Tonight! The Snackpot Launch Party
Join The Snackpot tonight at Schuba’s for the official launch of their pop culture and snack review website. Guests can enjoy free beer from 7pm-9pm and complementary snacks courtesy of Top Chef’s Chuy Valencia, Pop Chips, and Pretzel Chips. And, if you’re lucky, you might even snag a 1-inch button printed with The Snackpot’s flying...
Characters with Canes (Part 5)
Charlie Chaplin’s “little tramp” character is quite possibly the most famous character with a cane. In the 1980s, IBM used the likeness of Chaplin to sell their personal computers. This IBM campaign sought to warm up its corporate image and show how easy the computer was to use.For more characters with canes buttons, check out...
Characters with Canes (Part 4)
For our latest edition of the Characters with Canes series, we have Mr. Pikle. This button from the 1940s extols one of the virtues of eating pickles; as the button states, “Pikle-Rite Keeps Your Weight Right”.Did you know that a former Busy Beaver now owns his own pickle company? Yep, former button maker Tom Perkins...
These Buttons are Kind Of Blue
Kind Of Blue is a new monthly comedy showcase, hosted by Busy Beaver Button Co’s own shipping guy and resident stand-up comedian, Nicholas Rouley. The showcase will feature Chicago’s finest up-and-coming stand-up comics. He made some classy 1-inch metallic buttons (with a little help from Busy Beaver’s Design Service) for attendees of the first showcase, taking place...
Characters with Canes Buttons (Part 2)
In part 2 of the Busy Beaver Button Museum characters with canes series, we find Mr. Peanut. This classy character was created in 1916 by a fourteen year-old schoolboy in a contest to create a new company logo for Planters peanuts. An artist later added the finishing touches including spats, a top hat, monocle, and...
Characters with Canes Buttons (Part 1)
As the Busy Beaver Button Museum grows, new categories are born. It turns out we have enough illustrated characters holding canes to create a new category! This charming button from the early 1900′s features a character with a tomato head, pickle body, and green bean arms and legs. One of the green bean arms is...
Thinking Inside the Oval
Sometimes it’s a natural fit, but other times the oval button can present a challenge for button designers. This early 1900s button is a prime example of the creative use of the oval design. The top of the barrel has open space for promotional information and the stock artwork template is a detailed illustration of...
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...
Girl Geeks Button Up!
Check out these custom 3-inch buttons for the Bay Area Girl Geek Dinner sponsored by Palantir: The dinners offer women in the technology industry an opportunity to network and check out interactive demos from the sponsoring companies like Yahoo!, Polyvore, and Google. If you’re a geeky gal in the Bay Area, be sure to check...
Poetry Foundation Buttons Up for Open House
The Poetry Foundation has been ordering their famous Eric Gill Pegasus buttons from Busy Beaver for almost a decade. Not only are the folks at the Poetry Foundation one of Busy Beaver‘s oldest clients, they are also some of the most innovative. In 2010, they commissioned us to create custom 2.25-inch buttons using salvaged letterpress...
Weekend Button Up
So many buttons, so little time! Our list of the can’t-miss button events for this weekend: Button Up in Brooklyn The DIY Business Association Conference hits Brooklyn this Sunday, June 26. Created by Amy Schroeder, founder of Venus Zine magazine, and with guests speakers including Grace Bonney of Design*Sponge and Susan Gregg Koger of ModCloth.com,...
