Busy Beaver Moves!

3279 W. Armitage Ave. Chicago 60647

Did you know Busy Beaver is moving to a new location? We received a Small Business Improvement Fund (SBIF) grant from the City of Chicago to rehab a vintage storefront in Logan Square.  It features geothermal heating and cooling, recycled tire rubber flooring, and other eco-friendly efforts to make your buttons extra awesome.  Click here for photos of the new building!

New Busy Beaver Address
3279 W. Armitage Ave.
Chicago, Illinois 60647

Same phone number:  (773) 645-3359

Same website:  www.busybeaver.net

Go Naked Buttons

"Button Pushers." Newsweek, 1967

What better place for historic button info than the Chicago Public Library?  Check out this Newsweek article, “The Button Pushers,” about outrageous buttons in a Life and Leisure column from 1967.

These buttons totally resonate today.  Does “Save Water, Shower with a Friend” sound like a familiar eco-friendly message?  It’s the opposite of the “How Dry I Am” button from 1934 Johnson Smith catalog in a previous post.

That’s why it’s important to design and make high quality buttons that stand the test of time.

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Shawnimals Wee Ninja

Shawnimals Buttons by BusyBeaver.net

It all started with a stuffed Ninja.  Then came a pocket sized, plush Moustache.  Now Shawnimals is an all-encompassing brand with vinyl toys, a Ninjatown Nintendo DS game, and of course, lots of 1-inch buttons.

In celebration of Earth Day, Shawnimals produced an eco-friendly Forest Spirit Wee Ninja.  The plush collaboration is with Noon Solar, a sun-powered purse company in Chicago.  Forest Spirit comes in an edition of only 100, so snag one now.

Click here to watch a new video of Shawnimals coolness (and a button cameo) in action!

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