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Over the last few months, I’ve been keeping my eye on some fabulous people using buttons to bring about public awareness. Here are their stories. In September, 10th graders at Revere High School in Massachusetts unveiled a 10-foot-tall image of New YorkMore
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Last weekend, my fiancé and I cleaned up my apartment’s patio balcony for the summer. While Jake sprayed for insects (and I cowered inside), he uttered a most unusual sentence: “There’s a button on your patio!” Excuse me? My first thought was that thisMore
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We love buttons here at the magazine, as you can tell by looking at our August issue , which features four button projects. But we wanted to do more button projects, so we challenged our editors to design more jewelry using buttons. Five of our editorsMore
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The Bead&Button editorial staff really enjoys working on articles and projects for our Button Corner at BeadAndButton.com. And I'm very appreciative of my working partnership with Janet White at the National Button Society and all of the SocietyMore
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Every year when St. Patrick’s day rolls around, I look for a subtle way to work in the wearing of green. Typically, this means wearing an item of clothing that has green as a minor element in the pattern or print. Sometimes I’ll wear a non-Kelly shadeMore
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You can celebrate National Button Week by looking for button society events near you at nationalbuttonsociety.org . For button projects and lore, visit our new Button Corner at BeadAndButton.com! Challenge your friends to a button-jewelry design contestMore
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Sometimes I can end up in a rut, especially during winter. I open up my bead box and look through the same old stash that I’ve looked at a thousand times. Lately, however, there have been inspiring ideas all around me. It is as if I’m in an idea orchardMore
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Last week I received some delightful and informative news from Lisa Gay in Ohio, perfectly timed for the launch of Bead&Button 's new Button Corner . Lisa was enthusiastic about sharing a gem of a museum exhibit, which can be found at the WartherMore
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Our new Button Corner is now live on BeadAndButton.com and I think you'll love it! This new section features jewelry projects to make with buttons; exclusive, free articles from the National Button Society; stories from Bead&Button ; plus a linkMore
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In honor of Count Your Buttons Day tomorrow, October 21, I did a little research on a button topic that has sparked my interest for a while: button strings. In Victorian times, young women in the U.S. would collect and trade buttons at parties, quiltingMore
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In case you haven't noticed yet, we have the button bug here at the magazine. We've been to the National Button Society convention and now we're ready to celebrate Count Your Buttons Day on October 21. In honor of button day, we are creatingMore
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Last Friday I drove up to Appleton, Wis., to attend the annual convention of the National Button Society. The event is dedicated to everything button — vendors selling buttons, hobbyists buying buttons, collectors competing for prizes with displays ofMore
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Last week I had an opportunity, along with the rest of the Bead&Button staff , to attend the National Button Society Convention . Conveniently, the convention happened to be in Appleton, Wis., this year, which is only about an hour and a half driveMore
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If you’ve been out and about shopping recently, you’ve probably noticed a preponderance of small packaged candy lining the shelves. That’s right, we’re gearing up for Halloween! But before you start counting your sacks of sweets, get ready to count somethingMore
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I’ve been thinking a lot about crafting generations. Recently, I read an article about a woman who was a fourth-generation button collector. Can you imagine the sentimental value of buttons collected by your great grandmother? I myself am a quilter, asMore
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