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bootleg garbo @bootleggarbage.com · 26/09/2026

Sorry for not posting but you gotta fill this out to get in line to talk to me thanks!!!!!

A picture of some sheets printed out for button designs that say return this to bootleg.garbo@gmail.com

bootleg garbo @bootleggarbage.com · 30/06/2026

We had such a fucking incredible time up north this past weekend. Got to visit a bunch of my favorite places in Northern Michigan, like Bee Well and Brownwood Acres and Short’s and King Orchards. If you ever need a recommendation up north, hit me up!!! #puremichigan #buttonmaker #upnort

A picture of a large amount of buttons in zipped plastic bags on a yellow table. There are a bunch of plants on the table behind the bags

A picture of a jar with money in it and buttons that say the only thing more powerful than hate is love. There is a lava lamp and some empty growlers in the background

A picture of a small fish themed bag with a button on it that says the only thing more powerful than hate is love. There are tasters of cider, a crown royal bag and more on the table

A split picture of a button display, on the left looking sad and empty, on the right it looks full and replenished. There are various other King Orchard items around on the table

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bootleg garbo @bootleggarbage.com · 23/05/2026

People LOVE my buttons! Ha ha ha don’t ask me how this happened it just did #buttons #buttonmaker

A picture of two lovely people kissing, idk how this happened but they are also holding my buttons so yeah

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bootleg garbo @bootleggarbage.com · 21/05/2026

we've got some weird shit coming out for movement so stay tuned, i'll probably drop the designs tomorrow. production is about 2/3rds complete!!!!

a picture of walker texas ranger with a speech bubble that says hey buddy sorry but you got aids

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bootleg garbo @bootleggarbage.com · 21/05/2026

christopher walker? the famous texas rangers player???

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bootleg garbo @bootleggarbage.com · 03/04/2026

Made over 700 buttons and cut like another 700 this week. If you’ve been looking to get your hands on some, get some for your shop or get a refill, now is your chance! Comment or DM me and I’ll get you sorted. Cheers and fuck ICE! #fuckICE #buttonmaker #fundraiser

A picture of three containers of buttons and one container of button image cut outs on top of an old lobster trap

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bootleg garbo @bootleggarbage.com · 05/03/2026

to both local and Minnesota organizations. Big thanks to everyone who’s helped out or spread the word, especially Painted Lady Trashions and Whistler’s Daughter Books here in Ferndale, as well as all of our amazing friends out there 2/

a picture of a huge stack of cash with an envelope that says "FUCK ICE!!!" on it. in the background there is some furniture and plants, as well as some snow outside of a window

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bootleg garbo @bootleggarbage.com · 05/03/2026

Do you know how fuckin’ cool it is to donate $250 to some amazing local organizations??? That’s how much we were able to donate to Freedom House Detroit, National Lawyer’s Guild Detroit and Washtenaw Interfaith Coalition on Immigrants Rights! That’s on top of over $300 in direct donations 1/

a collage of three screenshots showing $50 donations to National Lawyer's Guild Detroit & Michigan Chapter and Washtenaw Interfaith Coalition on Immigrants Rights, and a $150 donation to Freedom House Detroit.

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bootleg garbo @bootleggarbage.com · 09/02/2026

Seriously I gave out 100+ anti-ICE buttons last night and made so many new friends. It was lovely watching everyone navigate to the Freedom House donation site 🥰

A picture of two bags of buttons on a stone bar top with a taped pack of Uno cards in front of it. One person is wearing a Fuck ICE button

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bootleg garbo @bootleggarbage.com · 02/02/2026

Refilled the board at Urbanrest, wait til y’all see my new favorite picture ever

A picture of seven different anti-ICE buttons on a community cork board. They say Fuck ICE, deport ice, prosecute ice, be good, no ICE, abolish ice, ice? More like lice

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bootleg garbo @bootleggarbage.com · 30/01/2026

Here are the designs I have so far for our fundraiser. All black/white text buttons can be printed on the neon colors!! I’ll continue to update my pinned post with new designs as they come. If you want to get a hold of some, check out our Linktree, donate some money and hit me up!! #fuckICE #buttons

