TSBS Annual Spring Show & Sale
TSBS 2024
Annual Spring Show & Sale
April 12-14, 2024
Open to public: April 13 (Saturday) – April 14 (Sunday)
Admission $5
1749 Scott Blvd., Temple, TX 76504
Hotel phone: 254-773-0200
Host: Big “D” Button Club
“Passport to Paris”
Friday, April 12 “Bonjour“
10 AM – 6 PM: Dearler Set-up
10 AM – 4 PM Registration
12 PM – 1 PM: Tray check-in (Competition and Educational trays)
1 PM – 6 PM: Judging
7 PM – 9 PM: Cocktails and showroom shopping for members.
Saturday, April 13
8 AM – 9: 30 AM: Executive Board Meeting
9:30 AM – 5 PM: Showroom open to public
7:30 PM to 8:30 PM: Program by Carol Soloman “History of France via Buttons“
Sunday, April 14
8 AM – 9:30 AM: Awards Breakfast, Membership Meeting and Favor Button
9:30 AM – 2 PM Showroom open to public
2 PM: Tray Checkout
3 PM: Show closes “Au Revoir“
Hotel Reservation: 254-773-0200. Ask for TSBS room rate $140, apply for Thur (April 11) – Sat (April 13). To receive TSBS rate, register by 3/13/2024.
Dealer Tables: Submit reservation form (in TSBS newsletter or print the “Dealer Signup Form” below). Cost is $50/table. Deadline for registration is 3/15/2024.
Silent Auction: Please donate buttons or button related items to Reid Barnhart or drop off during early registration.
Award Breakfast, Membership Meeting & Favor Buttons: Please reserve your place and favor button with the form in TSBS newsletter and make check payable to TSBS. Deadline for registration is 3/15/2024.
2024 Competition Trays: 2024 awards list is mailed in TSBS newsletter or click the link button below to view or download.
Educational Display: “French Fashion” Please bring your favorite “fashion” button(s) mounted in a creative display to show and educate our visitors and members.
2025 TSBS Awards submission due February 15, 2024
“Why do we need to submit an award a year ahead?” – It is time to submit competition awards for the 2025 TSBS Awards. We gather the awards ahead of time so that we can receive a list of awards when we arrive at the 2024 TSBS Spring Show & Sale. That allows members to learn and prepare for the coming year’s competition. And it allows our button dealers to bring buttons that are on topic.
” There are never any awards for the kind of buttons that I am interested … ” – You need to write that award!
“I have never submitted an award before…” – Ask a member of your club or any of the officers of the society to help you. Our award chair, Karen Perry, is always willing to help you to get the wording just right.
“Has my club written awards to submit?” – Perhaps you can.
How to Write An Award?
Award Q & A Disscussion Board
Submit your questions/answers for TSBS Awards to tsbswebmaster@gmail.com
Questions, answers and discussions will be posted in this discussion board.
Check out “EVENT GALLERY – 2023 Spring Show “Button Safari“. It is fun to learn about Safari and Safari animals. We are inspired to appreicate and preserve the natural world and its representation in button art and history.
Hope to see you at TSBS Annual Spring Show and TSBS Fall Workshop.
TSBS Annual Spring Show
- Competition tray displays: Awards competition offers opportunities for members to compete using their collections, knowledge and ingenuity. Specific themes for the competitions are designed and sponsored by TSBS clubs and members following guidelines from the National Button Society “Blue Book”. The competition tray displays are an amazing way to be inspired by members’ collections and creativity.
- Educational display: This is a special and informative way to appreciate the forgotten beauty and history of buttons, supported by TSBS members.
- Button market: A unique opportunity to see, buy or sell buttons of all kinds, many costing from just a few cents and some as much as a few hundred dollars. The thousands of buttons offered are of incredible variety and never cease to surprise and amaze.
- Silent auction: Make bids on your favorite donated items! All proceeds help sustain our non-profit society.
- Educational program: This presentation is always a highlight of the show.
- Kid’s activities: Our junior activity officer hosts a fun crafting event for the younger members and visitors.
- Favor button: Our Spring Show offers a special button designed and made to a specific theme by a studio artist as a souvenir of the show.