When I was a child Mother saved every button, even from Daddy's work shirts. If a garment wore out, she clipped off the buttons and saved them in her button jars. This was because there was no room for waste of any kind in our house. Every little scrap of fabric was saved for quilts, some of the larger ones made into aprons. Most of it was feedsack. I loved playing with Mother's button jar while she sewed on her Singer treadle machine. Later on my daughter too sat beside her grandmother playing with her button collection. I still love buttons. I have a friend who created a beautiful lamp by filling an old quart jar with buttons for the base of the lamp, then decorated the shade with others. She wouldn't part with it for any price. I'll bet you would have many takers should you offer to share your buttons you don't want.