The Button Blog - American Button Machines — Button Making

People are always asking us is it really that easy to make a pinback button? The quick answer is, absolutely! The next question is, where can I get free button making software? The most challenging thing to accomplish when making a button is designing the artwork, everything else is a piece of cake! If you want to design a pinback button on a computer, then you need some sort of graphic design software. People are always looking for free button making software that works well and is simple to use. Update: Speaking of button making software that works well and is simple to use,...

Today, we are highlighting Open Office (program that you can download for free from OpenOffice.org) and making the creation of button graphics easy with a video tutorial and templates.

The video that you see in this post takes you through the process for creating a 2.25" image that can be used for making a 2.25" button.

Hello! My name is Jill Hamilton-Krawczyk. I live in an eclectic little house in Michigan with my husband and our mischievously adorable black pug named Buddha. By day, I am the graphic designer at a small university. By night, I design and create pinback buttons. My button designs vary greatly – funny and whimsical, sarcastic and serene, animals and quotes, cameras, pets and much more. I have created countless custom buttons and I offer wholesale pricing for large quantities. I use only professional button machines and quality button parts to make all my items.

On NPR.org, they have chosen to use political campaign buttons of recently deceased U.S. Senator Edward M. Kennedy to encapsulate his life. This is just one of thousands of ways that you to can use buttons in your own life.