A thrift here, a thrift there for junk journals.  

Thanks, Carol. Shopping goes so much quicker than crafting! I do love finding a purpose for all the things I find.

Thanks, Dale! The buttons always get me.😊

Thanks, Kimberly. That’s an idea about horse harnesses. Whatever it was used for I’m guessing the legs of the brads were covered with something unlike little paper brads.

Thank you! Will do!

Thanks, Diana. I have such a weakness for MOP buttons, buckles and pins. I’m finding MOP pretty easy to find here (more the everyday stuff than the highly carved fine stuff) perhaps because a city not too far away, Muscatine, was a real hub for getting shells out of the river and punching out the buttons. I’ll definitely be visiting the museum there this summer!

Thank you.