The Button Blog - American Button Machines

Greetings Button Makers! We have some oh so exciting news to share today and can hardly contain ourselves.  Over the last several months we’ve been analyzing your survey answers, emailed comments and online reviews.  All of our research led us to the conclusion that a NEW WEBSITE is in order. So out with the old and in with the new! We are hard at work putting the finishing touches on our new site and intend to launch somewhere between December 18th and 27th.  Once we flip the switch, our site will be unavailable for 24-48 hours. So if you need any button...

Due to an ice storm, American Button Machines is closed today. Please visit our website at www.AmericanButtonMachines.com to place orders online. We anticipate UPS to resume their normal shipping operations on Monday. Have a happy and safe weekend! By Brighid Brown, Director of Blogging and All Things Cool at ABM

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...

Happy National Button Day! I bet you didn’t realize – in the midst of your Thanksgiving Day preparations and early Christmas shopping – another important holiday had snuck up on you. But it has. Yes, every November 16th is indeed our national day of making, celebrating and enjoying the wonderful world of buttons. And of course you just know that we cannot let an important day like this go by without recognizing it and providing a few suggestions for how to celebrate. Suggestions for celebrating National Button Day: 1. Check out the ABM Design Marketplace: We’ve partnered with artists from...

Greetings Button Makers! American Button Machines is proud to announce the upcoming launch of our new and improved website. We have been hard at work updating the look, adding cool new features and expanding our product offerings. As part of the update we’ve revamped our lineup of Pendant Specials. Each Pendant System Special & Machine Pendant Special now comes with 5 Magneta-Snap pendants and 5 Ceramic Magnets. So, if you’ve been contemplating a venture into the 1” market, the Professional System Pendant Special is a great way to get started. The best part is you can take advantage of these...