The Button Blog - American Button Machines — Customer Spotlight

Why Fund Raising with Buttons is a Fantastic Idea On more than one occasion I might have stated that buttons offer a wide variety of promotional opportunities. Our customers use them as name tags, business cards, souvenirs… you name it. Today I share with you a button idea for a cause near and dear to my heart - animal rescue. LiFeline Adoptions is a NYS Not for Profit cat rescue that focuses on finding homes for special needs or hard to place kitties. In order to provide the necessary services such as vetting, food, litter and related expenses, LiFeline does...

A Free Button Maker Contest Update We've had several requests for a "Free Button Maker Contest Update". First, let me say thank you one and all who have submitted reviews so far. ABM truly appreciates your comments. To date we have received close to 50 verified reviews. That is super! At this rate we’ll meet the quota and then some. We are so fortunate to have such great customers as yourselves. Here are a few snippets of some of the reviews we’ve received thus far. Of the 2.25” Professional Kit, Heather had this to say, “I purchased the kit and...

Good Puns (on buttons) are their own Reword Puns on buttons are a sure way to get laughs and perhaps start a conversation.  Giving you the opportunity to make a new friend.  I think most people love a good pun. And, in my opinion, the best are the kind that make you roll your eyes (in the way generally reserved for teenagers) and shake your head silently while grinning ear to ear. Those that leave you simultaneously asking for more and begging the punner to quit pun-ishing you. Knee-slappers, groaners… you know what I mean. And when it’s a visual...

Decorating the Christmas tree is a time-honored tradition much-loved by countless families across America and throughout the world. It is a wonderful experience to share with the entire family and brightens up houses for the entire month of December. Over the years we’ve heard from many of you who wanted to make Christmas ornaments but were stumped as to how to achieve a useable, but pretty, end product. Ever aspiring to offer our customers innovative solutions, the wonderfully creative staff here at ABM has designed 2.25” and 3” Christmas Ornament Sets. These sets include all the components needed to make...

A couple months ago the crafty Jennifer Null of Technicolor Moments had a chance to stop by the fabulous SpaceCraft Studios in Charleston, South Carolina, to make a few pinback buttons with the help of owner Allison Merrick. For those of you unfamiliar with SpaceCraft, it combines a workroom studio and retail shop in one space. The workroom has all the necessary tools and materials needed to make a variety of craft projects – including a 1” button machine and circle cutter from American Button Machines. Jennifer is a lover of pincback buttons (who isn’t?) and is excited to use...