1908 Campaign Button Display
Check out this unique photo button display from the 1908 presidential campaign: Approximately 6×4 inches, this GOP elephant figurine was made of cast iron with a spot to display at 2.25-inch button. This collectible was recently sold on the Hake’s auction website minus its mate, a cast iron donkey displaying the photo button of Taft’s opponent,...
We Want Beer! Button Preview
In preparation for the upcoming We Want Beer event on May 23 we here at the Beaver Dam have been busy pulling all of the great beer buttons from the Button Museum archive. Check out these two beautiful buttons from Van Nostrand’s Bunker Hill Brewery: These buttons look to be from 1896, the same year...
Keyboard Cat for President 2012
Ask not what you can do for your country. Ask what Keyboard Cat can do for YOU! Check out these 3-inch campaign buttons recently ordered to promote Keyboard Cat’s bid for president: And it’s not just buttons, Keyboard Cat is running campaign ads (Paid for by Friends of Keyboard Cat): In 2012, we need a...
Half Acre Beer Company Buttons Up
Check out the custom 1-inch buttons Half Acre Beer Company recently ordered for their Button-O-Matic: From top left, clockwise, the beers represented are: Big Hugs, Double Daisy Cutter, Ambrosia, Double Daisy Cutter, and Dripping. Trent Holten, the Retail Director at Half Acre, said of the buttons, “We chose buttons because they’re both a classy and...
Coming Soon: Solar Powered Buttons!
That’s right— soon all Busy Beaver buttons will be solar powered! With help from the folks at Solar Service, we plan to have a roof full of solar panels up and running by July. The solar panels are just the latest green initiative at Busy Beaver. Every custom button is made from recycled steel in...
Wisconsin Film Festival Buttons, 2012 Edition
The Wisconsin Film Festival begins today in Madison. And with the start of the festival comes the unveiling of their yearly limited edition 1-inch buttons. Check them out: The fest has a long tradition of custom buttons and great button artwork, but my personal faves are these rooster buttons from 2009.
HOW Magazine Features Busy Beaver
As a former magazine designer, I was psyched to see Busy Beaver Button Co. featured in the May 2012 Issue of HOW’s Sidelines column (on newsstands now!). And to accompany the print article, HOW also featured an online piece: “Designing Buttons: 8 Tips from Busy Beaver”: My tip to button designers? Buy early and often....
Playbutton Sales Support Northeastern Japan
Check out the newest product from Busy Beaver pals Playbutton: All profits from the sale of this wearable MP3 player will be donated to the Kishin No Kai association via Japonaide to help the ongoing post tsunami cleanup efforts in Japan. For only thirty bucks, you can support the residents in the Tôhoku region and...
St. Patrick’s Day Buttons (part 5)
Tomorrow is St. Patrick’s Day! As long as they have Bailey’s and Guinness, I’ll be supporting my local tavern. How ’bout you?
St. Patrick’s Day Buttons (part 4)
Check out one of the Busy Beaver Button Museum‘s most recent entries: I love the addition of the orange and green ribbon. I would proudly wear this button!
St. Patrick’s Day Buttons (part 3)
Check out the beautiful shamrock pattern on this vintage button once produced by American Greetings: A little bit o’ history: the shamrock was once used by St. Patrick to explain the Holy Trinity, but since the 18th century it has been the symbol of Ireland itself.
