Welcome to my blog! My name is Debbie, and this blog is just a place to ramble about my favorite things, like hobbies, family, and my relationship with Jesus. I am a homeschooling mom of 3, and I currently live in the United Kingdom. My family and I are Americans, but we moved to the UK almost 6 years ago to do missionary work with a church here. You can read about our homeschooling journey on my other blog Our Cup of Tea.
Why the blog title? It’s not easy trying to come up with the perfect blog title…and one that no one else has already used. I chose the title partly because I like buttons…in a jar (especially old Mason jars). Although I am a collector, I’ve never actively collected buttons. I don’t even have a full jar of buttons here in the UK. However, both my grandmas collected buttons, and I inherited enough of theirs to put in jars, although they’re in storage in the US at the moment. My mom also has buttons, but she kept them simply because she used to sew a lot. She rarely sews now, but when I was growing up my mom made a lot of our clothes. I remember her searching through her jar of buttons trying to find just the right one. I loved going through her buttons myself, even though they weren’t nearly as interesting as the ones my grandmas had.
I had decided my blog title should have the word “buttons” in it. I’m not sure why. There are lots of other things I like, but buttons stuck in my mind! As I thought about buttons and the collection I have, I thought about how unique they are. Some are plain. Some are fancy. Some are shaped like animals. Some are quite old. I have matching buttons on button cards. Most are plastic, but I also have some metal ones and a few wooden ones. Some have 4 holes, some have 2, and some have a single hole underneath. I could make a lot of comparisons using buttons in a jar, but since this blog is about my favorite things I’ll just compare buttons to things I like. I enjoy a lot of different things. I like simple things, and I like beautiful things. I like old things and new. And I love good memories, especially of my grandmas who collected so many wonderful buttons. Maybe it sounds quirky or cheesy to make those kinds of comparisons, but I know what I mean! For me, the things I write about on this blog are like buttons in a jar!
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