Treats

I had a few extra minutes before carpool the other day and I took a quick look at a local antique store. It's one of those big old houses with many different dealers each having a small booth. I spotted a box of old buttons marked 50% off and I had to take a look. This is what I found:

Here are the details:

5 old cards of buttons: I think 3 of these are mother of pearl (MOP).

6 strips of MOP buttons. The cards/strips of buttons were 50-75 cents each!!

A really old package of circular knitting needles or "pins" size 2. When I opened it up, there were 3 inside. I don't knit on size 2s very often, but I thought this was very cool. It was $2.

This neat fact sheet was also in the package.

Old metal diaper pins for 50 cents.

 My favorite thing is these brass buttons, apparently removed from a Cadet's jacket from the US Military Academy. On the back, they say Waterbury Button Co, Conn. I looked it up and that is a real company that makes all the buttons for the military, so I think these are authentic. I thought they'd be really nice on a little boy's sailor suit in navy wool for winter. They were my most expensive buy at $1 each.

I love "finds" at antique stores- don't you??