Well,this is how it all started....went like this.....My Grandma Helen & my Mom were a big part of my life, They loved me and I loved them so much and miss them so very very much !!! When they left this earth to meet with the big guy upstairs, They left all their goodies to me. I stored as many goodies in my 1948 house that I could. I have 6 children, so I gave some to them, and yard-saled some. I was talking to a friend, ....money, jobs and so forth, and the ebay subject came up. It was suggested that I sell some of the unwanted treasures I had put away, on ebay to make some extra money. I asked "like what?" They said" I heard you say you had lots of sewing stuff, do you have any old buttons?" I laughed and said I had tons!!! they asked "are they Bakelite?" I replied "What is Bakelite?"!! That day I went to the bookstore and bought a book on collectible buttons and did my research. I thought I would give ebay a try!!!!.And..the rest is history.