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I have a current auction on ebay for a good size lot of buttons.
4.5 pounds of them. Mixed sizes and colors.
Great for sewing projects or craft ideas.
I will ship them the cheapest way possible.
I normally only sell USA but I will consider Canada if you email me first either through ebay or here to get a shipping quote.
I love old buttons. I just have too many of them.
If you do some research on ebay for ended auctions, you will see some big $$ when they get put up, in bigger pound lots.
I rarely sew anymore unless it is some mending.
But I do knit and crochet ,especially this time of year
I'm still thinking. Don't use buttons much anymore - styles are definitely different - think my purchase would be to enjoy the buttons for their personalities and uniqueness!!
If you PM, and give me the zipcode, I would be glad to get you a shipping quote.
I think they can go in a usps box easy, that is the same price no matter the distance. Flat rate. Not sure I have a box here but I could get one tomorrow at the post office and check for you.
I will get a box tomorrow. I will take the buttons with me, so I can find a flat rate box to fit them.
I would like to give you a quote right now, but I am not sure of the dimensions of the flat rate boxes.
I usually ship media for books and I can figure them real quick at home. Not so good with the flat rate boxes.
I just pulled out 19 more pounds of buttons.
Not sure how to put them up.
Thinking of breaking down into 2 or 3 lots.
I am not a button person so not real sure how to lot them.
Just going to do a lot and call it *estate lot as found*
I don't sew anymore, but that would have been a great nostalgia thing. When I was little my grandmother had a big jar of buttons. I would lie on the floor for hours sorting them -- by color, by size, by numbers of holes, shiny ones and dull ones, plastic and wood and mother of pearl or metal....
I don't sew anymore, but that would have been a great nostalgia thing. When I was little my grandmother had a big jar of buttons. I would lie on the floor for hours sorting them -- by color, by size, by numbers of holes, shiny ones and dull ones, plastic and wood and mother of pearl or metal....
Make us two weird kids. You mean that it wasn't normal? Hmm...I can remember it. And I had forgotten the memory. Thanks for bringing it back DC. Such a simple thing but I'm feeling teary here. Those were the simple days weren't they. Mother and Grandma were still alive, young and vibrant. And those buttons!!!!
Dcompton - you were certainly not a weird kid - a lot of us grew up with button jars - a very soothing thing to do. And - as a teacher -I cannot begin to tell you how important that activity was and still is for children - and I know of very few who participate in such a great memory making activity!!
I too, figured out that first auction did well
Not real sure why, but I was quite happy about it.
And the buyer has already paid too.
I like buttons. I had some growing up when Mom was teaching me to sew. And it was always neat to sit down for a hour or so, and sort them. I saved buttons from clothes that ended up in the ragbag and kept adding to the jars.
I pick them up whenever I see them at the right price.
Nothing like sitting down with old memories
I haven't found my old personal stash yet. Seems I buried them in a tote here somewhere. But they will surface
Kind of like fondling yarn I think...........
I too, figured out that first auction did well
Not real sure why, but I was quite happy about it.
And the buyer has already paid too.
I like buttons. I had some growing up when Mom was teaching me to sew. And it was always neat to sit down for a hour or so, and sort them. I saved buttons from clothes that ended up in the ragbag and kept adding to the jars.
I pick them up whenever I see them at the right price. Nothing like sitting down with old memoriesOk, now you did it, I'm going to hide and have a good cry.
I haven't found my old personal stash yet. Seems I buried them in a tote here somewhere. But they will surface Kind of like fondling yarn I think...........I think it makes up for the comfort of the childs snuggle blanky..It's has such a calming thing to it...back to much simpler times..
Ok, sorry for posting for the 3rd time. Read your Ebay About Me page. That was so totally my favorite song when I was little. I sang it all the time and had it on a 45. Remember those? Your page is beautiful. It definitely touched me. Your writing is a gift ( the beginning ). You have talent.
Probably afraid that I would get addicted to get deals and things that I just had to have from the comfort of home!! Sometimes I find it best just not to tempt myself. Now that money is so tight, I figure that I can start looking around.
Might as well. Is anyone selling anything on FV? I thought there was a sales section, but have not really looked around alot. What I did see seemed to be old.
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