... and collections

My cousin, Joanne, has a lovely collection of button hooks which were necessary items in the days of high button boots that contained many buttons that needed to be secured with tiny tight loops.  The button hook grabbed the loops, enabling the boot wearer to pull the loops over the shoe button one at a time.  They were used the same way on gloves and wedding dressses with many buttons up the back or front.

 She also has a very nice collection of hat pins. 

 Hat pins were once an accessory in the Victorian era.

They were designed to go through the crown of the hat and into the elegant hair twists of the ladies of the day.

It runs in our family; collecting.  I am always collecting something.  And I always enjoy seeing her interesting and beautiful collections.