NEW WBA WEBSITE. Your Team used survey comments to guide this layout. We hope you find these changes helpful.
- The SEARCH feature is added
- Your comments asked for SIMPLICITY
- EASIER NAVIGATION – 6 menu paths instead of 13
- ADDITIONS TO THE WEBSITE will appear on THIS page so you see them in one place
- The CONTACT WBA form is available from every page
WBA RECORDINGS added
Check under the EDUCATION MENU for these VIDEOS
- WOMEN OF THE UNITED STATES by Anne Morgan
- STEWARDSHIP OF YOUR BUTTONS by Jocelyn Howells
- BUTTONS IN THE HOME with Gina Barrett
- MYTHICAL MAKES with Gina Barrett
- NEEDLES – Their History & Storage with Trudi Jacobson
- BLACK GLASS TILE BUTTONS with Joy Journeay
- TALL TEXAN LAPIDARY BUTTONS with Joy Journeay
MOUNTING SHEETS coming in July
One survey request was that WBA offer mounting sheets for member use in creating button displays. A selection will be added to our EDUCATION menu in July. Also, Gina Barrett adds a new mounting sheet each month on the Creative Expressions page.
If you are willing to share your favorite mounting templates, please contact WBA and we will add them to the group.
New WBA Encyclopedia Entries
CELLULOID SHANKS – Three types of celluloid shanks appear on buttons: the omega, the “U”, and the bubble. Read more …
DEMOULIN BROTHERS & CO. (manufacturer) operated in Greenville IL since 1892. During both World War I and World War II they made uniforms for the US military. Read more …
E N FOOTE & CO. of Northampton MA was founded in 1857 and employed 75 to 120 employees. They were the first Northampton factory to use steam power exclusively, but not the first to make buttons. Read more
The THUNDERBIRD is a mythical being revered in Native American culture for 4000 years. He is believed to be an invisible spirit, flashing his eye to create lightning and beating his wings to make thunder. Read more …
TILE BUTTONS Old glass buttons were molded with depressions on the top of the button which could be decorated with an inset or inlaid single piece of decorative material (like pearl, fabric, metal, colored glass, or another piece of black glass), or with glass frit or powder to be melted at high temperatures into the glass button. These are usually black glass and Read more —
