New projects...

Mini Canvas

Hello guys! Long time no see.

I've been working on a lot of projects now ... I had to be a Geminis...multitasking person, right? I have many ideas in my head ... that's how I roll.

Bululu's anniversary is coming, I'll probably do a giveaway... I'll let you know.

I want to inform you that I'm expanding my line of "home decor", adding some super cute mini canvases...is that a word? ...and a variety of upcycled shadow boxes. They look great on a shelf or on a table; I enjoyed making them.

Kelly Spring Water Park

We have enjoyed this summer, spending quality time with my daughters and Mr.Bululu.

See you soon guys. :D

PS: Did you notice something different on the blog? ...take a guess.

Caring for Pearls

This is the birthstone for all those people who were born in June. Pearls are classics, every woman should have a pearl necklace or at least a pair of earrings made of pearls.

Pearls are softer than other gems and should be handled with care. Pearls should be wiped with a soft cloth after they’re worn, since body oil, makeup, hair spray and perfume can spot the surface. Use mild soapy water to clean pearls; do not use cleaning solvents or put them in an ultrasonic cleaner. Store pearls in a soft cloth or pouch.

Happy Earth Day

The Earth Day has been celebrated in the last 40 years thanks to the U.S. Senator Gaylord Nelson as an Environmental Teach-In Held on April 22, 1970. This is a day to reconsider on our actions, that we must change our attitude, how to improve our quality of life and think that this planet will be inherited by our children.

In this post here you'll find great ways to Be Greener every day. Here I present this video i got.

My workspace ...the before and after.

After 2 years and 5 months of having my Etsy store, I finally have my space to create things for Bululu Studio. Those years were very difficult for me, I felt uncomfortable at any place to work, I got discouraged and often did not want to design in such circumstances. I used to work at the kitchen on the dining table.

Last Thursday my husband and I decided to wait no more. We began to look for ideas, furniture which suits my needs, we spent several hours looking for information, pricing and measurements.

This Saturday we went to buy the things we needed and spent the rest of Saturday and Sunday assembling the furniture. It was exciting, we really enjoyed it.

Hubby assembling the furniture

Almost ready

Ta da!!

But now, I feel much better having my own space. I hope to spend long hours creating in and getting great results.

And the winner is...

Drum roll please, #51 yay! HEATHER!!!...Congratulations Heather you're the lucky winner, I'll be in touch with you so we can make the arrangement .

And thank you so much to all the participants and supporters for made this giveaway so special...See you next time my dear Bululians and stay tuned for more future giveaways...like my father in law used to said "It's better to give than to ask".

Celebrating Paper Anniversary?

My Dear Bululian, nice to see you here visiting us. Yes, that’s right, we aren’t nuts. Paper is the symbol of our second anniversary. Please join us in celebrating Second Etsy-versary on Etsy! We would like to thank you for making BululuStudio a success. In honor to the Paper and our mother nature, we are giving away an Upcycled Paper Poppy Flowers Rack Organizer, the giveaway runs from today through next Saturday 22^nd until 12:00 am! The winner will be announce on Sunday.

Contemporary Poppy Flower Reclaimed Wood Organizer by BululuStudio
(click the picture for item description)

Enter to win this gorgeous organizer, here are the rules:

• Just say hello each time you stop by this post. (1 entry)
• Sign up for our e-mail updates with feedburner up on the left column. It’s free and if you change your mind later, you can always unsubscribe (1 entry)
• Go to our shop and leave us a note as to what you liked there. (2 entries)
• Tweet about our giveaway, shop and follow us on twitter. (2 entries). Come back and post it here.
• Send us some good loving fans to our facebook page. (1 entry) come back let us know.
• Bring a friend to our blog and have her/him leave us a note saying who referred her/him. (1 entry) Let us know here.
• Please leave an email or where to contact you, in case you’re the luck winner.

Note: Limit seven entries per person.

Want to know the other materials for your anniversary click here.

THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU!

Don't throw it away!

Lupita the Robot (upcycled home decor and collectibles)

While browsing, I found this site TerraCycle. It offers a great way to REDUCE the waste that goes to the landfill and at the same time helps you raise some money. Also We must find great uses for new objects, upcycling is a new way to reduce waste. Now Terra Cycle can help you raise funds for your favorite charity or school by helping them collect waste. It’s easy and the shipping is free. Here are some examples for the items that you will be pay for:

o Soda Bottles, Yogurt Containers, drink pouches, energy bar wrappers and more.

For more details check out their website: terracycle.net

I'm having a Poll

I want to hear from all of you, what are your favorite topics on my blog.

Please vote so I can have an idea what interest you. I'd really appreciate it. I'm also hearing suggestions.

A very special friend...

