Our Button Project

Buttons - heaven knows I have a gazillion buttons and I love them! But, organizing them has been a challenge. I originally had them all in cute bowls from Anthropologie that matched my room so perfectly. I loved having them sorted by colors - but - I didn't have anywhere to put them! Then I started to see on numerous blogs how people were putting all their buttons into big jars and buckets and loved having all the colors in there. Sure - it looks awesome - a rainbow of colors. And then you just dig for the buttons you need.

Well, I decided to do it. I had that large glass open jar from Ikea and threw all my buttons in there (well, not all, but those that were open in my room). I kept it that way - for about a month - and never touched them. I HATED IT!! I hated the chaos of it. I hated how all the colors were messed up and that I couldn't quickly get the ones I needed.

Anyway - I decided to go to my old method of organizing them by color. So, my sweet little helpers came to the rescue. It took us about 3 days to finally get it all finished - Madisyn was the best helper! She loves things like that. Now, I have all my buttons in ziploc bags cause I need to find a place to put them. But, it makes me happy to have them all by color again.

So, that's my organizing nightmare for ya! I guess you have to try things out to find out what works best for you.

I am off for my fun weekend with my dear friend, Amy! I am so excited to see her and to hang out for a few days - with no kids! :) :) We've got some super fun projects planned that I'll be sure to share next week! I am taking sooo much stuff it's sick - I just want to be sure I have everything I might need or want to play with! We are both needing a break so badly so this is going to be so so fun! Can you tell that I'm so excited?

Hope you all have a great weekend! I'll be back Monday with some fun shares! Hugs!

Comments

[michelle]

I feel your pain! I have kept my buttons separated for a while now. But, after seeing so many blogs with pictures of them in one cute little jar, I ALMOST succumbed to the tempation to do just that. Glad I didn't...the practial side won out, over the decorator side. Just in the nick of time, too.

[Debbie Cook]

oh, robyn. that weekend break sounds WONDERFUL! i hope you had a great time!
and ps: i love my buttons by color, too!

[laura vegas]

glad to hear i'm not the only one that changes my mind on this organizing stuff too! lol! i keep most of my buttons by color ... i keep them in large jars. but i do have some jars that hold a mix of colors ... like a certain manufacturer all together. sometimes i don't mind digging around .. but for the most part i love my buttons seperated! hope you had a great weekend!

[Mary]

I am the SAME way! I was determined to trash my buttons, but instead, I organized them by color into little ziploc baggies! And now I can't STOP using them. Weird huh? Anyway, have a fun weekend!

[JenGallacher]

I divide everything by color. It's so visually chaotic to see colors mixed together. Hope you have a good time with your friend.

[Jessi]

have a blast with Amy!

[Anne]

Have a great weekend! I'm jealous. We had a great time with you guys the other night.

[Carla]

Hi Robyn, thats nice that the kids helped you like that and I'm sure they loved it! I had all my buttons too in a jar just like that. I recently changed my system and put them in the MM plastic jars and sorted them by size...large, medium, small,and clear. The reason I did that is because the small ones always fall to the bottom and its easier to just pull the buttons I need depending on the size. I had about 1/2 of that large jar so this system worked for me. I had my 5 yo daughter help me...she had a blast!
have fun on your weekend!