cigar boxes are the new buttons.

I was boppin' around eBay the other day and I realized...I do loves me some buttons! I have a lot but apparently, I needed more! These are my latest wins!

Aren't they purty!?? And, of course, you know I love those old canning jars with the zinc lids.

I also "won" a couple of other things (don't ya just love how they phrase you being willing to pay the highest price as a "win?")....

This was one of those flooky things I just found looking at other stuff one of my favorite sellers had up for auction. I just love these skeleton keys for no other reason than they look cool!

I do have some news to share with you. I fear, dear reader, that my button obsession is shifting. I still love love love them but I recognize a new obsession is starting to take form. I've noticed lately that I just caint get enough CIGAR BOXES! It reared it's head again when I went to Rich's Cigar shop with Heidi to buy a magazine -- the latest Marie Claire Idees! (swoon!) I have quite a few already but that trip sparked my interest and so while cruisin' around eBay a few days ago, son of a gun, they have LOTS of cigar boxes that people can buy...and for cheap!! Imagine that! :-) This sweet little number came in today's post.

The cigar box is exquisite and it is packed, PACKED I tell you, with old stamps! I am SO happy with this purchase. I also won several other cigar boxes collections so I'll be sharing those when I get 'em in my hot little hands. I have no plans for them other than to put them on a shelf and look at them. Hmmm...just the thought of that makes me smile. :-)

Comments

[andrea]

I love cigar boxes too and have quite a collection but since they come from my Dad and he only smokes a couple kinds they are all mulitiples of the same box but it's so much fun to see them stacked up on my shelf! the stamps look cool too!

[Lilli]

I found a bag of old stamps yesterday in our boxes in the basement. They were my great-grandfather's, which I inherited when I was little, and I don't remember having looked at them since. But I'm mighty glad to have them :)

[Regina]

I found 3 books of stamps that someone had been collecting at our local flea market. I paid almost 10.00 for the lot, but there are amazing stamps with wonderful colors from all over the world! I imagine using them in my altered things, but for now, they are in a lovely basket in my closet. I won an auction for buttons yesterday! I stole it out from under an old lady who had not bid on anything before that since december of 05, so I didn't feel so bad, LOL!!!

I lurvES me buttons, too! I keep them in apothecary jars for inspiration!

[Vasilisa]

This is my first visit to your blog. I love vintage buttons too. Your blog is full of treasures, so many things to see. I really like the scrap-like things you've made!