Help me save the day!

July 16, 2007 3:43 PM

Where can I buy or borrow a sturdy 2.25" button maker in Portland, OR?

We have to make 300 buttons by Friday and our badge-a-minit just gave up the ghost.

Thanks!

posted by slowfasthazel to shopping (6 comments total)

Seems like something that you could buy at Michael's.
posted by Skwirl at 4:24 PM on July 16, 2007

It does seem that way, but alas they don't stock them.
posted by slowfasthazel at 4:34 PM on July 16, 2007

Craigslist?
posted by rhizome at 4:38 PM on July 16, 2007

If you order buttons from the Busy Beaver Button Co. today and pay for a rush, you should have the buttons by Friday.

(I ordered a rush job from them about this time last Monday and received them in the mail on Thursday. And they are awesome.)
posted by The World Famous at 4:52 PM on July 16, 2007 [1 favorite has favorites]

Why not inquire at The Independent Publishing Resource Center? Zinesters are bound (NPI) to know of or have access to a button maker!
posted by kuppajava at 11:41 AM on July 17, 2007

Piggyback:

Dang! I was about to ask nearly the same question, in Portland, even! Except I really do need to buy my own.

I bought an "Amazing Button Maker" at Joanne's, and got not even one itsy button out of it, as it's such a piece of junk. I am using the dies from it to hand-smash a couple of awful buttons for use today, but I'll need more, and better, by Wednesday.

So if anyone knows where I could grab a badge-a-minit or something similar locally, that would be amazing.
posted by frykitty at 8:14 AM on July 23, 2007