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bootleg garbo
@bootleggarbage.com
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i make 1" pinback and 1.25” buttons in metro detroit. if you're real nice maybe i will ship some to you.

i do commissions, available via DM.
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I’m here you fuckaas bitch
A picture of a small bag of buttons including front of a Guinness, which is sitting on a bar top. The back of the bar is a ton of liquor as is custom for a bar
September 21, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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Happy Sunday folks! Duct taped myself together and headed over to DIY/Funky Ferndale/Rust Belt to check out the festivities. I’ve got limited edition @garfieldscreens.bsky.social buttons, as well as buttons for your feelings on ICE, DIY Hipster Homecoming buttons and more. Come find me!!
#buttons
A picture of 8 different bags and containers of buttons including deport ICE, Garfield, DIY Festival, GamePro ratings, Pride and more. Behind the buttons are two Garfield’s, one vintage on the left and one bootleg on the right
September 21, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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Check out my new sheet of Garfield 1” pinback button designs!!! Major props to @garfieldscreens.bsky.social / @garfdude.com for the crystal clear screen caps that make this possible!
#buttons
A collection of 35 different 1” pinback button designs all featuring Garfield, mostly collected from Garfield and Friends
September 17, 2025 at 9:35 PM
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HELLO BLUESKY!!!! I am at DALLY IN THE ALLEY in Detroit for a minute, I’ve got TWO POTHOS STARTS left! Come find me, the man with the large dark beard with a brown backpack. Come claim these two, this is a BLUE SKY EXCLUSIVE!!! #dallyinthealley
A picture of two pothos starts in a cardboard tray, one variegated one not, with the alley stage at Dally in the Alley
September 6, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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I saw my friends donate at least $20, in total, to Freedom House tonight. I’ve got good community and better yet, good homies. I know it ain’t much but material to donation ratio here is unheard of
A picture of five buttons on a bar top I front of a bunch of hot wings. The buttons are a cool looking Garfield button, OPE the buttons, an M1 button, a Tigers old logo buttons, Michigan state flag and a button that says Gerry Rafferty Baker Street Sax Solo Vibes
September 4, 2025 at 3:33 AM
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Visited one of my favorite haunts, The Painted Lady Lounge aka Hamtramck’s best bar. I also turned buttons into beer, like some kind of hipster button Jesus. Next time you stop in at Painted Lady, take a selfie, send it to me and I’ll get you buttons. That’s the Bootleg Guarantee!
#buttons #divebar
A picture of a bag of buttons sitting on a bar top next to a bottle of PBR. Behind the beer and buttons is the back of the bar, with a POS system and a large amount of different liquors
August 5, 2025 at 10:11 PM
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Did a reprint of my new favorite designs! I will be keeping the cork board at Urbanrest HQ in Ferndale stocked. If you’re local to SE MI and want some, porch pickup is available with donation, DM for deets!
#buttons #fuckICE
A picture of seven buttons on a cork board, one is a pride progress flag and the others read deport ICE, abolish ICE and fuck ICE. Above the buttons is a hand written note that says donate at bootleggarbage.com. There are a bunch of other business cards and such on the cork board
July 27, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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Welcome to the neighborhood Little Ghost! Hope you enjoy the buttons! #buttons #ferndale
A picture of a bag filled with 1” and 1.25” buttons in front of the new Little Ghost restaurant in Ferndale. The building is purple with a neon sign on the left. The buttons feature Little Ghost mascot and their logo
July 24, 2025 at 11:31 PM
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okay we will be back from an unexpected vacation next week some time. the button making machines (left arm/right arm) are fired back up. in other news, one of my og buttons made a trip to ICELAND (ty for the pic mel)
a picture of a hand holding a button featuring a goth looking garfield and the text no one likes us / and we don't care, and det to the right of the graphic. the hand has two rings on and black nail polish. the background is the black sand beach in iceland with some really wild vertical click in the middle of the shot going right into a hill
July 17, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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You can find some of my pride buttons at URBANREST HQ in Ferndale Michigan if you so desire
A picture of a community cork board with several different pride, LGTBQIA and abortions rights buttons. There is a card above the buttons that says “DONATE @ / BOOTLEGGARBAGE.COM”
July 2, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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my buddy had an idea for a button
a button outline that says i'm way too high for this shirt the text is in comic sans, not aligned and slightly different sizes on each line
June 26, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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Here are some fun shots. The cover, a neat juxtaposition, and my SECOND employee who Zoots is still pissed I hired. But she does work and doesn’t just shit post so he can kick dirt
A cover of the 1978 January Playboy with a woman in a low back dress being held by a man in a fancy tux. Below is the cover text per alt text tool 25" ร.ราช" PLAYBOY ENTERTAINMENT FOR MEN HOLIDAY ANNIVERJARY USUE 15-PAGE PLAYMAIL REVIEW-OUR BIGGEST, BEST YET GREAT MOMENTS IN SEX '77 MEL BROOKS' NEW CRAZY MOVIE FELLINI, PECKINPAH, VADIM AND ANTONIONI PICTURE THEIR EROTIC VISIONS YOUR OWN TEAR-OUT HOLLYWOOD BOARD GAME DAN GREENBURG RETURNS TO SEX HEAVEN FICTION BY IRWIN SHAW AND ERICH SEGAL UFO'S: PLAYBOY PANELISTS SEPARATE FACT FROM FANTASY SHEL SILVERSTEIN'S BIG SMOKE-OFF A picture of a nice woman that has three buttons cut out of the woman’s head, breasts and genital area. It’s pretty sick A tabby cat sitting on a paisley style 1960s kitchen chair, which is in front of a fold up table that has a button maker and button cutouts from a playboy
June 20, 2025 at 1:38 AM
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Specifically they will be available at TOOTH AND NAIL ODDITIES in the Rust Belt Market. My friend who runs it is the one who makes this possible. The overall process takes probably 15-20 hours, maybe longer, for a large issue like this. It’s a tough slog but the end results are so fucking cool
A picture of fourth seven buttons on a table, many nudity buttons, words, faces, art, all sorts of shit you would find in a playboy
June 20, 2025 at 1:34 AM
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My Latest Project: January 1978 Playboy, Year In Sex edition, deconstructed into buttons. 310 1” pinbacks and 247 1.25” buttons. Each of these buttons is handmade by myself, they can never be truly recreated. More deets in the comments, these will be for sale at Rust Belt Market in Ferndale!
10 by 10 rows of buttons made from a vintage issue of playboy. There are tons of art buttons, nudity buttons, weird words, you name it, everything you can imagine. 10 by 10 rows of buttons made from a vintage issue of playboy. There are tons of art buttons, nudity buttons, weird words, you name it, everything you can imagine. 10 by 10 rows of buttons made from a vintage issue of playboy. There are tons of art buttons, nudity buttons, weird words, you name it, everything you can imagine. 10 by 10 rows of buttons made from a vintage issue of playboy. There are tons of art buttons, nudity buttons, weird words, you name it, everything you can imagine.
June 20, 2025 at 1:31 AM
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Well well well, look who’s being Mister Productive. First batch of Playboy buttons done, these were a lot of “concept” and collage pieces to see if I could get some ideas to work. Now we’re on to the easy ones! Stay tuned for more!!
#buttons #vintage
A picture of a variety of 1” pinback and 1.25” buttons, made from a vintage issue of Playboy. There are a variety of ones featuring nude women, one of a lady’s sick bush, one that says sex, one that mentions Santa, some tobacco themed ones as well as some made from the art found within Playboy
June 4, 2025 at 12:38 PM
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So my only employee, Zoots, said we should get some child labor. Said that’s how the businessmen of yore succeeded. What the fuck is that dumbass talking about. She sleeps on the job, knocks shit over and is a general mess worse than myself. 0/10, ban child labor
A picture of a small tabby cat scratching her face with a super derpy expression, sitting on a chair in front of a small table with button making supplies on it
June 4, 2025 at 1:09 AM
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WE ARE HERE!!! Come find me this weekend! My only employee is with me this weekend and we will party with you! Can’t wait to see my friends!
#buttons #movementfestival #detroit
A picture of a small Garfield plushie on a slate table, looking out a window over Hart Plaza in Detroit Michigan. Movement Music Festival is being set up in Hart Plaza and the Renaissance Center is in the background
May 23, 2025 at 9:47 PM
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Alright y’all, I think I’m ready for Movement! Excited to bring some shit to hand out to my new and old friends. If you’re at Movement Festival in Detroit this weekend, hit me up and I’ll get you one of these!!!

