University Of Arizona, Tucson : Saguaro You Today?

Off we went, Jess and I, to sell buttons beyond New York State. Here we are in Tucson, Arizona. There weren't any shows going on at the university, so we found a club willing to sponsor Portable Graffiti for donating a portion of the proceeds to their club. We set up our 20 foot tent on the main commons and sold there for about a week. It was lots of fun but not very profitable.

This was back when I used black and white film in my 35mm camera.

One button we designed then and copyrighted was Saguaro You Today?

Portable Graffiti, making buttons since 1979 and you can still buy the buttons on Zibbet.

Selling the few Saguaro You Today bumper stickers that are left. Get one HERE.

Selling on the Boardwalk

Um, what boardwalk? I can't remember. But I know that's my mother in the photo. I know the beach is behind us. And I know the booth didn't blow down. I don't remember what year either, but we do know it was when people used Polaroid cameras.

Portable Graffiti, making buttons since 1979 and you can still buy the buttons at Etsy.com.

1979 Creating a Display Booth for the Buttons

Scanned some old photos to show what Portable Graffiti was doing back in 1979 and the eighties. After I bought the button machine and made lots of buttons I had to have a display. First I set up the display out in front of my barn. Then the wind came along and knocked it down. Hey trial and error. So I brought it all across the road to the Town Hall and set it up inside the town hall. (A nice thing about a small town.) I had to do this to take slides of the booth in order to get into juried art shows.

Every single button in the display is hand drawn. The final photo got me into The Cornhill Arts Festival, and many other art shows in New York State.

Portable Graffiti, making buttons since 1979 and you can still buy the buttons at Zibbet..

Treasury: Let it Snow

Etsy seller, JustCHARMING made a Treasury called "Let it Snow." She put my I'd Rather Be Skiing button in the treasury. All that snow up north this winter I am sure many folks are skiing. I'd rather be Skiing, myself.

The Ugliest Treasury Ever

I was just perusing Treasury West and discovered I was in the "Ugliest Treasury Ever, " chosen by Kay Sommers.

To buy the button in the treasury click here.

To see all 665 of my buttons, currently posted (Many MORE to come.) click here.

Uh oh I'm an Etsy Addict

I sure had fun holiday shopping this year. This must qualify me as an Etsy Addict. I spent all the money I made selling buttons in My Etsy Shop on gifts from other Etsy Shops.

But look at all the wonderful handmade things I bought.

Greater than that, I made some new friends in faraway places like Portugal, Finland, the UK, Japan, and Canada.

To wrap all these wonderful Etsy handmade gifts I just had to buy some of the wonderful cloth gift bags I found in Etsy shops. And that's how I made a friend in Missouri.

I just combined fun and work. I had fun combining these photos in Photoshop and I learned a lot too. Time to go to work and use Photoshop to create some fun new buttons. See ya at Portable Graffiti.



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Youngest daughter's favorite gift was a woodcarving of a Sandhill Crane by Sandra Healy.








Oldest daughter's favorite gift was a Twilight Necklace by Shadesongs.

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Tiny Buttons Added to the Shop Tonight

Still digging into the archives of Portable Graffiti. Many more to come.


I'd write more but I am off to the kitchen to make Taquitos.