The Button Blog - American Button Machines

Battling mental illnesses including ADHD, depression and bi-polar disorder can be a crippling struggle but with the ingenious program developed by Anime for Humanity, you do not have to fight the battle alone.   Buttons for Change and ABM are honored to partner with Anime for Humanity to help bring awareness to mental illness and hope to those who are struggling. Their mission statement is elegantly simple, yet stunningly powerful: "Our mission is about so much more than just raising awareness about mental health. We believe that Anime, Cosplay and Video Games give us an opportunity to move people from silence to conversation, from isolation to community, from...

School's out for the Summer and opportunities for fun abound but sadly, sometimes that fun requires money.  The biggest decision when your new found freedom starts is "what am I going to do today?" but that can quickly become overshadowed by "how am I going to pay for that fun?"  Never fear!  ABM is here to once again save the day!  Everyone loves to have fun and if you can do something fun AND get paid for it, that is nothing short of utopian.  As anyone who has ever made a button can tell you, it is definitely fun and you...

Where can I find button making instructions?  How do you make mirrors, coasters and key chains?  ABM makes it super easy!  We have a whole page dedicated to just instructions for all of the tips and tricks on making your favorite accessories with buttons! From the blue navigation bar on our site, just hover over "Learning Center" and then select "Button Making Instructions".  There you will find a comprehensive collection of detailed directions for all of your favorite ABM products. You can find help in many locations on the ABM site.  The Button Blog is a wealth of information.  There you can...

What makes a photo button maker different?  Do I really need the photo button kit to make photo buttons?  If you plan to use actual photo paper to make your buttons the answer is yes, you need a photo button making kit and here's why. Button makers are very finely calibrated to use a certain thickness of materials to get a good, cleanly crimped button.  When you change that thickness by too much, or too little, the button can fail.  Photo paper is significantly thicker than standard 24 pound copier paper, which is what most machines are calibrated for. You...

Here at ABM we are so fortunate to have some of the best people in the world as our customers and it is through your generosity in the Buttons for Change program that we are able to change the world, one button at a time.  This month we are proud to share the most recent recipient of your generosity and the amazing story of Esther Grace Earl and her foundation, This Star Won’t Go Out. Esther (Persian for "Star") Grace was born on August 3, 1994 in Beverly, Massachusetts. She was always a spunky, energetic, creative kid, full of caring...