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Location:: Minneapolis, MN

About Me:: I am: button lover, mom, wife, vintage button jewelry maker, painter, crafter, collector, crazy.

Gender:: Gal

I am a/an:: Independent Artist/Designer, Blogger

(Designers only) I create:: Vintage Button Jewelry, Acrylic Paintings, Mixed Media Collages and other mixed media pieces.

(Designers only) I am willing to do:: Custom orders, Consignment, Wholesaling

(Designers only) I have been featured on:: The Star Tribune (Minneapolis), Etsy front page.

(Designers only) My work is sold at:: The Weisman Art Museum Shop
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Website:: http://www.thejunkinmytrunk.com

Website #2:: http://thejunkinmytrunk.typepad.com

Website #3:: http://thejunkinmytrunk.etsy.com

Favorite Music/Musicians:: Death Cab for Cutie, Pavement, The Cows, Sonic Youth, Unsane, The Beastie Boys

Favorite TV Show & Movies:: Star Wars (duh!), Star Trek, The Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, Lost, Jackass, Extreme Elimination Challenge, Gray's Anatomy, The 4400

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What is The Junk in my Trunk? Kitsch, Vintage Button Jewelry.......

I love buttons! Have you ever looked at old vintage buttons? They are little works of art. My love for old buttons came as a result of looking through my Grandma's button tin as a child.

Years later, after having my own child, I started gathering a collection of my own. But then they just sat in the closet and I felt that was a waste. I started to glue magnets on the back of some of them.....then I went crazy with the gluing and the magnets a…

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At 6:36pm on August 10, 2008, WornAgainVintage said…

contact me if you add more to your etsy - would love to shop it.

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At 12:03pm on April 18, 2008, AlwaysAmy said…: So, I'm having an Indiepublic blog warming party! hehe I thought I would send a note to all of you to let you know a new place to find a bit of me on the net! I'm very excited about it & would love it if you all came to check it out!

www.always-amy.blogspot.com/

Thanks so much for your time & for taking a look!

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At 9:06am on March 2, 2008, AlwaysAmy said…: http://www.indiepublic.com/group/plasticresinjewelrymakers

Thought you might like to join me in this new group for plastic & resin jewelry makers! Let's show off! hehe

At 9:50am on February 22, 2008, Rick Rack Row said…: Ha Ha another button lover, brilliant big up the plastic! x

At 1:54pm on December 22, 2007, OSIXNINE said…: eek! so cute!

At 1:07am on November 13, 2007, 11karri and/or jul ann said…: A few years back I was very ill ,I would lay in bed sorting buttons,then I sat up to look buttons up in books,after awhile I got on line and started buying button,then selling..I can honestly say I rehab'ed myself with button therpy ;.) true story,love your site and love buttons,jul ann

At 2:53pm on October 5, 2007, Karin Duguid said…: my grandma had lots of buttons too and she used to get me to organise them for her in her sewing box, its one of my earliest memories.

your things look fantastic, off to have a closer look

Karin

At 4:42am on September 26, 2007, Lynnette said…: I am in love with your buttons! I have been trying to sell some of mine, but I can't part with them, lol.

At 6:27am on September 5, 2007, artbyheather said…: I LOVE buttons...love what you do with them! Great shop!

At 9:08pm on August 25, 2007, Carol Holmes said…: Hi, I enjoyed browsing your button jewelry collection in your etsy shop. I keep an eye out for great old buttons when I'm out collecting.