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Button a Day Project

October 2, 2010 By Pat Williams

Everyone collects something. For my friend Barb it’s hippos, my grandmother collected owls, my mother collects coins – and anything else the shopping network tells her she needs.

I have collected things on and off through the years, but I didn’t consider myself a true collector of anything – unless friends count. The other day my son came to me and mentioned a long forgotten folly of mine. Buttons.

I knew I saved them for “one day.” The day when I was a grown up and could create a display in my house that was worthy of their high priority status in my life. I thought occasionally about that display case dream over the years; perhaps in a recreation room under bar glass, or shadow boxes on the wall. Unfortunately, that room never got finished, but I continued to keep the buttons hidden away in the recess of my storage shelves.

I just realized Flickr is the perfect display case for my buttons so I’ve decided to post one daily there. If there’s a story attached, I’ll write about it on one of my blogs. I’m not sure how many I have, but I expect to have one every day for at least the next year.

The subject matter is varied. Political, pop culture, fast food, products, tourism, funny sayings; it’s difficult to know where to start. So, I’ll start at the beginning. The attached picture is the button that started it all. I became a Club member and faithful button collector from that day until well into my anti-establishment teenage years. You’ll know which decade from which based on the button subject matter!

Cletch's Button a Day Project on Flickr

I believe the “I Get my lick’s at Elsie’s” was a button promoting Borden ice cream and I would estimate it to have been available in the early to mid-1970’s. If you can shed some light on the accuracy of my timeline and add information, please do!

I’ll post all my buttons in this Flickr Button A Day Project set.

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Adventurer, explorer, entrepreneur, mother to two brilliant young men. Travels and works full-time from an RV. Home is where the heart is and my heart is looking forward to the next hike…

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