My neighbour gave birth to a little girl on Tuesday. Her third child; her first and second are boys. I had knitted her baby a little jumper and now needed some girly buttons to finish it off. What better place than
All Buttons Great and Small.
It's at the 'dodgy end' of King St, Newtown and is just so completely fabulous I could hardly breathe while I was in there. Look at the 1930s cabinetry. Look at the tube upon tube of buttons stacked impossibly high. I didn't even know I loved buttons until I walked into the shop. It's that sort of place.
Being Newtown, I was served by a 20-something girl with pink hair, multiple body-piercings and dressed top to toe in black. She was so helpful in finding these beautiful buttons for my trench coat (to replace the hideous black ones on there now).
And these delightful little hearts to finish off the jumper (US: sweater) I knitted for my neighbour's, yet un-named, baby girl.
9 comments:
What pretty buttons! I do love decorative buttons. In my job, we get donations of craft supplies for the children to work with and often get grandma's old button jar. The treasures they contain are awesome. A shame I cannot bring them home and keep them!
I could almost hyperventilate at the very thought of a button shop run by a girl with pink hair and piercings. That sounds like a nirvana!
Gorgeous. Especially those loveheart buttons, your friend will be delighted!
That looks like quite a shop! And I love those replacement buttons for your trench - it will look like a new coat with those.
That shop looks divine!
Its worth a trip to Sydney for that alone.
Lucky lucky button loveliness. I'm resolved to making my own for my projects at the mo.
Yummy buttons, and what a divine shop!
I made myself a button necklace the other day (slightly less daggy than it sounds)
I wanna go to Newtown!
I used to call into that shop periodically when I lived in Stanmore. Heaven!
As are the button choices.
The little sneak peek inside the shop window is a trip down memory lane for me. Way back when I spent a lot of time in the 'dodgy end' of King St in my youth!
Very glad it's still there (along with pink haired, pierced girls)!
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