"If you come stay with me, you get to sleep with my buttons," Boldt joked as she showed a visitor the way to her guest bedroom. On one wall, from floor to ceiling, collections of buttons are attached ...

EUGENE, Ore. — A rich hoard of family history might be hidden in Mason jars and cookie tins that are full of buttons. They might include buttons from wedding gowns, uniforms or the dress a child wore ...

Button aficionados displayed their collections at Boulder’s Millennium Harvest House on Saturday afternoon — everything from domestic cats to blue glass and just about any shape and color imaginable. ...