Buttons!

I have been saving buttons for almost 15 years. Not really sure why. You buy a blouse or sweater or pants and they come with a little bag of thread and a button. I am sure there are people out there who save the buttons with the intent of using them if the original button falls off. I am not one of those people. But, I saved them all the same because it seems wasteful to throw away a perfectly good button. Then I had kids. Add to all the extra buttons from my clothes all the cute little pastel buttons that come with baby, toddler and then big kids clothes. What to do? Save them in a little cermaic pot for years and years. Then what? Well, let's do something with those buttons. Here's my start...