Pitchfork Fest Buttons Up!

Miss Mia and Ratso jump with Busy Beaver Button Co. and ActionBooth for souvenir buttons

Surfer Blood, Kurt Vile, Neon Indian, The Smith Westerns…the list of awesome bands that rocked Pitchfork this weekend goes on and on.

Busy Beaver Button Co. made souvenir buttons for fest-goers and buttoneers along the way, like Miss Mia and Ratso from Chic-A-Go-Go pictured above.

The new button bin was in action at the CHIRP record fair, too.  Cardboard Sangria, HoZac, and Polyvinyl offered buttons as a way to catch peoples’ attention in the vendor tents.

Self-proclaimed “secret society” Colossal Squid sponsored wi-fi at Pitchfork and offered cool buttons to the relief of many, and even designers Souldier and Tiny Media Empire displayed neat buttons to the delight of their fans.

The Chicago Reader sponsored the bicycle parking lot at the fest, and released a new one-inch button design of a Reader-powered bike for participating cyclists.

Click here for the complete photo set of Busy Beaver Button Co. Pitchfork souvenir photos on Actionbooth.com

Thanks for all the eye candy, everyone!  Click here to hang out at Pitchfork for a recap.  Click here to visit BusyBeaver.net

Chicago Reader Buttons Up

What’s your favorite local band, dive bar, barbershop, and place to adopt a pet?  The annual Chicago Reader poll Best of Chicago 2010 wants to know.

And you know what’s totally awesome?  The Chicago Reader made custom 2.25-inch buttons with Busy Beaver Button Co. to spread their Best of Chicago campaign!

Click here to vote before June 6 and qualify to win fabulous prizes, like tickets to Cubs games and Pitchfork.  Maybe next year there will be a “Best Button Company” category…

Eye Spy Optical hosts Button-O-matic

Eye Spy Optical Button-O-matic Party

Busy Beaver is brimming with excitement to bring a nomadic Button-O-matic to a unique house of rims called Eye Spy Optical.

Visit Eye Spy Optical this Saturday, September 12 to welcome the Busy Beaver Button-O-matic with beer, bagels, and make-your-own-buttons!  The Chicago Reader and NewCity vote Eye Spy as the “Best Eye Wear Shop” in Chicago for good reason.  Click here for more info.

A cool shop hosts a traveling Button-O-matic vending machine every month this year and celebrates with a party that is free to YOU!  Do you want to host the nomadic, Button-O-matic?  Contact me.