Mother’s Day Buttons Up

Button measures 13/16" and is the known only example. Courtesy of Hake's.

This weekend, people across this great nation scrambled for cards, flowers, and cakes to commemorate important women in their lives.

While many people believe Mother’s Day is a Hallmark invention, it’s actually a holiday catalyzed by suffragettes like Julia Ward Howe, and established in 1915 by President Woodrow Wilson.

Buttons represent historically relevant events, and this century-old button evidences the implementation of Mother’s Day almost a century ago.

In case you are still looking for something for the mommy who has everything, click here for this rare button.

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Busy Beaver Button Band

“Buttons!” song by the Busy Beaver Button Co. Sock Puppet Band.  Video by Love/Hate.  Click to enjoy!

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Eco-Buttons plant Trees

In honor of Earth Day, a tree was donated to the Arbor Foundation for every button order placed with Busy Beaver Button Co. in April.  Thank you for helping plant 500 trees, everyone!

The 100% Recycled Paper option is a success, and now available when you enter “Eco-Buttons and Recycle Sign” in the Additional Comments of your order.  Click here for more info.

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Environmentalism Buttons Up

Collection of 1970s-era environmental buttons. Photo courtesy of Hake's

Buttons are wearable messengers, and there is a variety of ways to express a single message graphically.

Pictured is a collection of 1970s-era environmental buttons formerly owned by Foster Pollak of New York, currently available on Hake’s Americana and Collectibles.  The 29 buttons are mostly the 2.25-inch size closely associated with activism for it’s “big but not too big” dimensions.

Colors, pictures, and words vary on each button with slogans like, “I’m a Watt Watcher,” “Bag Your Trash,” and “I Love a Clean New York.”

And while they all associate to a single environmental theme in different ways, the collection itself is a unified expression of a single person’s passion.  Click here for more info.

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