Buttons Up

What have you done with your collection of {extra} buttons?  Wouldn't it be nice if all of the designers/brands sewed the extra button inside the clothing?  But, some do and most don't. 

Have you organized your button collection? If you conveniently drop them in a box or dresser drawer that's a quick and easy system and works well.  Until you eventually have to dig through them all to find a single button.  And, if you left them in the cute little envelopes, you now have to painstakingly open each one until you find the one you're looking for.

Old Button System:  Drop and Go

I had the "Drop and Go" system for several years until I realized I was spending way too much time searching for a replacement button-- right before it was time to leave for work.  I usually ended up having to change clothes.  That was also before I came up with my "Repair Bin," so I wouldn't select and put on an item that required mending.



New Button System:  Organized by Color

So I invested in a $3.99 (half price sale) plastic organizer and hired my daughter {with the promise of a Dairy Queen Blizzard} to organize all of our extra buttons, hooks, sequences, and thread.  As you can see, she's also into stickers, so she labeled it as well.  Now, I conveniently store my Button Bin on a closet shelf.  It's handy, neat, and a real time saving joy to search for a replacement button.

So what's up with your extra buttons?