Trash Can Buttons

Got to have a proper uniform

21.11.2025 04:16 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

One of my favorite things about having an American Button Machine is that the official instructions if the machine gets stuck (due to user error) are seriously "Slam it on a table" or "hit with a hammer"
I love this thing.
And it was the perfect image to cause the machine to get stuck, too.

18.11.2025 19:29 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Made from a greeting card found in a book.
I wish the cut on the text portion had come out better, but I think the point gets across just fine.
I guess you could just read it is "Make whatever age you are badass"
#ilovetrash

14.11.2025 20:01 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

These stickers were on a metal cart my kid had been using that I am now using. I peeled the stickers off, then decided hey why not make buttons instead of throwing them away.
#ilovetrash

12.11.2025 19:57 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I was recently at GameMasters Guild in Crestview and they had a bunch of Munchkin TCG stuff for dirt cheap. Decided to buy a few packs and check it out. A shame the game flopped, but hey looks like it'll make good buttons. Might go back and buy the rest of the stock.
#stevejacksongames #munchkin

12.11.2025 00:59 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Today's trash post:
Figured out I can cut booster pack foil with the circular cutter.

Booster packs pictured:
PokeMon TCG: Phantasmal Flames
UniVersus: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

10.11.2025 21:20 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Also, I love how the colors turned out on the button. I considered cutting lower to get more of the library card, but the color contrast looks so good, I'm glad I cut it like this.

10.11.2025 03:43 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

The circular cutter had to cut through three layers of paper (page, card pocket, card), and I really had no idea if it would even button properly but it turned out fantastic.

10.11.2025 03:43 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

This is the one I'm most proud of so far.
3" button made from the an old copy of Pet Cemetery by Stephen King that had been a library book. The book was missing chunks of pages and was in bad shape. The date stamps on the card read 1989, but other dates on the pocket behind it go back to 1983.

10.11.2025 03:42 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 1

Button made from the paper wrap on a toilet paper roll from Who Gives a Crap toilet paper brand.

09.11.2025 08:20 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0