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A delightful post, Rebecca. My parents had a huge tin of buttons too I used to love rummaging through them, especially the military ones. Love the drawings. Thanks for the shout out

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aww this, this is everything - “Tray of sorted buttons admired ✓ “ ✨ I have a jar of buttons - it’s very beautiful like an ornament of tiny multi shaped memories.

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Love this a lot: the simple but beautiful illustrations, the idea of repurposing an old book, sharing old collections and memories, then commemorating them in artwork. Looking forward to what comes up next!

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Love this Rebecca! Buttons are mesmerising-I agree. And I’m pretty sure I had the same ‘chore’ to do when I was young. Best chore ever!

Many thanks for the link too 😌.

I’m really looking forward to seeing your repurposed book art. What a fabulous idea! One of my favourite art classes when I was in school was to take a photo from a magazine, paste it in the middle of a big sheet of paper and then carry on with whatever was started in the photo onto the rest of the paper. I guess it is similar to a writing prompt.

Happy Saturday!

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It was always a Quality Street tin - we had that same one! Lovely post - thank you.

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Ahh this is so good!! Pressing all the right buttons!

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I think those buttons are lovely

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Jan 28, 2023Liked by Rebecca Holden

When I was in 8th grade (Year 9), my teacher sent my best friend and me into the teachers’ workroom during an entire day to sort out an enormous box of postage stamps. We thought we were just lucky (at that moment, we both had an interest in stamp collecting) and her favourites, but she was just buying a few hours of silence.

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Thank goodness you didn’t grow up in the age of Velcro! Your mom might have gone mad without a reliable button break for wee Rebecca.

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Jan 28, 2023Liked by Rebecca Holden

Gorgeous, Rebecca. I'm so excited to see more of your art, and even more excited to know there's more on the way! I also had a button collection growing up...not sure where they are now, but probably in my Mom's basement. I'd never thought to draw them!

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I love your art Rebecca! The colors jump right off the page. I can't wait to see what is next. 👍

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Jan 28, 2023Liked by Rebecca Holden

I fully lolled at the moment the penny dropped. 😂Also, I still have a tin of random childhood treasures (pogs? ✔️ Six piece puzzle cube with one side missing? ✔️) and all my old books from when I was a kid, which finally make sense in their new home on my son’s shelves. My partner despairs at the clutter but I ignore him. ☺️ Nostalgia is oxygen.

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I love the illustration--the close-ups of the buttons sprinkled throughout your remembrances. And then to get to the end and find the buttons were sketched in an old book...genius! There is simply something about an old button tin, isn’t there? I have a small jar of buttons as well as a large jar of coins and other items in my office. When the grandkids come over, they love sorting the items from these jars, especially the coins by year. In the end, they all go back into the jar, but the art of sorting is a soothing one for them (and if I think about it, it was for me too when I was a child).

Now you’ve got me thinking about those old things from my past--a good writing prompt!

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There is something oddly meditative and satisfying about jobs like that... Love the drawings :-)

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Great post that brought back so many memories...thank you for that!

I remember being given the job of 'licking and sticking' S & H Green Stamps into the booklets that (once filled) were redeemed for various products. Can you imagine people doing that now? Mom also had me ironing Dad's handkerchiefs once she finished his shirts. A heavy, very hot iron seems kind've risky for a little kid, but...it was the early 70s. Things were different then.

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Love this post. Such a cute story! 💟

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