Big News from Busy Beaver
Lotsa of new things have been happening here at the Beaver Dam this year! Some of the biggies are that we’ve gone solar powered and brought our Button Museum collection up to 9,000 historical buttons. Not to mention we’ve been making loads of buttons and quickly! Our customers have been up to great things, and...
Christen Carter’s Ignite Talk at ORD Camp 2012
This past January, I had the honor of sharing an Ignite talk with fellow ORD Campers about things I learned from starting the Button Museum. Hope you like the show: Because of the museum I learned bits of history I never knew about, like the parting words to Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin by fellow...
Happy Cog Buttons Up
Check out these cool custom 1-inch round buttons packs recently ordered by Greg Storey, president of Happy Cog: I liked the packs so much I decided to send him a quick email to ask him about his project. Here’s what he had to say: What do you hope these buttons will do? I hope they’ll...
Plural: Busy Beaver’s New Neighbors
We have a new neighbor upstairs from the beaver dam! They call themselves Plural. They’re an inspired design company and a fan a buttons. In fact, they’ve already placed an order with us. Check out a sample of the buttons they created for the Society of Typographic Arts: You can check out their other beautiful...
The Two McKinleys
Our in-house designer mocked up this lovely jugate button to feature the two McKinleys, past and present. William McKinley on the left was the US president from 1896, the year buttons were invented and first used in Presidential campaigns. He fought in the Civil War, became a lawyer, then started running for political office in Ohio...
Busy Beaver Building Center Buttons Up!
Beavers are industrious! Check out these custom 3-inch buttons we recently made for our beaver friends, Busy Beaver Building Center. Busy Beaver Building Center is our neighbor on the internet— we sometimes get messages for them and they get some for us. They have several shops around Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia but it all...
Puppet Maker and Busy Beaver, abbeychristine!
You may know Abbey as the friendly voice on the other end of the phone here at the Beaver Dam, but she also spends her time crafting these very cool finger puppets of her favorite pop culture heroes. Abbey has been a long-time customer, ordering buttons for years before becoming an official Busy Beaver, so...
The Charleston and Their New Button-o-Matic
Do you like music, fun and a little coin-op? There’s a little nook in the back of the Charleston where you’ll find a Busy Beaver Button-o-Matic gently lit by a photo booth – use the buttons as props (and send us pictures, please) or play this fun game – see how many you can buy as...
Button Museum’s Most Prized Pre-Button!
As of now, this is The Busy Beaver Button Museum’s crown jewel! A 1864 Abraham Lincoln wearable photo with a beautiful brass ring. What’s remarkable is that it’s over 30 years older than the patent for pin-back button but it’s so button-like with it’s locking pin on the back.
