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Old 07-23-2005, 07:30 PM   #1  
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Hi, I mostly use buttons for baby type cards. Does anyone know of a good internet or craft store source to find inexpensive flat embellishment suitable buttons in light pink and light blue. I like the SU Soft Subtles, but find that I don't use the odd sizes or the other two colors.

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I love all SU buttons but Hobby Lobby has some cute buttons in all colors. Very inexpensive and lots of shapes and sizes. One particular package has soft subtle-type colors. There's bold brights and rich regal colors, as well. But SU rules!
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I have purchased a good size bag of buttons from Michaels or JoAnn they come in all one color or in theme, like red, white, & blue. They were $1.99 for a lot. I can't think of the company off hand. They sell all kinds of theme buttons in small packs too. Does anyone have any idea what I am talking about????
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http://www.stampingonline.com/homepage.html in Joliet, IL has Hero Arts stuff and a great selection of the Hero Arts pastel buttons. I'd recommend them. She ships out really, really fast and also does special orders.
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Got a bad of cute ones at walmart they had jewel colors, pastel colors, primary colors, and country colors they are had the teenie tiny ones in the the matching color themes they were only like $1.69 for a good size baggie!
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I also found mine at Walmart. Love all the different colors!

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I agree with Aubrey and Ann. I find a lot of my buttons at Walmart. I love the ones that come in bags. I've also picked up "specialty" (baby, school...)buttons on cards there. The ones on cards are a little more expensive but for a special occasion they are worth it.
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Here's a site that would be good if you were wanting to do a large amount of cards with one color of button, like baby announcements or something:

http://buttons4u.com/Merchant2/merch...y_Code=special


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WOW Cajor, what a great site. It looks like they have good prices too. I didn't check on the s&h though. Thanks for the info.
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Hobby Lobby has a great selection of bags of buttons...very inexpensive. If you didn't want to buy a whole bag, of course fabric stores will sell individual cards of buttons if you wanted something more specific.
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Thanks for all your terrific suggestions!
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I got mine at a scrapbooking store, they had color groups like green, blue, pink, purple they were all diffrent sizes and a bit costly but I thought they were well worth it. OK maybe not any higher than SU and what about the clear SU buttons that you can stamp on then they can be any color you want?
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