Thursday, October 29th, 2009 at 9:20 pm
I love brainstorming… sitting down and making lovely lists… covering scraps of paper with doodles and bite-sized ideas. So when I recently stumbled on a mess of mismatched buttons, I knew I needed a little collaborative brainstorming to dream up what I could do with my newest trinket treasures. I put it to my lovely friends on facebook…
“FOUND: a bag of mismatched buttons… but what to do with them? Anybody floating through facebook have a whimsical or cheeky idea?”
Hardly to my surprise, my always-creative friends had quite a few ideas.
Below are some of my favorites:
“Go into telephone booths and leave them in the change dispenser, you could do it in vending machines too!” –Louise Clohessy
“Drop them into peoples handbags or pockets, and when they look inside they will find a button, and it will make them smile.” –Freddie Peppiatt
“Go to a bookshop, and leav ea button between the pages of some books! When people open the book, they will be rewarded with a cute button for reading!” –Sofia Best
“Leave a trail of them from a train station to a second hand bookshop.” –James Lawford
So with my little bag full of buttons, I faced the cold, blustery day to carry out some of these lovely ideas… Of course, I wish I could’ve taken all of you with me… but these photos will have to do!
With love and mischief,
Cherry Girl
The reaction on FB!!!!
“Tried the buttons one! On my brother.
I love your ad on MTV was on there a minute ago!” – Ryan Smith
“Hey Cherry Girl, I have an idea for you! It’s called “The Mixtape Swap”! You could set up a system, where people could send you an email with their address, you would then forward that email to an other person who also entered, and then they would swap mixtapes! It would be great to give and receive mixtapes from strangers all around the world
Anyway, just thought I would give the idea to ya!
XOXO,
Sofia”
“Aww thanks for putting me on the website! I’m sure you hear this all the time but you are such a nice person! x” Freddie Peppiatt
“this is my favorite blog eva” Peter Durer
THANK YOU GUYS! Have found something else I need some ideas on…so I’ll keep you posted (clue – this one’s a bit saucy….)