Bundles of Money From Buttons
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With a few tools, you an make a boodle of buttons and create a home business
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by G.R. Osborne
As an often-hungry freelance cartoonist, I'm always on the
lookout for ways to earn some extra income . . . and to do
so with as little expenditure of effort as possible! Well,
not long ago—when I was "volunteered" to help with my
daughter's Camp Fire Girls bazaar—I stumbled onto an
easy method of getting that spare-time scratch.
While at the fair, I ran into a friend who had recently
obtained a "button" machine from a company called
Badge-A-Minit. By combining my cartooning ability and his
equipment, we made quite a hit with the patrons of the
bazaar. And even after that day was over, requests
continued to pour in .. . for school buttons, campaign
buttons, and buttons with "adult" themes.
Granted, my drawing ability helped our business expand
rapidly, but—as you'll soon see—you don't need
to be artistically inclined to make money with buttons.
GETTING STARTED
My wife and I were aware—from "bazaar day"
on—of the tremendous possibilities the little
nonelectric device could hold for us. However, we decided
to postpone the purchase of a button maker until we could
afford to buy one of Badge-A-Minit's more expensive
machines. Our friend, you see, owned a small hand-held unit
that cost (at that time) $24. We thought that a more
durable model would better meet our needs . . . so we held
out for a sturdier bench type that went for $94.
The press is sold with enough badge parts to make 250
buttons . . . so as soon as I received the machine, I began
to practice. And, just as quickly, I started accumulating
"goofs". It seemed no matter how hard I tried, at least
eight of every ten buttons turned out wrong. Eventually I
realized that the problem wasn't my technique . . . rather,
the plastic dies that had come with the machine were
faulty.
Naturally, this discovery resulted in a flurry of letters
to the Badge-A-Minit company. I'm happy to report, though,
that within three weeks the firm sent me two new sets of
dies, as well as 50 new badge parts to make up for those
that had been ruined. (In fact, I've found the company to
be more than fair in its dealings.)
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