I'm in the process of choosing buttons for the striped Sketchbook shirt for my son. I have a total of two cards worth of blue buttons that actually could go. However, one is more black than blue yet only three eighths of an inch and the other ones are three quarters of an inch in size and just a bit too big. I'm attempting to go for a happy medium yet it will mean waiting for my next shopping trip.
It seems to be that wherever I google buttons, the sites that come up (in australia anyway) are wholesale and for the costume industry and hideously expensive. It seems the only way out of this and to avoid unnecessary travel just to get buttons is to buy from ebay. I don't mind buying bulk just so long as I think I'd use them so I can be picky when it comes to choosing style, size, colour etc. Aren't we all?
So I'm posing this question to you ladies. We know that buttons can make or break the look of a garment so where do you get your buttons?