Busy Beaver Buttons & Merch

National Cookie Day

Happy National Cookie Day! 🍪 We’re celebrating the sweetest day of the year with these Gluten Free Brown Butter Toffee Cookie buttons from our friends at The Gluten Free Austrian! 💛

Our BIGGEST sale of the year starts NOW! 🖤 Save 20% on all custom stickers, buttons, and magnets in every size, shape, and finish.

🎁 Use code SHOPBUSY20 at checkout to save thru 12/1. hubs.li/Q03SNBP10

There’s still time to grab a free Gentle Thrills gift sticker sheet with any order placed this month! 🦫 And heads up, something pretty DAM BIG is dropping tomorrow morning… 👀

Metro Chicago Enamel Pin

The legendary Cabaret @metrochicago.com has been the stage for countless epic shows for decades!

Deck out your jacket, bag, or hat with this sleek 1" gold enamel pin and carry a piece of the Chicago music scene with you 🤘🖤

They turned out great! So glad we could make these for you!!!

Busy Beaver Buttons & Merch

Throwing it back to some of the first buttons we ever made, designed by artists, record labels, and illustrators we adore. 🧡 From those early small batches to 63 million buttons later, we’re so grateful to the amazing creatives who’ve trusted us to bring their designs to life.

Happy 33rd Birthday, @theemptybottle.bsky.social! 🎂 We created a special Birthday Raffle Pack filled with fun goodies and surprises! All proceeds from the raffle go to these incredible organizations: Midwest Immigration Bond Fund, Chicago Abortion Fund, and Brave Space Alliance. 💜

Our design of the month is here! These holiday gift tag stickers were hand-drawn by artist Isa Beniston, the creator behind
gentle thrills.

This amazing sticker sheet comes free with every order this month—the perfect finishing touch for your holiday gifts! 🎁

Ghost Books Press

Writer and illustrator Marc Raul Sauvé of Ghost Books Press created these limited-edition ghost buttons to celebrate their latest book launch! 📖

They’re the perfect little haunting keepsakes for readers who love dark and clever tales. 👻

Check out Bizzy in her new tee! 🦫

We’re celebrating 30 years with a limited-edition smiley tee with The T-Shirt Deli! Each comes with an exclusive “Ask me about my t-shirt” button & a portion of proceeds supports Greater Chicago Food Depository 💛

Get yours! tshirtdeli.com/products/bus...

We still make lots of buttons for bike shops, teams, and brands of all kinds!

Always here for some buttons - and helping keep our community safe!

SNL turns 50 this Saturday! 🎬 They’ve been serving up pure comedy gold for half a century and given us wild sketches and legendary characters we’ll never forget. Check out these buttons from our museum! “Live from New York… it’s Saturday Night!”

Busy Beaver We’re thrilled to celebrate Busy Beaver’s 30th anniversary with this limited-edition 3-Pack featuring a selection of treasures from their Button Museum.

HUGE NEWS! Our dream collab with @fieldnotesbrand.bsky.social is here! ✍️🦫

This special 3-pack celebrates treasures from our Button Museum: one cover packed with "I❤️" slogans, one filled with smiley faces, and one featuring self-referential buttons. Available now! fieldnotesbrand.com/products/bus...

Get ready! Something very special drops tomorrow morning…
Can you guess who we teamed up with? 👀

I don't think we have any of these in our collection but would love to check them out!

October’s Design of the Month is here! Grab your free 1" @neilhamburger.bsky.social button with every order placed this month! 🍸✨

WTFPod fans, you might remember these! We made these buttons for Marc Maron back when the podcast first dropped.

Congrats to Marc on one hell of a run! Thanks for all the conversations, the laughs, the honesty, and for letting Busy Beaver be a tiny part of the WTF story. ❤️

Bundle & Save!

Bundle & Save!

Bundle & Save!

Bundle & Save! Pair buttons + matching stickers for the ultimate combo. Check out these adorable kitty designs by @justinsantora.bsky.social! 🐈🐾

Use code BUTTONBOOST through 9/26!  hubs.li/Q03JQdy60

What a magical night!!! Thank you to everyone who came out to celebrate our 30th anniversary.

But the party isn’t over, you can still support Greater Chicago Food Depository! So far we’ve raised $2,042. That's 6,126 meals for our neighbors! myfooddrives.org/fundraiser/6...

Hot Dam! @busybeaverbuttonco.bsky.social celebrates 30 years tonight at Color Club & we're happy to be part of the fun!

Live music, button making, vendors + more! Proceeds benefit the Greater Chicago Food Depository.

Check out our interview w/ founder Christen Carter: buff.ly/thf8ZJA

Me in a light blue sleeveless blousy top, navy cropped pants, red sandals with blue bike in front of an ivy-covered fence

Homemade button with a red and green bike wheel drawn with marker and text: “I biked in this”

Biked to the @busybeaverbuttonco.bsky.social 30th anniversary party last night, where I made my own button. Hmmm, stickers and buttons coming soon?

Had a great time goofin’ at the @busybeaverbuttonco.bsky.social party, indulging in ice cream, double ditching with @eelobrien.bsky.social and button-making ridiculousness

It wouldn’t be a party without some custom merch to remember the occasion! We’re giving out these exclusive limited-edition 30th anniversary button packs tomorrow night FREE — while supplies last. ✨

Come celebrate with us and take a little piece of the party home! 🥳 dice.fm/event/6827be...

Busy Beaver Turns 30: Buttons, Bands & Chocolate Birthday Cake Celebrate three wild decades with Busy Beaver: buttons, bands, and a luscious chocolate birthday cake—where music meets merch and every slice is a party.

Thirty never looked so sweet. 🎂✨

@lhymefoodfusion.bsky.social baked us an old-fashioned chocolate cake with music sprinkles for our 30th! She chat with Christen Carter about her favorite treats, our upcoming bash, and 30 years of Busy Beaver magic!

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Thank you so much! We're so excited to celebrate with you!

Thanks for celebrating with us!

Let's party! 🥳🦫

We’ve been handmaking buttons for bands and record labels since 1995!

Some of our earliest were Chicago legends like Blue Meanies, Alkaline Trio, Braid, and Sweep The Leg Johnny—along with Tenacious D, No Idea Records, Texas Is The Reason, Low, and Polyvinyl.

Stout Collective Sticker Sheets

🍺🍜 Stout Collective designed this playful sticker sheet full of tasty graphics for a client onboarding surprise-and-delight moment.

Sticker sheets deliver extra fun and collectibility, giving people more ways to enjoy your brand.