Christen Carter Buttons Up in McSweeney’s

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Christen Carter founded Busy Beaver Button Co. back in 1995, and you can read her story in McSweeney’s Interviews With People Who Have Interesting or Unusual Jobs here.

She cites a favorite button from the 1920s of a flapper looking at herself in the mirror.  The “metamorphic” style button is shown above, and lives in the “Art” section of the Busy Beaver Button Museum.

We thought you might like to take a peek at it to understand the nature of its design, and what it reveals.

Click here and read the article “Christen Carter Sells Saucy Buttons” to figure out what’s going on here.

Venus Zine features Busy Beaver Button Co.

“For the past 15 years Busy Beaver Button Co. has been bringing back buttons,” writes Kaitlin Lavieri in a new article about the Button-O-matic, custom buttons, Button Museum, and beyond.

Venus Zine, a woman-powered publication, ceases print this month and it’s an honor to be featured in its final coverage.

Read the interview and full article here.

Busy Beaver Button Co. meets Groupon

Groupon.com CEO Andrew Mason and Busy Beaver Button Co. Founder Christen Carter tour their favorite places in Chicago like the Hideout, Lula Cafe, and Buddy Guy’s Legends in this video on MSN.

With all the buzz about Groupon.com and the Button Museum, it’s cool to see these two discussing what they love about their town.

Watch the video here!

Chicago Tribune features Busy Beaver Button Co.

Busy Beaver Button Co. featured in the Chicago Tribune

Busy Beaver Button Co. makes it into the news again!

The Chicago Tribune features our company-wide passion for buttons, the Button Museum and Button-O-matic SOUVENIR Series in the Sunday paper.  Read the article here.