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Here's a great little article from several years ago I just stumbled upon. From the Onion: Fourth-Graders' Button-Making-Machine Privileges Suspended Indefinitely.

Here's the best part: "The girls were doing a lot of buttons about stuff they liked, like The Backstreet Boys and horses," Chao said. "But then the boys started doing all these mean, funny ones, like 'Student Council Sucks' and 'Mr. Cecil Is Gay.' One boy made, like, 10 different buttons calling different people gay."

FYI: The article mentions the Badge-A-Minit button machine, which is substantially inferior to the Tecre machine we use here at Lollypins.

How connections happen… Big welcome to Laura who signed-up today and submitted a whole bunch of wonderful hand drawn designs! Check out her website to see more of her artwork and other hand made crafts, some of which are available for sale.

Woodland Chipmunk by laurajeanlaurajean

This Girl by laurajeanlaurajean

Rosemary's Apple Core button was just featured on Badge Review. Check them out for other featured buttons from around the 'net. Thanks guys! :D

Apple Core by Rosemary

Fly Agaric by Rosemary

For a limited time we're offering free world-wide shipping with no minimum order!

Wow!

Welcome to Kelly aka Cleverfiend Creative who just joined and submitted a whole zoo of creations. Check out all her designs: jettatura.

Dancer by jettatura

Rat by jettatura

Spring has finally arrived.

Check out some of the designs that have been added recently:

Squid by Oktopodi

Love by JulieKitzes

Keep those designs coming :)

Thanks to Azulita for helping us reach and surpass the 200 design milestone! We're now at 206 and more are added daily, so be sure to check back often or subscribe to our RSS feed.

Thanks everyone!

Butterfly Eye by Azulita

Gotta blog? We'll give you five free buttons of your choice for posting about Lollypins!

Everybody loves buttons, and we have a new site devoted to showcasing artists who design some of the best. And we want you, the cool trend setter that you are, to be the one who tells their friends about it. What's in it for you? Free buttons of course!

All you have to do is post an entry on your blog with a link to Lollypins, and then either comment to this entry with your website's URL or send an email to contact at lollypins.com with the info. Once we check out your entry, we'll reply to your email or comment with instructions on how to choose your five faves from our catalogue. The only rule is that your blog must already be established, so brand new blogs or blogs with only a few entries won't qualify.

It's that simple. No catch, no gimmicks. We know that once you receive your buttons, you'll like them so much, you'll want to update your blog again exclaiming their true real-life awesomeness!

Feel free to link to any button graphics you might need in your blog entry. After all, everybody loves buttons.

Update: This promotion is now over. Thanks to everyone who participated!

Just as promised in the Lollypins Launch! Free gift for you! post, we have a fresh batch of buttons to mail out.

Thanks again to all of you who have submitted designs so diligently.

Can you spot your button in the image below? To those of you who missed the deadline, don't worry, because we'll make other efforts to get you a few buttons when we get the chance.

As a special thanks, and for some early merry holiday wishes, we'd like to send you a gift basket (not really in a basket) of the buttons you have designed! You'll receive three buttons of each of your designs. That way you'll feel comfortable endorsing the buttons we make bearing your designs and have something sweet to share with family and friends.

To make sure that you are eligible for your free buttons, you must have at least six approved designs by December 15.