuttons.com

 

ceramic: www.buttonmad.com

www.claybuttons.com

 

art glass: www.cherylkuminski.com

www.copelandglass.com

www.artisticvisionsdesign.com

 

others: http://www.renaissancebuttons.com

www.shawlpins.com

www.ascuteasabutton.com

 

Hopefully these help:yes

[alchemyfyr]

I LOVE Joanns buttons and now that I read they are having a 50% off sale, I'm definitely going to have to go and check it out. I had told my mom that I wanted buttons from Joanns for Christmas as there were so many cute ones there. So I got a little box with quite a few different styles.....some were butterflies, flowers, cats, ladybugs, etc.

[purlwise]

I have to second the vote on Joann's buttons, my store has several aisles and really cute ones for kids, all shapes and sizes, plastic, wood, everything and inexpensive!

[OzRebel]

I needed a really specific button for a shawl. This place had what I needed but not in the right color. I sent an e-mail and they quickly replied that it was available in the color I wanted, just not on their webpage yet... great customer service!

 

http://www.ascuteasabutton.com/