Pegs Button Blog

My competition card of turtles click on image to enlarge

ECRATER: card of 24 birds http://pegsbuttons.ecrater.com/p/27713103/card-of-24-bird-buttons-antique-vintage-and-1  plus 3 se...

A mushroom is neither a fruit nor a vegetable ; technically mushrooms aren't even plants. They are a special type of fungus—a no...

The above buttons I acquired in a Denver collection years ago. The article is from CO. state bulletin 1983 -------------------------...

A nosegay , Tussie-Mussie, or posy is a small flower bouquet, typically given as a gift. They have existed in some form since at least ...

Lacy Glass buttons were made at the end of the nineteenth and the beginning of the twentieth century click on image to enlarge

PENGUINS From 1933 to 1935, American aviator Richard Byrd was on expedition to the South Pole, having first flown a discovery mission...

Giraffe buttons in honor of Alice and her new calf Born April 15th, 2017 update: The calf was named Tajiri, a Swahili word that means HO...

Sam Biern buttons Sam was born in Hungary in 1905 he came to the U.S. after the first World War in 1920.  In 1933 during the depre...

Snow Skiing buttons Oh how I loved to ski,  my favorite button is the hand-painted pearl which was painted in Sun Valley, Idaho in 193...

My fun cards of music theme buttons antique, vintage and modern buttons.  Some materials-wood, glass, ceramic, metal and plastic C...

My fun card..some materials are ceramic, wood, brass, plastic click on image to enlarge

Paramount Pictures dates its existence from the 1912 founding date Paramount Pictures Corporation (known professionally as Paramount...

I received 3rd place ribbon for ACORNS at a recent button show Judges comments: 1st place had movable and greater variety of material...

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Some of my fish buttons, I  especially love the seahorse it is enamel on copper a studio button by Herman Lowenstein  made many years ago....

My card  I recently entered in our state button show Award was written as OBJECTS specialized to the human hand  Look for hands to ...

 I acquired this card many years ago and recently acquired (and added) the HAPPY ANNIVERSARY 25 ALASKA card with the button (on the lef...

This card with button came to me in a collection I acquired from a long time collector The button is brass with a N.Y. backmark Click o...

Fan buttons

I have many cards of various breed’s of dogs but I have 4 full cards of just Scottie dog’s my theory why it is the most popular dog depi...

Antique and vintage buttons..some materials, metal, ceramic, glass, plastic, bakelite, pearl

Antique and vintage buttons, some materials are metal, pearl, glass, wood, plaster, horn, plastic

Mosquito: A biting bloodsucking insect

A card of some of my antique and vintage INSECT buttons click on image to enlarge

Just button magazine Sept. 1957 “From the Holy Land” The following story may very easily describe the pearl buttons brought to thi...

My fun card of clear rhinestones/pastes in metal buttons click on image to enlarge

Fun Facts about the First Thanksgiving The Plymouth Pilgrims were the first to celebrate the Thanksgiving. The Pilgrims sailed acro...

Great detailed high-relief picture style buttons with image of Lady Liberty head busting through face  The design closely resembles ...

 Bat and Ball Hoop Rolling (Hoop Rolling is both a sport and a child’s game in which a large hoop is rolled along the ground, generally...

Some of the materials glass, fabric, pearl, metal,celluloid, horn, wood, plastic, composition click on image to enlarge

683 buttons and a few non button mementos on my charm string none are vintage nor modern buttons ALL are antique some of the materials,...

Laocoon Mythology Button, a priest of Troy, who had urged the Trojans not to bring the wooden horse into the city. His warnings went ...

Colorado buttons and pins etc. 3 brass uniform buttons: State seal, Colorado police, State Industrial School (which was located in Gol...

I recently put this card together of some of my Swans and Peacock buttons Click on image to enlarge

The sets are: Hey Diddle Diddle Sing a Song of Sixpence Jack and Jill Humpty Dumpty Three Little Kittens Mary and Her Little L...

Gnomes are thought to have originated in Scandinavia and were first sighted well over 2000 years ago. Only 6 inches high, the gnome ...

I just listed this group of buttons they are available in my ecrater button store, the 2 at the bottom are vintage glass and rest are plas...

I enjoy homestead/pioneer pieces and thought that most likely our pioneer ancestors made buttons out of corn cobs.  It was a fun challe...

Happy Mother's Day to all

Raggedy Ann & Andy ceramic buttons I acquired these years ago in a collection, I have always wondered if they were commercially...