Uncle Sam and Hitler
There is a very unique interactive button on ebay. The button features Uncle Sam pulling down on a rope. Unfortunately, Uncle Sam needs your help pulling the rope. When you pull the rope, Adolf Hitler is revealed.
Currently there are no bids on this auction and the price is $75.
Lumberjack Days Button Revealed
Story via TwinCities.com
Lumberjack Days is an annual event held in Stillwater, Minnesota. This year the event is July 23-27.
There is a treasure hunt with a $1,000 prize. But, in order to win the prize, you must be wearing a button. The $3 button was designed by Ben Alpert, a student at the University of Minnesota.
Buttons on the cover of Wired Magazine
The July issue of Wired Magazine has a few buttons on the cover.
The buttons say “I’m a Red-Hot Republican,” “Kiss Me I’m a Democrat”, and “Watch Out Vote”.
Decorate Your Bathroom with Toilet Paper Buttons
In a previous post I gave readers an idea to use the button display case as a bathroom decoration.
If you can’t make buttons yourself, you may want to just buy some toilet paper buttons from Buttonhead over at Etsy. The buttons are $1.50.
Buy the case for $45, buy the buttons for $15, and you have some pretty cool bathroom art for $60.
Unique Theodore Roosevelt Button
There is a unique Theodore Roosevelt button for sale on ebay. It’s not your typical round button. It features a mechanical mouth that opens up at the bottom.
There is quite a bit of interest in this little button. With less than a day left in the auction, the bidding is up to over $800.
4th of July Buttons - Flag, Patriotic, Red, White, and Blue
Happy Independence Day,
There are over 300 hundred, Fourth of July Buttons on Zazzle. A search for Fourth of July buttons on CafePress returns more than 2,000 results.
There aren’t a lot of buttons over at Etsy specifically for the 4th of July, but Koolbadges has 1″ buttons below for sale.
American Patriotic Buttons - ButtonStore.com
Partriotic - Badges of Honour
Button Graphic Creator for Photoshop
Today, I’m releasing a great little file in Photoshop that was created for my company over a year ago.
This file will allow you to easily import a graphic and Photoshop magically turns that graphic into a button. Take a look at the results below. The first file is the graphic imported into the file, and the second file is the completed button.
The completed graphic:
Here is another button created:
If you are familiar with Photoshop, then this will be very easy for you.
Go to “File” and select “Place”. Select the file you want to import. Once the file is imported, you can move it around, scale it, etc. Press “enter” to place the photo.
If you graphic is not automatically in the group that says “Place photo in here”, then drag it into that group. I’ve illustrated that below. If the graphic is not visible when placed in the group, make sure you either 1) place the graphic above “button-biz-graphic” or de-select the “eye” to left of “button-biz-graphic” and make sure the “eye” is selected next to the graphic just imported.
This is going to be very valuable to people making their own buttons.
Very Cool Button Display Case on Etsy
A seller over at Etsy has some very nice looking display cases for buttons. They are probably the nicest display cases I’ve ever seen for buttons. If you have a lot of buttons, this would be a great way to show them off. If you are looking for some ideas on how to use this case in your home, scroll down to the bottom of this post. The seller is named “buttoncollective” and they also have their own website.
The case below holds ten 1″ buttons. You can hang the board vertically or horizontally. It can be yours for only $45.
You can also buy a square case in multiple colors. The case below is $35. The company also has a case that holds one hundred buttons for $100.
Ideas on how to used this case in your home:
It would really help if you have your own button maker for the ideas below.
Idea 1: Since today is the 4th of July, you could show your patriotism by purchasing three of the long cases. Hang the cases next to each other and fill each case with a solid color button (red, white, and blue).
Idea 2: Hang a case in your bathroom. Fill the case with illustrations of bathroom products (toilet paper, toothbrush, cue-tip, etc.). If you are artsy, you can create the graphics yourself, or you can buy some art over at istockphoto.
Idea 3: Display today’s date with a button case. Get rid of that lame thing on your desktop that makes you tear off a sheet of paper to display today’s date. Just get some buttons that have numbers on them. On the case, just put 07 04 08 and you have today’s date. Plus, you’ve just saved the environment by eliminating that wasted paper. If you don’t have a button machine, you can get custom number and letter buttons from Pinsetter.
Do you have an idea? Just post it in the comments section.
Buttons for fans of the Nintendo DS
If you are a fan of the Nintendo DS, you can show your support by sporting some buttons.
DS Buttons offers 10 different buttons. You can order 5 buttons for $9 (which includes shipping). The buttons are 1.25″.
Spell Words With Buttons
Pinsetter™ let’s you spell with buttons. Just visit the website, enter the word you want to spell, and you’re given the option to buy those letters. Each button/letter is $1 and shipping is $1. So, if the word (or words) you want to spell has 6 letters, then your cost is $7.
If you aren’t sure what you want to spell, consider the “Spelling Set” which includes
two each of A-Z and 0-9 plus one more of each of these letters: ETAOINSHRDL and of course, +, ?, ! and the red heart
