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10 QTY // Flat Back Buttons / Cabochons Made with Authentic Late 1800s Antique / Vintage French Paper

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10 QTY // Flat Back Buttons / Cabochons Made with Authentic Late 1800s Antique / Vintage French Paper

Description

→ DESCRIPTION: Lovely flatback buttons to use as cabs (cabochons) in your jewelry, mixed media and various other projects! These cabs are made using paper from a French book published in 1891 that features an elegant serif font that has faded from black to a dreamy, smoky charcoal gray. IMPORTANT: The papers used to make your buttons are NOT reproductions, they are 100% genuinely vintage and their copyright date is verified with my own two eyeballs. To make the buttons, I take each delicate page and cut it (veery carefully!) into sections and then cut out individual circles. Next, I sandwich it in between a protective layer of mylar (reflective, flexible clear plastic which is industry-standard for this purpose) and a layer of new, bright white, acid-free paper to give it some extra strength and durability and then I press it into a button with my faithful button press.

These are mainly sold as flatback buttons (the kind you can glue to settings and pretty much anything really) but I can also make them as pinbacks (the kind you wear) per your request.

PLEASE note that they will only be made as pinbacks if you let me know that is your preference in the "note to seller" field on Etsy's checkout page! **FLATBACK** BUTTONS WILL BE SENT IF NO PREFERENCE IS STATED. This is important because I will not send you free replacements if you forget to tell me which kind you want - most orders are for flatbacks and if you don't tell me you want pinbacks, I don't have any way of knowing that that is what you want. Please tell me your preference. Please please pleeease! Thank you!
→ SIZE: 1 inch (2.5cm) diameter
→ QUANTITY: 10
→ MORE AVAILABLE? Yes! Please convo to discuss a custom listing. Please note that there are no quantity discounts on this item (meaning 20, 50, 100 (etc) of them would cost the same price per button as the price stated here for 10 buttons). This is due to the extremely limited quantity and extremely old age of the paper used. However, I would be glad to give you a quote for combined shipping and then set up a custom listing for you so if you'd like more than 10, let me know how many you'd like and where you live and I'll get back to you as soon as possible.
→ ADDITIONAL INFO: This listing is for the buttons only, though the round brass settings are available in my shop, as are the buttons shown in the settings (made from a different French book published in 1919). These would also make great rings, hair pins or stud earrings (blanks / bases for each of these are available in my shop!).

This listing is for ten buttons made from the same book as those featured in the first, second and third photos. The bowl in the first photo was made by an amazing and awesome lady - you can visit her shop here:
http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=82299
The buttons and settings in the 4th photo are examples only and feature buttons made from a different vintage French book and both the buttons and settings are available in my shop.
Part of the joy, for me, in vintage paper is the way it ages and some of the things that come along with age include: small spots of water damage (nothing gross or mildew-y - if a book has gotten to that point then I just dont use it), age spots, smudges and handwritten notations from long ago. These things may pop up occasionally so let me know if you prefer not have those things in your set and I'll keep that in mind when putting yours together. These buttons are all unique and I try to make each one interesting in its own way so I usually include a few buttons with either an asymmetrical balance of text vs. aged paper, chapter headings mixed with regular text, footnotes with text, smudged text and all sorts of other fun little oddities that are characteristic of individually cut circles taken from a book that's over 100 years old so please be aware of this before purchasing! If you want buttons with or without one/some/all of the aforementioned attributes of vintage paper let me know and I'll do my very best to pick out some super neat ones just for you.)

These buttons feature paper that's over a century old and it's a short book that cost more than I paid for the other books I'm currently using for text-only flatback buttons, hence the difference in prices.
→ COLOR: The paper is aged to a rich, warm, buttery yellow patina with hints of pale brown around the edges with black text that has faded to a dark charcoal gray. I made every attempt to accurately capture the colors to the best of my ability in the photos. Please be aware that different computer monitors can show colors differently so variations between what you see on the screen and what you receive may occur. There can also be slight variations in the coloring on different pages and different areas of a page in a book this old so please keep this in mind as well.

Please feel free to convo with any questions!

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PAYMENT: Immediate payment required. I currently accept payment through PayPal only (NO E-CHECKS). You can pay with a credit card without creating a PayPal account.

SHIPPING: US and International orders ship within 3-7 days via USPS. If you would like priority or express shipping or want your order shipped via a different carrier (UPS or FedEx), please contact me BEFORE making a purchase!

★!★PLEASE Verify that your PayPal & Etsy addresses match! There's just one of me and with the number of orders I process in a week and my schedule I don't always notice right away if they don't and I can't ship your order until I know where it needs to go. Paying at the time of purchase and verifying your address prevents delays in shipment and keeps you from missing out on items that are limited in supply and relisted due to non-payment!

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Added on Nov 02, 2009