Buttons, Beads and Charms

When the counted thread shop only 30 minutes from me put everything on sale as they closed, I realized just how many buttons, charms and beads that counted thread and cross stitch designers offer these days.

I knew about Just Another Button Company, but I had no idea their line was so large and varied!

http://www.justanotherbuttoncompany.com/catalog.php

My very favorite buttons come from Susan Clarke Originals.

http://www.susanclarkeoriginals.com/

Just Nan has a huge number of charms for her designs that work well anywhere.

http://www.justnan.com/charms.htm

The Sweetheart Tree has even more, many of them sterling silver, small and quite delicate. In fact, I own several packages of crystal clear paillettes and plan to use some on the wizard's clothes. My paillettes are very small (they cover about 3 threads on an 18 count canvas at most), faceted on the front like sequins but with flat backs covered in paper to help the metallic shine.

http://www.sweethearttree.com/cgi-bin/charm.pl

But more about that tomorrow!

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