Expanding & Organizing my MASSIVE Button Collection!
My video about an 1860's headpiece is taking an annoyingly long time to edit - because I'm annoyingly bad at estimating how long voice overs will take to do.
So I'm dipping into my archive of videos I filmed, edited, and then never posted. This one focuses on the MANY buttons I purchased during a 50% off sale - and the process of adding them into my collection. And organizing my collection in general, since that obviously needed to be done.
This is honestly the most fun I've ever had making a video. If there was a way to make a living from professionally organizing inconsequential items in a pleasing manner then I would probably give up sewing and do that instead. Nothing brings me more joy then arranging things to make them more functional or visually pleasing.
It's not like I bought the buttons just to organize them. I had totally reasonable reasons for spending...more than I would care to admit...on buttons, which I spent the first three minutes of this video justifying. But spending a day organizing them by color and material? That was icing on the button cake.
I'm sure using them will be nice too.
Also - to justify myself a bit more. I compared my receipt to the piles in this video, and they definitely sent like, double the amount of what I ordered. AND It's been five months since I filmed this and I don't think I've bought a single button since then - so my tactic of buying en mass while on sale clearly worked and was not a bad decision at all.
Anyway, I hope this video is as satisfying for some of you to watch as it was to make! However I do want to apologize for the abrupt ending - I planned on filming a follow up clip going through *all* my buttons. But I kind of did that mid video, when I finished arranging the boxes. So it didn't seem necessary - but maybe I'll do a follow up video at some point going in more detail.
Expanding & Organizing my MASSIVE Button Collection (YouTube)
Comments (9)
I shouldn’t be watching this. I’ve just started a button collection and don’t need any encouragement
I love the Gwen cameo!
I love organizing by color! I do it with my nail polish. Any chance you would ever design/make an outfit based on the buttons you'd use? I particularly love the crystal flower buttons and am wondering if you would consider making something based on using those buttons?
I'm not sure why, but this was a particularly fun video to watch! Maybe it was because your enthusiasm for buttons seeped through the computer, or because of the music. Whatever the case, so much fun! Especially on such a dull quarantine day.
AAAAAA BUTTONS!!!! I'm about to spend far too much on vintage buttons from Etsy, and I spent my lunch break today organizing the stash I already have. Years ago I got a pound of assorted buttons and I'm finally going through them and putting them in some kind of order.
Omg I love buttons! And I don't sew anywhere near enough to justify them.
Justify away, my dear. This video was awesome and I'm so jealous of your collection!
I loved watching this. I too love to organize and sort things. Som days I spend more time re organizing my craft room then crafting.
you made me luagh