WRBA Members suggest our favorite non-commercial button community (Button Clubs, State Societies, Websites, Facebook Groups, Pinterest Boards, or an upcoming button event.
The list below is in no particular order.
Sewing, Craft & Related Communities
Suggest your favorite places from WRBA to link to.
https://wrba.us/buttons/cinnabar-longevity-%e5%a3%bd-%e5%af%bf/
This is the button featured in the November 2025 Button Aerogramme newsletter. See the back of the button stamped CHINA, and also see another cinnabar bearing the same character in a totally morphed style on our website.
This is the button featured in the November 2025 Button Aerogramme newsletter. See the back of the button stamped CHINA, and also see another cinnabar bearing the same character in a totally morphed style on our website.
Cinnabar, Longevity 壽/寿
Cinnabar button with ink stamped CHINA back mark. Courtesy of Peggy Mathes. This button carrying the character 壽 (see other variations on Google Images) is featured in the November 2025 Aerogramme.…
Brilliant sparks encapsulated in goldstone.
Precision Inlay, Goldstone
Precision inlay on goldstone.
https://wrba.us/buttons/botan-toshozan-satsuma/
This Satsuma button features a tree peony—a flower long admired in Chinese culture as a symbol of honor, wealth, and nobility. In Japan, the tree peony is also treasured, and it carries a delightful linguistic twist: it’s called botan (牡丹 / ぼたん)—the exact same pronunciation as the word for buttons (ボタン).
A clever rebus, perhaps? This botan is quite literally a botan on a button.
This Satsuma button features a tree peony—a flower long admired in Chinese culture as a symbol of honor, wealth, and nobility. In Japan, the tree peony is also treasured, and it carries a delightful linguistic twist: it’s called botan (牡丹 / ぼたん)—the exact same pronunciation as the word for buttons (ボタン).
A clever rebus, perhaps? This botan is quite literally a botan on a button.
Botan, Toshozan Satsuma
This Satsuma button was created in 1985 by Toshozan (橋本陶正山) of Kagoshima, Japan. Back mark: 陶正山 (Toshozan), 薩摩 (Satsuma) 陶 薩 正 摩 山 This button is featured in the July 2025 issue of the Button Aerog…
https://wrba.us/buttons/small-jet/
A little gem found at the Idaho State Button society’s 50th annivershow. Open tomorrow to the public. Many buttons for sale and on display!
A little gem found at the Idaho State Button society’s 50th annivershow. Open tomorrow to the public. Many buttons for sale and on display!
Small Jet
This is a jet button. Lighter in weight than glass. If you find one among a stash of black glass buttons, you’re very lucky.
Does anyone know who this young lady might be?
Lady with Ivorine Border
What determines the material of this button?
https://wrba.us/buttons/bethlehem-pearl-bunnies/
The original Bethlehem Pearl Button Catalog advertised in the Just Buttons magazine in the 1970s lists this button, labeled #203 as Rabbit. However, the animal on the left doesn’t quite look like a rabbit. After consulting with the WBA Tuesday group on Zoom with Simone and Jolceyn, we have decided that this button features a rabbit and a goat. There’s a fable about this duo:
View other Bethlehem Pearl buttons on WRBA’s In-Depth Study page.
The original Bethlehem Pearl Button Catalog advertised in the Just Buttons magazine in the 1970s lists this button, labeled #203 as Rabbit. However, the animal on the left doesn’t quite look like a rabbit. After consulting with the WBA Tuesday group on Zoom with Simone and Jolceyn, we have decided that this button features a rabbit and a goat. There’s a fable about this duo:
View other Bethlehem Pearl buttons on WRBA’s In-Depth Study page.
Bethlehem Pearl Bunnies
Back label of this Bethlehem Pearl identifies this design number as #203.