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 Happy Monday!

Do you collect buttons? Let me put that question another way; do you have a button tin? In the Castle there’s an ancestral button tin that’s filled with buttons from garage sales, from family members, clipped off of coats that were on their last legs, and from trips to Hobby Lobby or Michaels. I think that a button tin is an essential part of every house. What if you need a new button? Go to the tin. What if you want to add an accessory to a finished piece of cross stitch? Go to the tin. As the years go by you’ll amass quite the collection! I recommend using a cookie tin for button storage; cookie tins give your button collection a bit more gravitas. More of that, “ephemera is here,” feeling. Plus you have an excuse to eat cookies. Win-win!

Here’s a very interesting and informative post about Czech buttons. For instance, did you know that the Czech were famous button makers? I certainly didn’t. 


Here's the link to the article.


Moving on to the cross stitch side of things, I’ve started stitching the unicorn’s chin!



I’ve also started the mane and a bit of the shield (that’s the line under his front hoof).

Now, I’ve got a bit of time before I have to cross this bridge, but it’s worth thinking about. Should I stitch my initials and the year on the shield? Or should I just leave them out?

Mother’s Day is almost here! In honor of all the Moms out there, I’ve got a sale going at my Etsy shop. From now until May 14th, enter the Promo code MOM23 in my Etsy shop at checkout to get 25% off your entire order. Link is here.


I’ve added a new chart recently, so go browse and see if you like any of my charts :)

Happy stitching!


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