Golden Button Award Winner Packs
The prize packages for our the 1st Annual Golden Button Award winners went out the other day and we just had to share. Included in each was a fancy foil-stamped prize ribbon topped with a ”golden” version of the winner’s button artwork. Also included in the packages were these shiny 24-karat gold “I’m a Golden Button...
Super Comics, Super Buttons
Check out these super well designed button packs for web comic extraordinaire, Ian Jay Super Comics. Ian’s been making his super comics since 2005, and all that practice seems to have translated to mad button-making skills, too. The packs will be for sale at comic book conventions throughout the summer, so look for Ian Jay and his...
Cute Button Alert: Misala Handmade
Michelle from Misala Handmade was the lucky winner of a giveaway we ran over on the Pikaland blog a few weeks back and were were super excited to see her button designs come through the other day— talk about adorable! Probably the only thing cuter than her buttons are Michelle’s handmade change purses and bags...
Black History in the Button Museum
As Black History Month draws to a close, we searched the Busy Beaver Button Museum archives for some of our favorite buttons celebrating important African Americans. Highlights include: 1. Harold Washington – The first black mayor of Chicago, Harold Washington served for four years before his death while in office. Washington worked to establish Chicago...
Golden Button Awards: Brooklyn Brewery
Brooklyn Brewery was the natural choice for the “Most Likely to Get a Button Party Started” Award. In addition to being awesome button customers, they were also nice enough to donate a boat-load of beer to our Superhero! Button-O-Matic Release Party back in September. There are few things that make a factory full of beavers...
Golden Button Awards: Penrose Academy
Penrose Academy (formerly Kohler Academy) was one of our most frequent button customers in 2011. Like clockwork, their button orders came in every couple of weeks displaying a steady stream of new and chuckle-inducing designs. Given that, they were the obvious choice for the 2011 “A Button for Everything Award”. Creative Director Burt Kohler and...
Golden Button Awards: NDSU Alumni Association
Though we love all of our school and university button customers, there was really no contest when it came to choosing who would win this year’s “School Spirit” award. When it comes to buttons and school pride, the North Dakota State University Alumni Association is a button superstar. Who knew that bison looked so darn...
Golden Button Awards: One Book, One Chicago
Winner of the “Most Mysterious Buttons” award, One Book, One Chicago used their buttons to pique the interest of library-goers before the release of last year’s book selection. The buttons were available via Button-O-Matic machines at two branches of the Chicago Public Library and provided a clue to the title of the fall 2011 book, The...
Golden Button Awards: Fangamer
Fangamer is this year’s winner of the “High Score Award” and it’s no wonder— they made 43,932 buttons in 2011 year alone! Check ‘em out: Wow, that’s a whole lotta buttons! Thanks to Fangamer for spreading the button love in mass quantities.
Golden Button Awards: Ravelry
When it comes to clever wordplay, our friends over at Ravelry have the market cornered. That’s why they were the hands-down winner for this year’s Golden Button award for “Pun-iest Button” of 2011. While the “daily dose of fiber” design pictured above is a world-class pun for a website community devoted to knit and crochet...
Golden Button Awards: WordPress
Winner of this year’s Golden Button award for “Most Blog-Worthy Buttons” is WordPress. A natural choice, sure, but we really love their simple, direct design and lovely color choices. Plus, the WordPress folks are clearly button fans, too— just check out their Wordcamp Planning website banner. Pretty swell, eh? Thanks to WordPress for helping spread the...
Golden Button Awards: Wisconsin Film Festival
The folks at the Wisconsin Film Festival love their buttons! In fact, a few years back, the festival changed their name badges to shoelace-style lanyards because volunteers and attendees wanted wider lanyards to show off their button collections. In 2011, the festival gave away 8,000 1-inch buttons. Meg Hamel, director of the fest, said of...