A picture of a black felt board that has 42 different designs on the board, including fuck ICE, deport ICE, abolish ICE, Melt ICE and more. Some buttons are black on white, some are white on black, some are white text on bright neon colors. There are also pro-lgbtqia buttons including the progress pride flag, these colors don’t run Pride flag, trans pride flag, ally and more. The board is on a stand, which is on a plastic container with a Pride flag and FCK DJT sticker. In the background are a cat tower, some plants and other furniture

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bootleg garbo @bootleggarbage.com · 19/01/2026

Alright friends!! It’s fundraiser time! Links for places to donate are on the website in our profile. These buttons will be available for porch pickup in SE MI (Ferndale) or shipping, DM first to arrange. Supplies are paid for due to some very rad friends of mine. More designs and colors coming!

A picture of a button maker and design paper cutter, surrounded by a huge amount of half finished buttons and uncut sheets of designs. There are some supplies to make 1” pinback buttons on the table as well. The floor is a medium brown, with a grey rug on the left

A picture of 30 different sheets of fluorescent paper with various anti-ICE designs on them. Colors are blue, yellow, pink, orange and green. There is a medium brown floor in the background

A picture of twelve different buttons in my hand, all different designs. They include trans pride, protect trans kids, some Garfield anti scotus buttons, no one should go hungry, hell world, FDJT, abortion rights now, Pride ally, progress Pride flag and a these colors don’t run Pride flag

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bootleg garbo @bootleggarbage.com · 15/01/2026

Ain’t nobody gonna break my stride, ain’t nobody gonna slow me down, oh no, we gotta keep on pressing (buttons) Making good progress getting our stock bulked up, another 210 in the bag! Fundraiser coming this weekend! #buttonmaker

A picture of me holding two pint containers of Fuck ICE, Abolish ICE and Deport ICE buttons. I am outside and you can see my fuzzy hoodie and brown slippers, with snow in the background covering my stairs

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bootleg garbo @bootleggarbage.com · 14/01/2026

Back on my bullshit. 210 little ways I feel about ICE. I’ll be making a post this weekend about how to get some. Stay tuned and fuck ICE! #buttonmakers

A picture of me holding two pint tubs of buttons, one with black text on white background, one with white text on a black background. In the background are some different plants and the Taco Bell dog

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bootleg garbo @bootleggarbage.com · 02/01/2026

New year, new bullshit! Once I get the production process nailed down, I'll share some more details. These will be available in small batches only since I will inevitably fuck up hundreds of these lol

a picture of a 3/4" silver metal tags that says "BALLS" in my hand, with metal stamping and button making supplies in the background. there is also a ceramic sombrero that has bright pink on it

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bootleg garbo @bootleggarbage.com · 21/09/2025

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

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bootleg garbo @bootleggarbage.com · 21/09/2025

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

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bootleg garbo @bootleggarbage.com · 17/09/2025

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

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bootleg garbo @bootleggarbage.com · 06/09/2025

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

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bootleg garbo @bootleggarbage.com · 04/09/2025

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

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bootleg garbo @bootleggarbage.com · 05/08/2025

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

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bootleg garbo @bootleggarbage.com · 27/07/2025

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

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bootleg garbo @bootleggarbage.com · 25/07/2025

Welcome to the neighborhood Little Ghost! Hope you enjoy the buttons! #buttons #ferndale

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bootleg garbo @bootleggarbage.com · 17/07/2025

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

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bootleg garbo @bootleggarbage.com · 03/07/2025

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”

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bootleg garbo @bootleggarbage.com · 26/06/2025

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

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bootleg garbo @bootleggarbage.com · 20/06/2025

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

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bootleg garbo @bootleggarbage.com · 20/06/2025

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

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bootleg garbo @bootleggarbage.com · 20/06/2025

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.

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bootleg garbo @bootleggarbage.com · 04/06/2025

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

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bootleg garbo @bootleggarbage.com · 04/06/2025

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

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bootleg garbo @bootleggarbage.com · 23/05/2025

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

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bootleg garbo @bootleggarbage.com · 23/05/2025

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

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bootleg garbo @bootleggarbage.com · 13/05/2025

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"

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bootleg garbo @bootleggarbage.com · 10/05/2025

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

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bootleg garbo @bootleggarbage.com · 09/05/2025

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!!