The button shop

Late Sunday afternoon was a good time to replenish a few knotting necessities. Took less than 10 minutes to buy cotton cords, then it was a drive to a button shop.

This is the same shop that mom used to bring me to as a kid whenever she needed buttons for her custom-made dresses. The shop owner is a very nice and honest lady. If only all shop owners were like her. She sells buttons from Japan only and she told me that some Japanese had bought her buttons to bring back with them to Japan.

I had in mind which part of the shop to browse and since there were mostly familiar designs, I picked one that I have had but of a different colour. When I was ready to pay for the set of 6, a side glance revealed a 25-member strong button family displayed on a cardboard and they look like the perfect candidates for the bloom knots! Lifting up that card, revealed another good card! Happily I put back the 6 and got this lot (except for the stripes which were from another shop nearby).

With hundreds of buttons in that little store, it’s nice to have some pop right in front of you when you least expect, even though I’ve been there countless times. Another big reason why yesterday’s button harvest was a good one is that all have holes big enough for cords.

I didn’t buy everyone in each family, that’s reserved for another round. Happy family will have to wait.