That is stunning Anna!
I too have oodles of buttons. After much prodding, I told my grandmother that was the one thing I wanted. She opened up the box and there were big buttons from her mother's wedding dress from the 1880's as well as many, many antique ones. I have to old, precious ones strung on poster board cut to fit in a plastic page protector so they don't get scratched. I used dental floss to string through the shanks and button holes, stronger and easier than thread.
Happy Reading!
http://vintagebuttons.net/educational.html
http://bluehousebuttons.com/
http://www.buttonimages.com/
http://www.ohgosh-buttons.com/
http://www.thebuttonbower.com/
piney