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Making Buttons as a Small Home Based Business

Starting a small business which you can do from home is quite a good idea especially if you really need a job if you are unemployed or you need a side hassle. You can choose any small home based business idea because there are many different business ideas to do from home that you can choose from. One small home based business idea would be to make and come up with custom buttons for family, friends or even nearby businesses.  It is very easy actually to create custom buttons. It is very likely that you have seen the small pin back buttons which are sold at a gum-ball machine or even nearby toy shop. You be excited and amazed at the wide variety of colorful and fun  buttons that you can be able to create all on your own, and probably making good money as you do so, once you have seen how easy it is to create buttons on your own. Remember this when looking into custom button pins

 

 Custom buttons require a button making machine, a good paper stock for buttons and some button blanks. This are the first few things that are needed to make buttons. Button blanks for starters are small metallic planks forms. Actually, some buttons have no pins so that one can prevent making a hole in a cloth or garment and so that they may have a magnet.   A button making machine is also a necessity. You can choose a manual or electric machine since there are very many varieties. You can be able to create a button in a couple of minutes using a simple hand-operated button machine. Other semi- automated machines on the other hand can make up to 200-300 buttons per hour because they help you speed up the process greatly.  And then last but not least, the right papers for the buttons you are going to make will be needed and the one that is commonly accepted is a twenty four lb. weight paper. When creating buttons, there is no advantage to a thicker high quality paper.

 

 On the other hand, a lighter weight paper could end up damaged and you might have an end product that has some of the metallic backing being visible through the paper but that depends on the design. The recommendations of your button's machine instructions will also determine the type of paper you get to make your buttons so be absolutely sure that you have read the instructions well.  There really is not a lot to it besides from the button blanks, some paper and a button making machine. Click here to learn more about custom buttons.

 

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