Tiny Tuesday!

Today’s post is about a different kind of button from Sunday’s posts. Here to demonstrate is one of my character dolls. Hi, Elle!

This is how the average human-sized shirt button fits in Elle’s palm.

This is how the average craft button I can buy locally fits in Elle’s palm. I’ve used these buttons for doll clothes, and they work great as coat buttons or buttons on purses and other accessories, but the scale is a bit large for shirts and dresses.

Last week, I found a US Etsy account (important because of how I pay and how they ship) that sells 4mm buttons in large quantities at a great price. While this isn’t exactly 1/6 scale (i.e., human to doll size), it’s much closer. I fear actual doll size is best left to the manufacturers of dolls and doll clothes and those companies’ machinery. I have old eyes and arthritic hands, therefore need larger needles to be able to do the job.

But all the colors!

I tried to find poems or songs that somehow use “button(s)” in titles or text, but I wasn’t impressed with my search results. I decided to go with common phrases using the word “button.”

• Button up! (It’s cold out there.)
• As easy as the push of a button! (Very easy.)
• Bright as a button! (Either smart/clever or cheerful/happy.)
• That’s a hot-button topic. (Don’t talk about religion, politics, money, or within family, anything that will ruin holidays, including flaws related to parenting, marrying/divorcing, keeping and feeding pets, cooking, or drinking.)
• Button it! (Keep your mouth shut/opinions to yourself.)
• You’re pushing all my buttons. (By doing or saying all the things I like or dislike. Tone matters.)
• Cute as a button! (Very cute.)
• On the button. (That statement or action is accurate.)
• Press the panic button! (It’s time to take drastic action in response to a situation.)
• S/he’s got a button nose. (An adorable little nose–like Elle’s!)
• My boss is very buttoned down. (Stiff, serious, all business.)
• My company’s culture is very buttoned down. (Conservative, no risks taken.)
• Hit the button. (Send or start something; end or stop something.)

Can you think of others?