I love the color of this pair of button earrings as the blues are soft and subtle. Stacking them one upon another creates a different look and people don?t even realize they are old buttons. They look great with jeans and a pair of cowboy boots or with fun and funky beach attire. I love the fact that they?re created from something that is reused and repurposed.

My grandma had an old button jar and as a child it was always fun to poke around it to see what trinkets it held. Years ago most people reused everything they had simply out of necessity, wastefulness was actually frowned upon and running to the nearest store was not even an option. Saving and reusing old buttons was commonplace and most ladies had a button jar. I love to come across button jars at garage sales because there is always something unique in each jar. Looking through them always makes me wonder what the wearer was like. Some are plain which remind me of work shirts, some are fancy, some are colorful, and let?s face it some are plain ugly but all of them tell a story and each story is unique. Be unique.

These button earrings are recycled from old shirts and dresses. The findings are sterling silver and this pair is approximately 1 ? " long. Shape, size and color of buttons vary slightly as each pair is unique.