Mudlarking at night in the river of buttons!! And making a decoration from our finds!
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- Join us on our first creepy night-time mudlark. We can't believe our eyes when we find 70 buttons!! And discover the incredible people behind some of our seemingly mundane finds. Stay around to watch Gail make another unique up-cycled festive decoration form our finds!
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There was a laundry just up stream. My mam worked there in the 50s. Their water must have came out into the mill race.
Oh, thanks for that! We thought there must have been something like that nearby. A lot of clothes must have gone home with missing buttons, lol! xx
@@NorthernMudlarks Maybe that's why Velcro was invented...too many people missing buttons!
I'm from Australia and would love to know where this is? The old church, the late with 1729 on it ect... id love to look into the history of the area 🧡
@@PilbaraPrincess1980 hiya Linda. The building in the film was originally(1800s) a steam driven saw mill then it was an iron, foundry. The church tower you see isn't physically conected. That's Saint Michaels church. That has burned down twice. After the last fire in the 1980s it was refurbished and opened again about 20 years ago. During the restoration some viking artifacts were discovered.
Workington is known for its annual football games. Uppies and downies. A specially made ball is thrown from a small bridge further up this mill stream and the young men from the town try to get the ball to their goal. Downies are from this area, associated with sailing and fishing and the Uppies are from the other end of town and more associated with the miners and steel workers. I'm sure you could find video of the easter games on you tube. We play 3 times every year at easter.
Do you have local links Linda as there are Pattons in Workington.
@@NorthernMudlarks 'xxx
Don't ever think that we all switch off when you get into the history of an object- we love it! Well I do and I am sure others do too. Another fascinating video - thank you.
just a thought on lock down. you could do a show on your family farm . i would enjoy the history of it. when was it built ? and by whom? how long have your family been there etc. i think many of your followers would be interested as well.stay safe ladies and thanks for your always upbeat and interesting adventures. best wishes from new hampshire USA.
YOU COULD POSSIBLY GIVE AWAY YOUR HOME LOCATION TO QUESTIONABLE PEOPLE. I DO NOT RECOMMEND THIS.
But they could go digging again in their own backgarden? Loved that episode (or they may have been more).
@@LanMysPage It's really NOT that big of a deal. It's easy enough to find someone's address if anyone REALLY wants to, and it's easy enough to film a house without giving away its location.
@keith hello from NH, also!😉
@@LanMysPage i never thought about that! you are correct.there are a lot of weird people out there. be safe.
The river that runs through my town was known in the early 1900s for being a source of mother of pearl for buttons! I was inspired by you two to explore the banks and sure enough I found pieces of mother of pearl! Im excited to try turning some of it into buttons
Well, some people make christmas garlands out of popcorn. You can make Button strands and ornaments for your Mudlarkers christmas tree! 🎄
That’s exactly what I was going to suggest! I have made several over the years for our Christmas trees. I use vintage heavier crochet thread and knot them on at various intervals. I love them!
And, may I ask, what are your “usual” cleaning ingredients for your bottles, especially??
@@gaycorrell9732 me too! A button garland😃
Good idea to make ornaments out of the buttons. ♥♥♥
Yeah!
I have garlands made from my grandmas buttons. They’re awesome! Wish I could send you a picture!
You two are historians and anthropologists. LOVE your channel.
This mudlark adventure was the most fun! The Reeves name on the paint pot is part of my family history.
Originally spelled Ryves , the ancestors lived in Dorset and the family crest has the Greyhound dog on it!
You could make a button quilt. Making a design of each block with your buttons.
Love the star! Came out wonderful..
That sounds like it would be amazing! xx
When you went to the Co-op, you would get a small pink strip of paper representing a (small) percentage of what you spent. This you would take home, you would then lick the back and stick it to a gummed sheet. When your sheet was full, you would take it to the Co-op and someone would tally up your dividend (divvy) which you would get paid in cash. Very exciting. This was pre-supermarkets and would buy butter, cheese, ham etc loose across a marble counter. They would wrap it up in greaseproof paper and pop it in your basket - at least my granny would. So it was cooperative in many sense of the word.
That tiny clay ball could maybe be from inside a whistle.
If you have a lot of buttons you can make them into paintings. Like using them to make trees and a beach scene
Ranee, I Love your idea so much, It would be reminiscent of jigsaw puzzle or paint by numbers painting, possibly even a Monet (button masterpiece) The buttons that broke in half while cleaning, could be used to frame it. Super Cool idea! : )
The finding of everything is interesting, but I really like the history behind some of the finds and how they relate and bring to life a part of the past that normally remains hidden to many of us.
