FSBS Annual Judging Seminar
​and Swap Meet Scheduled for March 24-25

The Annual Judging Seminar will be held March 24, 2023. The cost of the seminar is $40 and includes continental breakfast, lunch and handouts. A review of the 2024 Competition Categories will take place following educational presentations. It will be held at Park Station (Pinellas Park Chamber of Commerce building), 5851 Park Ave., Pinellas Park, FL 33781. The Swap & Shop will be held the next day, Saturday, March 25 at the same location. A booth space costs $5. Reserve by sending your payment to Maggie Johnson at 11533 48th Ave. N, St. Petersburg, FL 33708. Contact her at 727-394-0438 for more information.
2023 Florida State Button Society
Meeting & Show a Success!
Approximately 170 people attended the 2023 FSBS Annual Meeting and Show. More than 100 people attended the annual meeting and awards dinner and approximately $6,000 was raised at the annual auction for support of FSBS.

Button Craft Tutorials

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The National Button Society YouTube channel features button craft tutorials as well as, the button craft videos that were part of the NBS virtual meeting in August 2021. The 14 button craft videos have been viewed more than 3,500 times. We invite you to become a subscriber so you don’t miss any of the new tutorials! Go to the National Button Society Button Creativity  channel at https://www.youtube.com/c/NationalButtonSocietyButtonCreativity.

The NBS series of button craft tutorials were created in response to its members’ increased interest in using their non-collectible buttons in artistic ways. This series of button crafts and the other button craft ideas on the NBS website support its mission to preserve all that is beautiful and historic in buttons. You can see more about what membership offers you online at NationalButtonSociety.org. For more, including craft worksheets, go to  “Resources” at NationalButtonSociety.org.
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Button & Zipper Bracelet Tutorial
 youtu.be/kb6jllvWijg

​You can contact Sylvia Liszka Durell
​via this website contact page or at holeybuttons@gmail.com.
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Creative Mounting Win!

My card submission for the FSBS 2024 "Wild About Florida"- themed Annual Meeting won a first prize in the Creative Mounting category. Buttons that depicted creatures found in Florida were required.
​Come with me on a visit to the Frieda Warther Button House in Dover, OH! 
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​Haiku for Button Lovers
Poetry Book
I LOVE BUTTONS!
For me, buttons are miniature works of art. Examining their designs, colors and materials gives me great pleasure.
Haiku for Button Lovers is full of “insider information” -- the details about buttons. The more you know about buttons, the more you will enjoy the poetry. It's short and sweet and is written with a clever turn of phrase.

The 76 Haiku poems are under these categories:
  • About Buttons, 
    ​Ceramic, Fabric, Glass, Metal, Plastic, 
    Rubber, Shell, Vegetable Ivory/Ivory, Wood
The last  is a longer poem, which describes the physical feelings a button collector experiences when getting a new jar of buttons.

I hope reading my Haiku for Button Lovers will delight button collectors and intrigue others to learn more about buttons and button collecting.

Haiku for Button Lovers can be found in Kindle format on Amazon: www.amazon.com/-/e/B07GDNQJF5You can also read it on your smartphone, tablet or computer by using one of the apps Amazon offers.