Buttons and Babies....

Isn't this the sweetest bisque baby? This was given to my Mother-in-Law when my husband was born. Notice the little string around his neck with the paper pacifier at the end? I'm not sure why the baby is a red head as my husband is a brunette (well, gray now - lol)! But, he is sweet. The pictures below are of a german bisque baby that I bought at an antiques show Heather and I did in June. The detail on her dress is amazing. The lace with the gold braid, both at the waist and in her hair! So darling! Notice the blue lines that indicate socks and the brown painted on boots. Just love her. Also a sampling of the buttons Heather and I discovered on our jaunt north to the flea market that we were just a bit late for (about a week!) .

You girls will have to bear with me as I learn this picture uploading process. The picture below is the back of the doll dress on my mannequin at the bottom of this post. I'll get it right one of these days. This dress is so cute. The black velvet ribbon threaded through the dress is just too cute. Love the way the top poofs out over. And the lace edge is part of the dress, not added on!

The German bisque doll sits next to a pin cushion I bought at an Antiques Fair. The base is some sort of metal with a gold velvet cushion. Since I had so many rhinestone buttons from a recent jaunt, I pinned them to the top of the pin cushion. I have hat pins and will share those in another post with you. These collections just seem to grow!

These are some more of the button find Heather and I discovered when we went to our Big Flea Market that wasn't! So, the sleuths that we were, we uncovered a local antique shop to find the most beautiful buttons we've ever seen! The lady at the antique store told us alot of the ladies buy them up to make jewelry. Well, I haven't ventured down that road yet!
Don' 'cha just love the small mannequin with the Victorian doll dress? This was my birthday present from my kids and my husband. Notice, I put more rhinestone buttons on top of the neck! What to do with all those buttons? Any ideas? I've put her on top of one of my washstands in the dining room. Just love looking at her.
Well ladies, that's my post for today. Thanks for stopping by and sharing my finds with me. I hope to post some more photos (and hopefully get better at the picture taking!) soon....