DH and I went very early to the car boot sale this morning. Thought we
> would beat the heat but already it was in the 90's at 8am.
>
> However we trudged our way around and I came across a stall that had
> boxes on the ground with everything marked 50 pence in.
> I picked up a card of buttons. Now these cards were from the
> manufacturers and are what the salesmen take round to the shops when
> trying to sell them. I had spotted some that would do very nicely for
> the brooches I make. Knowing I had only just over three pounds change in
> my purse, (pension day tomorrow) I picked up 6 cards of buttons. The man
> said give me 2.50 for them and he came to the front of the stall with
> the bag he had put them in. He picked up all the other cards and said
> you can have them all for 4 pounds. I had to explain that I had only 3
> pounds plus a few coppers. He looked at me and I gave him a nice smile
> and he said here take them and took my 3 pounds and the odd coppers. >
> Since they were samples and only one-offs no one else was interested. So
> maybe he was glad to get rid of them. Probably only me saw the other
> possibilities with them.
> Some will make brooches and some are small enough to make button
> fastenings for bracelets.
>
> I have scanned them if anyone wants me to send a picture. It is quite a
> large one though because I wanted to put them altogether.
> Shirley
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> Shirley Shone
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