Make very small diamond, round, rectangle, and heart shaped pillows and sew the buttons on the front using bright threads. Have lace or frill at the edges. Those would be cute.
You may not be mudlarking with the shutdown, but you have plenty of metals and glass to do DIY art and hobby project videos. Show us your recycle crafts!!❤️
A single ad for a 50 minute video doesn’t do it justice considering editing takes so long
Between the stress of grad school, my mom going through cancer, and the normal COVID/2020 madness, I cannot thank you enough for making videos. I find your videos so calming, they help so much, thank you.
The history of the cWs bottle stopper and Gibbs toothpaste was really interesting, and also the school paint pot. It's surprising what information you can find. Thank you for that and a nice poem
It may just be me, but I find the history that you guys give on the things you find extremely interesting! I'm a history buff myself, and being from the US, we don't have near the repertoire of historic items to find that you guys do. So I greatly enjoy seeing the things you find, and am very grateful for the history that you share. It's important not to lose it!
Is it wrong of me to envy your most beautiful, fun & creative mother and daughter relationship ..........
ONLY ALEX could make mudlarking in the DARK so enjoyable!!!😆😆😆💖
Oh my Gail☺️, another absolutely stunning Christmas ornament 🙌🏻.
Such treasures for your future family to hand down generation to generation. Hand made glass beads and mudlarked pieces of sea/river glass turned lovingly into treasured ornaments. Simply lovely 😍.
👋🏻 Hello Shwoo Sisters 🤭😘.
🕉️☮️Be safe and healthy during your lockdown.
That's what like about you ladies, you take a piece of junk and you turn it into beautiful art. Thank you for the video.
When I was detecting with a club in England one year, we kept track of how many buttons we found during the season. The final count was over 18,000. During older times, old clothes were sometimes used in the fields as fertilizer. Guess they didn't bother to remove the buttons.
It would make sense I suppose.I know wooled carpet was used.
Could the buttons found in the river come off during washing them in streams rivers burns ? I didn't know about clothes being used as fertiliser I found your info very interesting 🤔 I used to live in a permaculture place and we used old carpets along with soil seeds and chicken wire for living roofs , a fine adventure that worked well .I guess we could all do with recycling other things as well as ourselves .
Use two buttons as wheels of a bicycle. And wire for the bicycle. A necklace?
Gail your ornaments are amazing! Alex you should be a narrator! You bring stories to life!
Oh, I love stars and beads and shiny metal! And BUTTONS! I have loads of buttons. And only occasionally do I have a purpose for them. I have strung them on elastic cord for bracelets. Or you could pick pretty ones to act as charms on a charm bracelet. Flower shaped or pretty colors could act as flowers on an little embroidery or quilted pieced wall art. Stitch a heart shape, stuff it, and sew red or pink ones on the front for a fun Valentine's day decoration. Of course the could be ornaments on a felt Christmas tree or a Styrofoam tree. Great craft resource for kids. And who doesn't love just sitting and sorting them on a gloomy day? sort them into some of your jars.
Loved the rustic star, something very Anglo Saxon about the design. Keep safe you beautiful people.
Could you imagine if someone was close by listening to you guys ...oh look I found an arm, a little arm... lol. 😉
Make button flowers using layers of different colored buttons and wire (18-22 gauge) , then put them in your tiny bottles to display them. I also use reclaimed single earrings, broken brooches and bits and pieces to create one of a kind bouquets. Have fun. Your videos always make us smile.
I think the silver thing may be a broken absinthe spoon. They were flat and were placed over a glass and absinthe was poured over a sugar cube on the “spoon”.
I love that ‘buttonmageddon’ Greetings from North Wales 🏴
I’ve worked at a food co-op for 27 years, I’m a cheese monger and buyer. It’s a terrific place to work. I love my job! Thank you for another lovely mud lark!
We didn't know much about it's history, we have used local co-op's our entire lives. It sounds like a wonderful thing to be part of 😊 Thank you xx
In the 1950s my step grandmother found some wide gold-colored elastic, and having a huge collection of older buttons of different sizes, colors, and materials, she began to sew buttons to the elastic so close together you couldn't see the elastic; and from that she made bracelets.
I especially remember one entirely covered in red buttons, some like little rubies, glass roses, some just plastic buttons she used for fill, and a few which were like little porcelain strawberries! And she still had tins and tins of collected various buttons!
