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Thursday, June 24, 2010

Buttons

Who doesn't love sorting through an old jar or box of buttons? My daughter-in-law spied a jar of buttons when we were going through a few of Aunt Hazel's things last week. She emptied the jar out to see the assortment and you will never believe what else was inside...my husband's grandmother's wedding ring! It will remain a mystery as to why the ring was in the button jar, but we are so happy that it was found.

15 comments:

1. Joanne Lendaro said...

That is pretty cool...

2. Terry said...

What a thing to find in the button jar!

3. Lori said...

Wow! That is fantastic!!! What a story!!

4. Gypsy Quilter said...

Wow, I'd better check my button jar! LOL. What a treasure you found.

5. Pat said...

Oh...that is very special to come across that in such a way as this. I know you will treasure it always and be sure to write the story down of how you found it......that is something that will be appreciated by future generations. (I might consider putting it in some kind of display...shadow box, or whatever...with a card telling about how you found it in that button jar!)

6. Needled Mom said...

Amazing. I am so glad that it was found.

7. Chartreuse Moose said...

Amazing! What a treasure! Don't you wish you knew the whole story? I'm sure you'll spend many hours writing scripts...of what might have happened to put that ring in the jar! A hug from the past, for certain!

8. Marie Rayner said...

What a neat find!! I always loved my mother's button jar and now I have one of my own. Buttons were just like a pirates pieces of eight to me when I was a girl. That jar kept me busy for hours and hours. I still love buttons and could spend hours looking at them.

9. marlene@ByTheSeam said...

My Mom always says you have to go through everything when your cleaning out like that. I guess she is right.

10. Barb said...

How wow....that is just wonderful!

11. Barb said...

Meant to be, that the ring was found, very special indeed! I love going thru old buttons, I always watch for them at various venues...especially estate sales!

12. Jackie's Stitches said...

What a special treasure!

13. Deb said...

What a fabulous find Susan, how special for DH.
hugs Deb

14. Shelly said...

What an amazing find! I have both my mother's and my grandmother's button collections, and there were all sorts of little extra doodads in both containers. But nothing like that! What a treasure . . .

15. Angie said...

What an amazing find. Who knows how it got there, but it's fun to think about the why's and where-fore's. I took my ring off the other day in the sewing room because it was bothering me as I was maneuvering some fabric doing the blanket stitch. I could easily misplace it, and that is what probablyl happened with Grandma's ring too. I wonder how long she looked, and wondered about that ring. What an interesting story.

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