The Button Blog - American Button Machines

It's official. The hairiest month of the year is officially upon us. It's the time of year when men can be men to raise awareness for men things. Brave men donate their clean shaven faces and trade them in for a rugged manly mustache at the end of the month to raise awareness for men's health issues. Well, we see you men, and applaud your manly ways. Just for you we would like to give you a manly Movember deal to the manliest man we know, you. Right now if you buy any quantity of  2.25” Bottle Opener sets you will get a dollar off the purchase price,...

Looking for cheap button shipping to Canada? ABM can help with that. ABM's Button Machines, made of industrial grade steel, and bulk button parts are heavy. So, especially when shipping internationally, we always look for the most cost effective method for our customers. For some that will be with UPS; other times USPS makes more economic sense. Flat rate boxes from the postal service are great! And we use them a lot. But, sadly, not every order qualifies for flat rate mailing.  Flat rate boxes come with weight restrictions and they're not very big. And even if an order fits...

Crimping Issues 101 Are crimping issues making your buttons ugly? Do you have bubbles under the Mylar? Or, is the Mylar pulling away from the edge of the button? Well, today you will learn what causes and, more importantly, how to solve these particular crimping issues. As I mentioned earlier regarding printing buttons using a laser printer, I have for you not one but two ingenious solutions. That’s right. I said two solutions to one problem. At ABM we’re all about choices. When printing graphics from a laser printer you’ll need to be aware this may lead to some crimping...

Patriotic Memorial Day Buttons Memorial Day is fast approaching. I don’t know about you, but for me, Memorial Day signifies that summer has begun. Yes, I know technically speaking summer officially begins in June. But with Memorial Day come parades, festivals, cookouts and family reunions. And don’t those events practically shout “SUMMER IS HERE!!”? And don't those events beg for Memorial Day Buttons? [caption id="attachment_340957" align="alignright" width="300"] Busy Beaver Buttons Photo Bottle Opener[/caption] [caption id="attachment_340961" align="alignleft" width="300"] Patriotic Nametags from Oriental Trading[/caption] Who doesn’t love a cookout? And what does every cookout need? Bottle openers and coasters, of course. There...

Spring Clearance Sale Continues at ABM Last week, in honor of the Spring sneason (a term I coined myself – feel free to use it as your own), ABM launched a Spring Clearance Sale. We're practically giving away our foldable purse hangers and the response has been tremendous! We thank you for helping clear some space on our shelves. As a gesture of appreciation we’re going to do it again. This time with Mini Split Key Ring Sets priced so low even I can’t believe it.   [caption id="attachment_17099" align="alignleft" width="150"] 1" Mini Split Key Ring[/caption] Here’s a quick sneak...