THOMASTON - To say Laurel Durso is passionate about buttons, which she considers little works of art, is an understatement. Durso, president of the Connecticut State Button Society, has amassed 20,000 ...

"Button Button, who's got the button?" Today, it's the collector. The hobby is widespread among artisans, fashion designers, crafts people and especially antique button buffs. Button collecting first ...

Button collecting is more than just putting them in your mom’s button box as they fall off your clothing. And to prove it, the Saguaro Button Club of the East Valley will be hosting the annual Arizona ...

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – The Three Rivers Festival makes a new button every year. The pin can get you discounts on some tickets around the festival, but, for some, they mean a lot more. Over the ...

Trays of buttons bequeathed by Bertha Beam are on display at the Allen County Museum. Beam, who began collecting buttons as a 5-year-old in the 1880s, had amassed about 12,000 of them by 1948 and was ...

WATERBURY, Conn., Oct. 1, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The Mattatuck Museum is preparing to debut Beau McCall: Buttons On!, the first-ever retrospective of the artist Beau McCall, opening on October 12, 2025, ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) – As we celebrate opening day of Riverfest in Wichita, two sisters are working to continue their late grandpa’s legacy by completing his Riverfest button collection. The buttons ...

They're not just buttons. They're petite capsules of history, art, culture and craftsmanship, as well as purely delightful — simultaneously functional — decoration. And they're coming to Erie County.

I’ll bet at first glance of the title of this month’s column some of you are thinking about buttons and bows as in useful items for garment making and adornment. Perhaps others are thinking of the ...