Could almost feel the cold when you put your hands in the water... glad you were well rewarded for your work! Beautiful video too, love the stories behind the finds. Stay safe warm and dry.
Thank you very much! We are defiantly starting to feel the cold now the Winter is drawing in xx
Your dedication is very admirable. Not only did you drive all that way to mudlark in the dark, I could see your hands getting red from the cold water, then you have to drive all the way home. You must be exhausted. It is a labor of love for sure and much appreciated by all of your fans and viewers!
Thank you! Yes, the driving sure wears me out, lol xx
My youngest daughter and I like to mudlark in the Conocogeague creek in Franklin County, Pennsylvania USA. It's so nice to see another mum and daughter having fun doing it over in England and Scotland. Now I want to go to Scotland to mudlark on the beach.
That was amazing. Also I literally laughed out loud when she said “Mom and I look like a couple of Creeps”.LoL absolutely loved this. Here in Ohio there’s a woman who made button art and framed it, you might be able to look that up. It would be the Werther Museum in Ohio, not sure if the city is Dover,Ohio? I would live the star ⭐️
Ernest Warther Museum in Dover, Ohio, go online you will see the house of buttons.
Jill, wouldn’t you love to have places like this in Ohio. I’m in Columbus😀
You could make button dolls, with legs and arms made from buttons , shelf sitters, or Christmas buttons angels. you can use the castings of heads.
Never thought buttons could make me smile 😊
Thankyou lovely human beings 💛💛💛your joy at finding treasures lifts my soul
Aww and thank you so much for coming along with us 😊💕
Was so nice watching you both fossiking at night in the water...
Love all the buttons.
Clever Gayle making a stunning ⭐ decoration..luv luv it
Night Mudlarking, loved it.
Stay safe Ladies.
Wow! Buttons, buttons, buttons. What to do with buttons? Decorate throw pillows and collars or cuffs on blouses, make swirly designs on sweaters, glue onto planters and vases, make earrings, bracelets, necklaces, make a Victorian, lady's button-up boot, holiday stocking, using real buttons where they would be on the boot, adding lace, ruffles and ribbon to make it fancy. I made one years ago, using very tint mother of pearl buttons my Mother found at a dump (Rattlesnake Hill) in Nevada US, back in the nineteen forties or thereabouts. It turned out beautifully and so did your beads and copper ornament, Gail. Loved your night hunt and could see very well with your light, Alex.
Perhaps arrange the buttons and some findings into a Christmas tree design or a garland?
Make a wall hanging using you buttons to make the picture...the swuus or your favorite place
That's a really great idea Tracy. I remember a lady I took care of had a Christmas tree made out of nice green fabric mounted on a white piece of fabric framed and had costume jewelry as the ornaments sewn on there that would look awesome with buttons too!
I’m pretty young and last year we made bottle cap Christmas trees. We bought some nice fabric and glued them to the bottle caps. Then we arranged them into a Christmas trees to use as a decoration! :)
Button bracelets and necklaces are very popular, especially with people who like to sew. Button art is lovely, in the style of sea glass pictures. X
The Token is an Old Fruit Machine Token. I still have some myself.
Dont get too bored in Lockdown.
Come back soon xxx
Don't worry, we have plenty of videos filmed before lockdown 😊 And we are not in lockdown here in Scotland so we have been exploring locally xx
@@NorthernMudlarks ...and you can always excavate your back yard a bit more
@@NorthernMudlarks so good to hear, you both would be sadly missed.
I loved Pan Yan Pickle and we always had a jar on the table to go with cheese. 1950's
The star is wonderful.the copper is so shiny and makes the little glass beads sparkle. Good job Gail.
I have made pictures using my Grandmother's antique buttons {like the heart shape you have them in on table) I have also seen shadow boxes with dividers filled with buttons sorted by color. Thanks for going out looking like "weeders" and sharing. Beautiful star of awesome beads.
🇬🇧 My first paintbox was a black Reeves tin with a greyhound logo. That was Christmas 1950. I loved it.
Stay safe Ladies. That ornament turned out adorable.
You could glue or sew the buttons, in any shape you like, onto canvas or other material and frame it for wall art. Or make Christmas ornaments and little button Christmas trees. Stay safe and have fun til this new lockdown is over 💜
A nice mud lark ladies!! I absolutely love Gail’s star! She is very creative!! It will look amazing on your tree! 💕🇦🇺🌻😀👍
Reminds me of as a young child my Grandmother had a tin full of buttons.I would spend hours sorting them all out each time!
