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The Best Austin Gifts

July 13, 2022 • austin gift ideas • best austin gifts • Steely's Journal • unique austin gift ideas

You're on the hunt for the perfect local Austin gifts and don't want the same tired touristy items. We get it — you've seen the bats on the bridge, eaten all the BBQ, and watched a UT game. We've got our favorite Austin, Texas gifts below. We've kept it weird, and you won't find these anywhere else.

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Our 6 Top Tips to Making the Best Corporate Gifts

June 28, 2022 • Steely's Journal

Steely launched Bon Vivant after working in corporate recruiting for 8 years and realized that there wasn't a resource, particularly locally, that she could go to for all of their gifting needs. She found herself running around all over town trying to gather items and make them feel personal, cohesive and unique.

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Five Things I've Learned Since Launching Bon Vivant

July 30, 2021 • Steely's Journal

There's so many things we learn when we run a business, but sometimes we learn the hard way. Here are the five things that we're focusing on this year; and after mostly surviving the pandemic we want to let you in on our secrets!

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Repurposing Our Keepsake Boxes

May 16, 2017 • Steely's Journal

When I started Bon Vivant, I knew that I wanted reusable wooden boxes with sliding lids to be the vessels for our gifts. Sure, there are many cardboard and woven options out there, but I figured if I am going to use so many of them, I want them to be repurposeful and useful (i.e. not something that you end up throwing in the trash but feel guilty for it). If you've received one (or hopefully more!) of our keepsake wooden gift boxes, you may have found yourself asking, "what am I going to do with this thing?" Chances are, you've...

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