PLEASE!! Button Storage Suggestions-PLEASE!!
 

Good Afternoon Every1,

I hope that all is well with you & your families. I am doing good. I am making my 4 year old son pjs for Christmas. I had to buy buttons for the outfits. I have not been a "Big" Button Collector up to this point. So I need ideas on how to store them in my sewing room. Any help, suggestions, pics, & ideas are GREATLY APPRECIATED!! Please & Thank you so very much for your help.

Have a blessed day.

debra

Istore all my buttons by color in either bouilon cube jars or baby food jars. They stack easily and you can see exactly what you have.

I use the little craft bags that close and sort according to color. I still have a big container of all kinds of buttons and I go through them sometimes to see what I might need. I don't use that many buttons any more and should try to get rid of a few.

I string all my buttons together by color and matching designs. Then I put them in jars.
So if I have 10 white buttons with the same design I string them together and throw in my jars.

String them together so you have all the same together. Them you can put them in a big jar and enjoy the colors,

I was lucky! my hubby got lots of the clear plastic containers at work free; the ones with small divided spaces you can adjust that have lids that flip open and lock down tite. They work great and you can see all the colors.

Mason jars from Big Lots holds lot of buttons.

Medicine ie prescription bottles hold several sizes.

I have a huge metal rectangular bin with a tight fitting lid that I store mine in. They are not sorted and I just dump it out when I'm looking for something. My sister got me the tin full of shortbread cookies many Christmas's ago. I do have a smaller metal biscuit tim full of tiny buttons too. Some people like to put them in old fashioned glass sealers and display them too.

I have some very old hand blown chemical jars, found empty at an old gold mine, some still have the labels on them, I store my buttons by color and use cork plugs for tops.