Little has changed about the humble button since it first began being used functionally in the 13th century. From the Mongol invasion of Europe to last week’s annual Oregon Brewers Festival, buttons ...

"Button Button, who's got the button?" Today, it's the collector. The hobby is widespread among artisans, fashion designers, crafts people and especially antique button buffs. Button collecting first ...

EUGENE, Ore. — A rich hoard of family history might be hidden in Mason jars and cookie tins that are full of buttons. They might include buttons from wedding gowns, uniforms or the dress a child wore ...

The story of the world can be told in discs smaller than a Ritz cracker. Buttons, as members of the Gulfbreeze Button Club, will explain, are chunks of history so close to us, so common in our lives, ...

Button collecting is more than just putting them in your mom’s button box as they fall off your clothing. And to prove it, the Saguaro Button Club of the East Valley will be hosting the annual Arizona ...

Today, buttons are glorified doorstops. Like bureaucrats or congressmen, they act as dull place-keepers on the fabric of society — until their thread snaps and they vanish into the carpet. But members ...

Chances are, whether you’re a crafter or not, you have a jar or old tin filled with a mishmash of buttons you’ve collected during the years in case you need to replace one, or two, missing on your ...

For most people buttons are just a part of our clothing, but for those who collect them, they are a passion! We'll meet Maude Hartman, one of these passionate collectors, as well as Delilah Davis, a ...

To many, buttons are just what keeps a shirt from falling off. But to the Idaho State Button Society, they are pieces of history, art and culture that anyone can enjoy. “There is something for ...

POWELL, Wyo. (AP) At some time in their lives, nearly every child has emptied out mother s button box, searching through the collection for a unique color or shape, finding a hidden treasure in a ...

The button that started Carl Fisher's collection of thousands was a gift. Nearly 20 years ago, Fisher's aunt gave him a simple red button with the name "MORSE" in white lettering. It dated from 1972, ...