Buttons Help Save The Historic Prentice Building
Check out the custom buttons which Save Prentice Coalition is using to help their campaign to protect a historic Chicago building from demolition: Designed by renowned Chicago architect Bertrand Goldberg and completed in 1975, the Prentice Women’s Hospital is on the Preservation Chicago’s 7 Most Threatened list. This building has a cloverleaf shape which rises...
Welcome Natalie!
Welcome the newest Busy Beaver— Natalie Peeples! Natalie comes to us from the great state of Alabama and is our new designer on staff. We knew she’d be a great addition to the Beaver Dam once we saw these button designs in her portfolio: Natalie is the new head of Design Services at Busy Beaver,...
Farewell Erik
A fond farewell to long time Busy Beaver, Erik Harms. After five years of service at the Beaver Dam, Mr. Harms is off to explore the Land of 10,000 Lakes. Congrats, Minneapolis, you’re getting one helluva designer coming your way. Here are some of Erik’s greatest hits: To see Erik Harms’ full portfolio, go to...
Saturday: Obscura Day at Busy Beaver
See this button and thousands more this Saturday as the Busy Beaver Button Museum opens its doors again for Obscura Day, the “international celebration of unusual places” created by Atlas Obscura. For just $8, you will be given a guided tour, get to make a button, and receive additional buttons and a display to start...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Have You Tried Speckletone?
Our 100% recycled Speckletone paper from French Paper Co is back for a limited time— have you ordered yet? Available in all button sizes, Speckletone is an off-white paper with visible flecks of wood— the perfect earthy look for your custom button design! Order your 100% recycled paper buttons while supplies last! Shop now at...
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.
Special Edition Buttons: Record Store Day 2012
This Saturday is Record Store Day and to celebrate we are releasing these limited edition 1-inch buttons. The artwork is based on the designs we created for Record Store Day 2011. These buttons will be tricked out in our Cosmic finish and will be available via Button-O-Matic at Saki and a few other surprise locations...
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...