Alex, you could read an old phone book out loud and I’d still be enchanted 😊
You can make lovely, simple earrings from all the buttons. For years, I’ve work various old buttons threaded onto little hoops. You are talented jewelry makers I know you could make gorgeous hoops or fish hooks that would be so cool with the little buttons.
These videos are so awesome! Love the searching and finding plus the extra crafting bits! Perfect combo. 💖💖
I love watching your many adventures and the crafts you make from your findings. The star is so cute. Your Christmas tree is going to be very special this year! I’m watching you from my mountain town of Tollhouse California in the USA. THANK YOU LADIES
I really enjoy watching your videos, thanks for sharing your adventures. The night time footage was amazing. Thanks for sharing the bits of history attached to the name or item, I appreciate learning and understanding new things. I love the star with your glass beads...just beautiful. Stay safe and have a blessed day.
As I was watching you both wading through the water in the dark, it came to mind that Alex and Gail should write a children's book about the buttons in the stream. ❤❤❤
Those buttons, if you have varied sizes, can be stacked. Start with a lage one, then to to tiny. You'll have little Christmas 🎄 made from buttons.
Thread with bakers twine of glittery string threads.
Gail that star you made was beautiful.
You have actalent in making waste into wonderful. X
Put your buttons with your needs, mix it up. Just a thought. Love your shows. Thank you ladies.
Bracelets, or sew them on vintage fabric in a shape like the heart that you’ve shaped there, or another shape, and put into a frame. Fill a bottle with buttons and use for a candle holder, make a button tree like seen on google. Make flowers out of buttons sewn on a jean jacket. Make little dish cloths and use the buttons so they can hang from cabinet handles, then you can dry your hands on them, and when they need washed, just unbutton and take down to laundry. Use for ragdoll eyes, glue buttons as drawer pulls on small doll furniture or jewelry cabinet. Make shelf angels with button legs, called button dolls, they’re legs hang off the shelf as if they are sitting on the edge of the shelf.
In the historic area of Richmond, VA in USA, I purchased a "antique button bracelet-would be pretty to do some and sell them online! I'd buy one! crrchet the buttons into a chain stitch and use a button on the end to fasten the bracelet.
I have seen lovely pillows with buttons sewd on. Thank you for sharing your love
I hate to admit it, but the first video I saw of yours, I thought “whoope, they’re picking up crap in the mud” . I then watched you make beads from some of your glass pieces. Wow! I’m hooked. I also love hearing about the history of the pieces. The star is beautiful.
My favorite things about your videos...
The adventure of finding things.
Giving the history that is found about the items found. The footage of the landscape... #Beautiful & The amazing Ma & Daughter healthy relationship bond that is shared... Thank you for sharing... 🤟🤗
So enjoyable and Gail you are a true artist. Thank you for taking us along on your adventures and sharing the history of your finds.
The Christmas ornament that Gail made is gorgeous!😍
My compliment for the music you've used! It was spot on.
Thank goodness there is only a partial lock down here in the Netherlands. Pubs and restaurants are closed, and we can have only 2 visitors a day. But all the stores are open, there is only an obligation to wear a face mask and stay 1,5 meters a part from each other.
We may go outside as much as we want, no restrictions for that.
Stay safe and healthy everybody!❤
Hi Gail & Alex, Thanks for including the social history and people behind the finds. As you say it what makes this very engaging and cool. Cheers Wendy
Thank you for your great night time button search, I really enjoyed it, you lifted my spirits. Love the copper star so beautiful. ❤️🇦🇺 xxx
River button 💡:
Make jump rings( found copper?) and thread all the buttons together into a long garland for the Christmas tree
Think of all the people inconvenienced by the loss of those buttons. The beaded star was lovely.
Nice. Nightlarking suits you guys very well. Very immersive footage, it feels as if I could get my fingers wet if I would go and touch my screen. Makes me yearn for Alba...
I just luv buttons! There’s just something about them that are beautiful!
I am watching from the Pacific Northwest USA. I am getting cold just watching you two in the river...in winter! I am enjoying watching though. Thank you!
Mudlarking at night! It had to be cold. Now that's dedication. I'm curious as to why so many buttons are present in River Derwent.
Some interesting finds. Love to hear the historical perspectives about your finds. Nice star! Thanks for a cool video Gail and Alex.
