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Archives: April 2011

Garden Party

  • April 24, 2011

We’ve been hard at work the past several weekends getting the yard cleaned up, leaves raked, bushes pruned, and seeds in the vegetable garden planted. It’s been a ton of work, but great family fun. I love being outside and I have missed gardening these past few years. I’m excited that we are doing more of it this year.

The colors that you find in the spring in the garden are always amazing. The range of greens as everything buds out is almost too much for the eye. My garden has a lot of blue based tones and purples in it, both in foliage as well as flower, and those shades definitely found there way into this colorway, in addition to a soft, butter yellow. It’s a colorway that speaks of renewal, rebirth, and pretty party dresses, all the best things about spring.



Oma

  • April 22, 2011

I recently did a custom order for someone who was ordering a gift. She had a direction in mind and we worked together to pick the perfect colors for the special someone. When it came to choosing a name, and her real name was already a current colorway of mine, I recommended we use the name that her grandson calls her, Oma. It’s a traditional Dutch and German name. It speaks to tradition, comfort and respect. I hope that it lives up to it’s namesake, a very special and very loved Oma.



Happy Birthday Bu Contest Winners!

  • April 17, 2011

Thank you to everyone who participated and for all the wonderful colorway ideas. Your creativity inspires me! Winners, please contact me and we’ll finalize timing and details for your prize.

Random.org was used to select winners, blame them, not me.

Cuddle Blanket Winner, post 5:

Elizabeth Janak says:
Fan of Facebook :) (Her original colorway was the very first post, “I would love to see a bright turquoise and dark brown colorway!”)

Hooded Towel Winner, post 212:

Sarah A. says:
Happy: orange and aqua- fun and bright!

Mezzo Bu Winner, post 84:

Pamela Hyatt says:
Colorway: Crabby – Orange and cream for crab colors and blues and turquiose for the ocean waters

DKol

  • April 16, 2011

I love living in New York. Some of my closest friends are here and I’m amazed at how easily we found deep, meaningful relationships considering we live in a rural area, not one for seeing your neighbors and such.

I have a great friend, Danielle, that has been in our lives for about 4 years. It’s actually a family friendship, one where our kids are friends, we are friends and our husbands are friends. She’s an amazing person and I learn a lot from her. She opened my eyes to the world of sign language and homeschooling and she rejuvenated my love of photography. Did I mention she’s a photographer? She’s got a great perspective and an almost photo-journalistic touch to her work.

More than any of that though, she’s an idea gal. She amazes me for all the ideas she can come up with and I sit in awe when she starts brainstorming new things and how her mind can jump from one idea to another without losing her thought or direction. She recently came to me with a great collaborative idea for our businesses. She shoots a lot of new moms and babies. I make super cuddly baby gifts. Why not put the two together?

What came out of it is a fun, funky exclusive colorway for her to use on Bitty Bu and other Bu gifts for her clients. The colorway is all her too, it’s fun, full of depth and lots of range. It’s traditional colors with a contemporary twist.
It’s a celebration of my friend.



Find Danielle at DKol Photography on Facebook and on the DKol site.

Water, water everywhere…

  • April 14, 2011

It’s spring. Right? It feels a bit like winter around here still. Apart from one 80° day, it’s been downright cold. And rainy.

I’m boycotting the weather and channeling the spring in my colorways. This one is all about water and our desire to go swimming. My kids love to swim, we adore the water and can’t wait until it’s warm enough to go to the pool and beach.

This will have to do in the meantime.



Happy Birthday Bu Contest!

  • April 1, 2011

Today is April Fools Day, but this is no joke. It’s also the Bu Birthday. Three years ago today we opened our doors and began snuggling everyone up in luxuriously soft, beautiful goodies. It’s been an amazing adventure and we are very thankful for all the support and passion that our customers have given us.

As a special thank you for three great years, we are giving away three great things, some of the most popular Tickety Bu products—one Cuddle Blanket, one Hooded Towel and one Mezzo Bu!

As you all know, this year is all about colorways and we’ve unveiled a new colorway each week of the year so far. It’s time to get everyone involved in the fun. To enter to win one of the 3 great prizes, all you need to do is comment on this thread with a brand new colorway idea. Become a fan on Facebook, post here that you are, and you’ll get another chance to win. Enter as many new colorways as you like for more chances to win. There will be one winner randomly drawn for each item given away and that item will be dyed in the winning colorway you submitted. Be sure to check out the colorway gallery for inspiration or to see what’s already been done.

Rules:
Only posts here on the Bu Blog will be considered as entries, posts on the facebook fan page will not count as entries. Be specific with your colors, for example, “navy blue” is much more specific than just “blue”. Don’t add more than 5 colors to a colorway please. Have fun and tell your friends!

Winners will be drawn at random on April 15th and announced April 18th, here on the Bu Blog. No purchase necessary. Prize values: Cuddle Blanket $39, Hooded Towel, $47 and Mezzo Bu $85.