If you have been to my GIF tutorial, then you are will find some of the following a review for you. Below is the basics for making your own buttons and bullets. Lets start with the basics, Buttons have two functions on the web, To provide a clickable link to another page, To just lay around and look good on your page. Buttons are nothing more than GIF's that generally do not move. They should match your background, and blend well.
Bullets only mark the lines of a list.
To make your own non-animated buttons, or bullets just follow these instructions. Start with one of your graphics programs. Draw a rectangle, and select a fill color. Like I have done below. This rectangle is 44x24 pixels.