I have a vintage button bracelet, the buttons sewn on a stretch piece of material so much so you can't see the material- looks like a chunky bracelet, love looking at all the buttons. Stay safe ladies.💕
You had a good nights adventure finding so many buttons. Was good to see the eel swimming and was so quick. Love the Christmas decoration Gail made, was beautiful with your home made beads and so clever.
Thank you and keep safe
I went mudlarking near an old rubber factory the other day,found 6 amazing pieces, my favourite was a milk glass bead I found, the excitement when you find a bead :)
You two get as happy as I do whenever I find a bead. I used to live in so. California where the largest bead distributor in the USA was located. I used to go there in the middle of the night and pick up beads from the cracks in the pavement....thousands of them. It was great fun even though they were new. I prefer the old ones....of course.
Well done!!! "Well done", has not always been in my vocabulary. A few years ago, I traveled to Ireland from the states. I was there to work with preschool children. When the children would do something wonderful, I would say ,"Good Job!!!" I wondered why they would give me a puzzled look when I would say, " Good Job!!!" After a bit, they became more comfortable with me. And would tease me when I would say, Good Job!!!" They would say, " we are to young to have jobs!! lol From then on when they did something wonderful, I would say, "well done!!!" And they knew exactly what I was talking about!!! lol So I say to you again, " Well Done!!!!"
Button bouquet - you could maybe drill little holes in the plain vulcanite stopple boppers as the bases
Absolutely loved this! Well, I love them all, but muddarking gives it such a different feel and made the finds seem even more miraculous. Talking to invertebrates is something I do too so Alex greeting the worm made me very happy :) . I absolutely loved the poem by William Gibbs and shall try to find more of it. Very atmospheric. Thank you so much!
So many little creatures. That little eel would have done me in. We used to go into the streams at night to look fir Spring Peepers...little froggies. So much fun. From USA.
I used to make fabric pictures, cushion covers etc of miniature gardens, by embroidering flower stalks and leaves on fabric and using buttons as the flower centres. Then embroider flower petals around the buttons. I’ve used buttons as faces for embroidered people on canvases too.x
Your creations sound beautiful! xx
Very nice buttons you have found thank you for this amazing video I appreciate it and I hope the people who are watching this do to.
thank you xx
You are both so sweet and talented. It is a joy to watch your adventures and to see the lovely things you make.❤. I’m so glad I found your channel!☺️
Love this video. I would have been in heaven with all those buttons. I like to use them in my jewelry and on my wool appliqué. That star is absolutely beautiful! What a lovely memory to have on your tree. A keepsake that showcases your river found wire and your lovely beads from recycled beach glass. Fabulous! Have a great week!
When can we have a grande tour of all ur findings ever
That would make for a long video, haha. We would love to do something like that someday though! 😊
Could glue buttons together making flowers you can stake in flower box, pots or garden. Or make them into mosaic coasters for your cups or spoons. Or string them up to make a bead-curtain, but you will need more buttons 😆
I have my mom's button box...and I can't imagine 'how' many are in it.....since 1940's......That was my play toy, I'd run my fingers through them....... Very nice Video ..with the music....Bracelets ...Button dolls....the 'body, legs, arms ...attached to a wooden round bead. You can add hair...various colored markers for the face...and/or hair...They bend so they can sit : ) Also embroider into a picture. OR made a picture out of different colors.........That's lol all I have.!! You 'make those beads ??...Makes me want to come over the pond...!!
Thanks y’all loved it❤
There was a craze of making button necklaces you can find how tos on youtube!Pan Yan is similar to Branston pickle
One year I made little bags that hung on door knobs. On the front of the bag was a snowman and buttons for part of his suit. I love looking at thrift stores and the different older clothes and their buttons.
Fascinating ladies
Thank you I love the history & your craft
beautiful star xxx 🇮🇲🐚🌊🦷🌷🌻🌼🌹🎄🍁
Thank you Ladies ....Oh Moonlight Sonata is one of my favorite melodies 😊....
Love Gail's creativity 👏👏👏👏 Congratulations 💐
Lightly affix the buttons to card stock to make a seasons greeting card then let people put their names in for it. Draw a name and send it!
I just subscribed to your channel, and I really enjoy it. Not only do I enjoy the Mom/Daughter connection, but I also enjoy your finds, and the perfect shots of nature and animals. They are all good for my soul. Thank you.
another interesting video, very hard to imagine mad larking in the dark, and water. there seems to be no end to your talents. xx
I love your videos. I also love the way you both react to the finds. It brings me much joy to watch. God bless you both here in 2022
The water color boxes are lovely!! What a wonderful thing to see, thank you for sharing.