The Button Blog - American Button Machines

American Button Machines is proud to announce we are now offering Free Button Making Software with the purchase of any pinback buttons from our website!                                       You will receive a month long free membership to our Build-A-Button 5.1 (or higher) button maker software with purchases of 1,000 button sets or more in the same size, on the same transaction. If you are working on a smaller project, don’t be discouraged. We will still give you a full week’s membership if you order 250...

Why does my button have rust on it?  This question comes up more often as the weather begins to warm up and humidity begins to rise.  You remember you have a great stash of super cute buttons that you put away at the end of last Summer and you run to get them out of the back of the closet only to find those perfect tropical beach designs have a few unexpected polka dots.  Although it's a little too late for that group, you can absolutely prevent it from happening to the rest! Moisture, any kind of moisture, is the mortal...

Learn how to use the Mail Merge (CSV FILE)  function for your button designs using the Build-a-Button Online Design Center.  

What can I make with a button maker?  This is an age old question with a multitude of answers.  Maybe a better question would be what can't I make with a button maker?   The size of button maker you decide on will be the real determining factor in the true answer to this question.  The two questions go hand in hand when starting your button making adventure and to help you solve the first part of the riddle take a look at our recent article "What Size Buttons Should I Make".  Once you've settled on a size, you'll notice some sizes have more...

What size buttons should I make?   What size button is the most popular?  Whichever way you phrase it, these are the first questions you start asking yourself when you decide to make buttons and one of the most important.  Luckily, Ask ABM is here to help! One of the first factors to consider is your budget.  Equipment cost is identical among the smaller sizes but starting at 3" and larger, it changes.  There is also the consideration of materials cost.  Supplies vary in price according to size and of course larger parts are heavier and bulkier to ship so remember to...