Even with half-price sales on buttons, those cards can still be pricey. I have found some really nice ones at my local thrift stores. Look at all the Mother-of-Pearl and abalone I've collected, along with lots of sparkly rhinestones - I rescued 9 of those larger ones from a metallic silver plastic snakeskin coat (!?), a jarful of mock tortoise shells, and an Altoids tin of shirt buttons for those last minute button breaks in the 
morning. (T's mom and the USMC trained him well, I'll keep needles threaded with white thread in the sewing basket and he'll sew them back on. Funny, he didn't want to take me up on my offer to sew that collar button while he was still wearing the shirt the other day...) You can really score when you hit the stores on special sale days or the dollar rack. Those 80's clothes had great buttons - especially on the power suit jackets and the chintz dresses.
morning. (T's mom and the USMC trained him well, I'll keep needles threaded with white thread in the sewing basket and he'll sew them back on. Funny, he didn't want to take me up on my offer to sew that collar button while he was still wearing the shirt the other day...) You can really score when you hit the stores on special sale days or the dollar rack. Those 80's clothes had great buttons - especially on the power suit jackets and the chintz dresses. 
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