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American Button Machines is proud to say we are made in the USA so it is only fitting that we celebrate the 4th of July in grand style with something we have never offered before! We are giving you the opportunity to win 1 full year of our Build-a-Button 5.0 Design Center (valued at $82.95) and 500 ABM Bonus Reward Points you can use for a $10 savings!  Not only will the winner receive 2 awesome prizes but you will have total bragging rights as our All American Button Maker of the Month! All you have to do is create...

Each month here at American Button Machines we look for a button maker that exemplifies the ABM spirit and in March, we want to honor Jen Nold and her FRC Robotics Team 48.  Jen started with a 1" button machine from ABM to make buttons for her FRC Robotics Team.  FIRST Robotics Competitions are an international high school robotics competition where each year, teams of high school students and their mentors work during a six-week period to build game-playing robots and compete with other teams. Not only do they create fantastic robots, they are known for their amazing buttons!  Attend any FIRST event and...

What could be better than using an American Button Machine to spread happiness and smiles?  Using one to spread happiness, smiles AND encourage young children to read!  Teri Mattsen of Seattle, WA volunteers at a couple of the most underprivileged schools in her area and wanted to create a way to bring fun and excitement to the community while teaching the children to love reading.  So, she enlisted the help of a buddy, came up with an ingenious plan and just like that, 2 Button Monkeys was born!   First, they asked a class from each of the schools they volunteer...

Here at ABM we know we are the luckiest group in the universe to have the most creative and amazing customers known to humanity and our first Button Maker of the Month for 2017 is a shining example of that awesomeness!  Robby Fischer of Dogtown Studio exudes creativity and it only takes a quick glimpse to see that originality flows easily from his imagination.  Within mere seconds of the start of his video submission we knew there was no doubt – we had a winner!        Based in Grand Rapids, MI, Robby is the owner of Dogtown Studio...

  It's official. November, the hairiest month of the year, has arrived once again. That time of year when men let their hair down to help raise awareness for ‘men things’. Brave men all across the nation donate their clean shaven faces and trade them in at the end of the month for a rugged, manly mustache to raise awareness for men's health issues. Well, we see you men, and we applaud your manly ways. This month, ABM celebrates you and your manly ways. We have created a very manly Movember deal for the manliest men we know! Right now...