Originally Posted by ctyankee

I remember the old wooden spools -- in fact, I bet I have one or 2 in my collection! My mom also had all her buttons in a round tin. Wonder what happened to that tin? I've moved so much in my life, it could've ended up anywhere!

When my oldest was in first grade, each child had to bring in 100 of something to commemorate the 100th day of school. Don't quite know what the point was, but I'm thinking you've already guessed what I had her bring in! Yep ... buttons! But they weren't just any buttons. They were fancy-shaped buttons, like an elephant, a duck, etc. I used to make all their clothes when they were small, up till their teen years. Anyway, I thought having 100 different buttons was clever, but the joke was on me -- I never got them back!

And I still​ collect buttons!