As I reflect back on 2012, I am once again touched, humbled and amazed at all of Blue Buddha’s wonderful customers as well as our highly dedicated team. For the past 12 months, we asked time and time again for you to support us, either by voting in various contests, or through our Jumpstart program… Read more »
Author: Rebeca
Jumpstart the New B3 – The First Step Toward a Century of Creativity
A special message from the founder of B3 about the debut of our Jumpstart program. Over the past nine and a half years, Blue Buddha Boutique has grown from a one-room operation in my spare bedroom to a leader and innovator in the craft industry. When I founded my company in 2003, I was just… Read more »
A New Space! A New Expense …
As most of you know, we’ve completely outgrown our current facilities and are bursting at the seams. We spent many months looking long and hard at dozens of spaces in Chicago and finally found a perfect spot in Chicago’s Edgewater neighborhood! We’ll be just steps away from the Granville stop on the Red Line. This… Read more »
Anodized Aluminum updates
Over the past few months, some of you have undoubtedly noticed that Blue Buddha’s stock of anodized aluminum jump rings hasn’t been as plentiful as it used to be. Just like we updated you on our enameled copper jump ring situation a month ago, we’d like to keep you in the loop with our Anodized… Read more »
Closed July 24 for Employee Appreciation Day
Blue Buddha will be closed on Tuesday, July 24 for our first ever Employee Appreciation Day! One of my philosophies as a business owner is that is is important to not only take care of customers, but also employees— actually, especially employees! When I backpacked and hitchhiked around western Europe a dozen years ago, I… Read more »