The Button Blog - American Button Machines

This video, created and provided by American Button Machines, shows you how to use a button machine to make a custom DIY pinback badge button.

An adjustable rotary cutter is an important tool for anyone looking to make custom pinback buttons with their own button maker. With a rotary cutter, a tremendous amount of time is saved in preparing the necessary button making supplies.

It is the final week of February and you know what that means...at least for all the sports fans out there: March Madness 2010 is just around the corner. Even if you are not an avid sports fan, you undoubtedly are familiar with March Madness. This is the term used to describe the month-long process of conference tournaments and then the 65-team national tournament that ultimately results in the crowning of a single champion in mens college basketball. It has been estimated that this yearly event costs businesses billions of dollars in lost productivity as employees research matchups to fill...

What is the best friend of a button maker? We suppose that is a difficult question to answer, with many possibilities. Some people might say that their button machine wins the prize, while others might say that there would be no prize without button supplies. But, just for your eyes, is another opinion for you to surmise... Maybe the circle cutter - yes, the circle cutter - is actually a button maker's best friend.

This particular blog post idea comes from Etsy, where an enterprising craft enthusiast has provided us all with a unique means of generating extra revenue by selling ready-to-print button graphics.