Bon Vivant Press

UPPERCASE Magazine

February 15th, 2011 § 0

You can find Bon Vivant Press this month in Issue 8 of Uppercase Magazine. Uppercase Mag is a really great magazine devoted to the creative and the curious! This issue focuses on letterpress printing and includes a letterpress sample from one of 50 participating letterpress studios! Get your issue here.

Uppercase Mag has been one of my favorites since it first launched in 2009. True story…there were a few subscriptions left for the inaugural issue and it was the last day to purchase. I was set to have surgery that same day. It was a few minutes before they wheeled me into the operating room when I remembered I needed to subscribe. I told my husband I quickly needed my iphone. I wrote a short yet impassioned email to the editor, Janine, to hold one of the subscriptions for me. She did. And that…was the beginning of a beautiful love affair with Uppercase.

This Week in Etsy Treasuries

February 6th, 2011 § 0

Here is this week’s roundup of some of the wonderful Etsy treasuries that we were featured in this week. Check them out!

We are all PINK on the inside. The beauty is in our differences. by SimplyCutebyKarin
What’s Black and White and Red all Over? by transienttreasures
Get Over the Winter Blues by lmadamo
…Aww, dont make me blush ~Valentine Edition~ by holidayglitter

This Week in Etsy Treasuries

January 29th, 2011 § 0

Here is a roundup of some of the wonderful Etsy treasuries that we were featured in this week. Check them out!

Red the Lucky Color from mlpjewelrydesigns
Sun is Shining in San Diego from go2girl
Float Away With Me from TamaraStarr
Young & in Love from nellaannedesigns
the best thing about me is you from LittleHouseMonograms

Who’s your Valentine?

January 20th, 2011 § 0

It’s been a busy new year so far. We have our new 2011 Valentine greeting cards on sale right now on our Etsy site.

Handmade Holiday Pop-Up Shop

November 30th, 2010 § 0

If you’re in San Diego on December 4th, be sure to check out the 1st ever Handmade Holiday Pop-Up Shop at SD Space 4 Art! Organized by Susie Ghahremani of boygirlparty and Dain Bornstein of dainty * handcrafted, the Pop-Up Shop will be from 6- 10 PM. Discover new handmade artists! Get your food and drink on (event will be catered by Sea Rocket Bistro and beer by Ballast Point)! Dance! Have fun!

For more info, click on the flyer below:

New Holiday Greeting Cards

November 25th, 2010 § 0

For 2010, we are introducing our new line of Calligraphic Holiday Cards. With messages like “Joy to the World”, “Peace on Earth” and “Deck the Halls”, these cards will be sure to inspire during the holiday season. The cards will be sold as a set of 3 with a corresponding teal envelope.

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Art Show

November 12th, 2010 § 0

Bon Vivant Press will be showing our new holiday cards and other letterpress goodies at the Art Show at Twiggs Coffee House in University Heights. Please drop by if you are in the area to say hi. We enjoy meeting people that love letterpress like we do.

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SFCB Roadworks Steamroller Street Fair 2010

October 5th, 2010 § 0

While we were in San Francisco last month, we had the opportunity to visit SFCB’s 7th Annual Roadworks Steamroller Street Fair. The Roadworks Festival is one of our favorites because of the awesome printing and book arts community in San Francisco. They really know how to throw a party. Plus there were a ton of cool vendors who had dog biscuits at their booths. Grizzly made a lot of friends that day.
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Happenstance

August 1st, 2010 § 3

You know what happens when you stand in a line for half an hour and the girl next to you out of the blue says that she knew you in high school, and you don’t realize who she is immediately because in high school she had pink hair and in hindsight you think that she is so uber-cool for living outside of the box back then and on top of that high school was like 15 light years ago?

You end up with a french bulldog named Grizzly.

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happenstance: an unexpected random event.
If it wasn’t for happenstance, there wouldn’t be a dog on my floor making raspberry noises in his sleep.

Shepard Fairey in San Diego

July 15th, 2010 § 0

Street artist Shepard Fairey was in San Diego creating murals for the “Viva La Revolucion” showing at the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego. We couldn’t miss seeing the artist in action. So we hightailed it to South Park to see him work.
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