Good Neighbor Award Buttons Up

Busy Beaver President Christen Carter, Nina Gaspich, Production Manager Joel Carter

Last year, Sudler-Sotheby’s Realtor Nina Gaspich came to the Busy Beaver Button Co. Grand Opening to share in the festivities, and check out the ecofriendly, button-making setup here in Logan Square.

She immediately recommended the 1920s storefront rehab as a groundbreaking project for the The Chicago Association of Realtors Good Neighbor Award.

Flash forward to the present, because Busy Beaver Button Co. is honored to be a Good Neighbor Award 2010 Winner!  Even the City of Chicago is talking about it here.

You can definitely expect commemorative buttons to mark the special occasion…

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Busy Beaver Opens to the Public!

Busy Beaver Button Co. Grand Opening

Thank you button makers, clients, and community members for making the Busy Beaver Grand Opening a success.  Over 500 people visited the Armitage location to eat cupcakes, sip champagne, and hang out in the backyard. 

Click here for the Grand Opening Flickr

Click here for the Grand Opening on YouTube

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Have you been to a Button Workshop?

L>R: Christen, Joel, Alex. Photo by Diane Alexander White.

Busy Beaver is officially located 3279 W. Armitage in Chicago!  Come to the Grand Opening on Saturday to check it out.  See you then—

Love,

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New Button-O-matic Series is GOLD

Busy Beaver Button-O-matic Series 10 is curated by Dustin Hostetler aka Upso

Investing in gold and art is for everyone.  Join Busy Beaver Button Company to celebrate the Grand Opening of its new headquarters with a new Button-O-matic series featuring the first-ever 24-karat gold buttons on August 8, 2009 in Chicago.

Series Ten curator Dustin Hostetler aka Upso from Threadless Select and Faesthetic Magazine used the theme “Currency” to organize artists like once-Gama Go contributor and pop painter Tim Biskup, Part & Parcel designer Damien Correll, Print Magazine’s 20 Under 30 New Visual Artists Jennifer Daniel, Fudge Factory Comics’ Travis Millard, 80s and 90s nostalgic designer Spacesick, psychedelic illustrator Ginette Lapalme, STEAK MTN designer Christopher Norris, the fantastical Luke Ramsey, technical artist Geoffery Todd Smith, and Brooklyn-based poster man Nicholas Gazin.

For a dollar or less, you can own a wearable piece of art available in thirty vending machines across the country.  Button-O-matic locations include Reckless Records in Chicago, Domy Books in Austin, and Giant Robot in San Francisco and Los Angeles.

Busy Beaver makes 1-inch gold buttons available to everyone for customization through www.busybeaver.net