#buttons
A plastic pint takeout container filled with buttons featuring a tree on top of the Dodge Fountain in Hart Plaza, Detroit Michigan. The text reads “TECHNO CHRISTMAS 2025”. It is on a brown table and behind it are some plants on a window sill. A plastic pint takeout container filled with 1.25” buttons, featuring multiple different Movement Festival themed designs. The buttons are on a brown wood table with two house plants on a window sill behind it
May 23, 2025 at 1:16 AM
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i'm gonna press my other ones tomorrow and share. i emailed paxahau because i intend on bringing in an obnoxious amount of buttons, lets hope they acknowledge me! (they prolly won't)
a 1" button image that says "I DON'T NEED THIS SHIT!" A 1" button image that says "IT'S TIME FOR DA PERCOLATOR"
May 13, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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BUY THEM OR ILL DEINK EVERY BEER IN FERNDALE
A picture of beers on a table with a shit ton of buttons on the table
May 9, 2025 at 11:07 PM
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Going to the vintage market at the Rust Belt Market in downtown Ferndale. I’ll be around town all night too. Come awkwardly say are you the Bluesky guy and I’ll give you a free button. Or buy some or donate for some or whatever I don’t care! A couple new designs too. It’s beers time o’clock!!
A Kavu rope bag in blue, yellow and brown color way. There are a bunch of buttons on the bag, including some Garfield ones, a hell world button, an ope button, and one that says “I SELL THESE BUTTONS!! Just ask!”
May 9, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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Speaking of…

#Movement #MovementDetroit
A picture of a 1.25” button design. The design features a picture of the fountain at Hart Plaza, with water flowing and lit up green. The Detroit city skyline is in the background. On top of the Dodge Fountain is Detroit’s city Christmas tree
May 1, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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For the last time, I’m not JACKING OFF to these Playboys, I’m CREATING ART with them. Fuckin perverts
A picture of three Playboys and one Playboy Electronics magazine sitting on an old lobster trap with long pieces of paper 1” and 1.25” button cutouts on them. On the table towards the back are a green bong with a Premium Rat sticker and a grey tray with red and white specs that has an empty planter with rocks, a small tree shaped incense holder and a cylindrical snake plant with a pride flag in it
April 27, 2025 at 11:35 PM
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Here are the goods. Good shit to hurl
Three buttons, two 1” and one 1.25”. The larger is the soul coughing logo from their last album, with the other two being the monkey head on a yellow background and the monkey logo with the text soul coughing
April 22, 2025 at 10:54 PM
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🚨🚨🚨 Operation Hurl Buttons At @mikedoughty.bsky.social Is Underway 🚨🚨🚨
A picture of a beer on a bar with a grey and black cross body bag with a large amount of buttons on it. Behind the bar is a large amount of spirits and a naked lady with bangin tittied
April 22, 2025 at 10:51 PM