Last Friday I was talking on the phone with Lolos as usual planning all the activities for our Spanglish team, she mentioned that she's was going to Orlando for shopping on Saturday. And I said wait...where? Orlando? You're going to be so close to me and we are not gonna meet each other? no way... All the plans begins to unfold... yes you read it right... we finally, almost after a year since we met on an Etsy lab... see each other eyes, face to face, cheek to cheek hehe...we laughed a lot that day. I met her husband and daughter, she met my daughters and husband also.

Lolos and Bululu

We spent the afternoon and part of the night chatting, laughing, joking. It was a rainy and stormy day. What a wonderful person she is, I'm very glad that I met her and her family. I believe this is the beginning of a new friendship.

Gracias Lolin :D

Frida Kahlo Birthday Challenge

I'm participating in the Frida's Challenge hosted by Spanglish Team and the Etsy Owls Team. We are celebrating the 102th Frida's birthday. It has been a very enjoyable week, working on this organizer. Hope you like it.

If you want to vote for your favorite Frida click here. You can search the tag on Etsy: "frida challenge" to see more wonderful items from my teammates.

Here is my version of Frida Kahlo.

Puzzle time!

Last week my daughters and I were doing a puzzle. It is a habit that I want to create with them. We enjoyed the moment, we use it as a relaxing moment, stress-free; it's a quality time for us.

While my hubby was playing online with his buddies... having a blast. The only thing he did was asked us to get him a glass of water, he was so tired "of running" in his war game... Do you know about "shooting" people, camping, and gimping? that's the only thing I hear him say ...or scream sometimes. Can you believe all that stuff makes him "exhausted"? What's the fun about that? I don't know, you can ask him...please let me know.

Take a peek of what we did.

Ta Da!!

Yesterday we started another puzzle, stay tuned for the reveal.

Summer Sale!!!

Click on the photo for details

Yart Sale...whoo hoo!

This year's sale will be the “2nd Annual Yart Sale on Etsy sponsored by Team ESST.” It will take place June 10 through June 14, 2009. Everyone with a shop on Etsy is invited to participate!

Bululu Studio is participating in the Awesome Yart Sale Event. Come check out our shop for more details.

Also in this event my fellow teammates are participating with the Yart Sale: EcoEtsy Team, Fest Team, Spanglish Team and many more.

Happy Birthday!!!

As some of you may know yesterday was my birthday, everything was wonderful I spent the day with my family... it was fun.

Several of the websites in which I participate congratulated me, I took screen shots to share them with you. (click the pictures to see a detailed version)

Here they are... ta-da!!!

Happy Birthday BululuStudio from Etsy



Happy Birthday Marilo from Facebook

The Spanglish team made a post about my birthday too...

Thank you guys :D

::Tips and Tricks:: for bruises, burns and more...

As you can see, I love to learn new tips and share them with you, someone told me the other day "you are the Queen of Tips", ...you know who you are ;D

I bring you more new tips for this week:

• Splinter remover - Just pour a drop of Elmer's Glue all over the splinter. Let dry and peel the glue off the skin in the direction of entry.
  
• Vinegar to heal bruises - Soak a cotton ball in white vinegar and apply to the bruise for 1 hour. The vinegar reduces the blueness and speed up the healing.
• Get right of unsightly toenail fungus - by soaking your toes in Listerine mouthwash. This powerful antiseptic leaves your toenails looking healthy again.
• Colgate toothpaste makes an excellent salve for minor burns.
• Rainy day cure for dog odor. - Next time your dog/cat comes in from the rain, simply wipe them down with Bounce or any other dryer sheets.

If you want check more tips, click here

Eco Tips: Paper Napkins

This week I was watching TV and I found a show dedicated to investigating and exposing the cost of living and how it affects our planet.

But this time it was related to paper napkins, It was shocking and insane!... the production of paper causes many harmful effects to our environment, so I decided to share these videos with you. Let's see what you think, shall we?

3 million of trees are cut each year.

Paper processing companies dump toxic chemical into rivers and to the air.

The higher postconsumer content the better (like 90%), choose non-chlorine napkins (no bleached)

Solutions to the problem:
- Use organic cotton or hemp cloth napkins. You will save money and lot of trees.
- Buy paper napkins made of post consumer products. The higher post consumer content the better
- Write a letter to your local congressman to change the regulation to the paper processing company
- Plant trees... lot of trees.

Member of the week... Tumbleweedstudios

From her profile:

I am Susana, a proud mom and wife who works at home. I am a Digital Artist and I have had my studio for over three years. I have been into the arts since I ever remember. I grew up among artists which include my grandfather, my dad, my uncle, my sister, my cousins, etc. I come from a family full of painters, musicians, interior designer, art dealer and gallery owners and home decorating related business owners. I have spent a lot of my childhood, teen years and adult years in the art gallery scene, being my dad the owner of one.

So, I have been tumbling around the arts for a very long time.

I am now a professional digital artist who specializes in the giclée making for artists and galleries as well as for myself.

I am also a crafter and an explorer. I am elaborating my jewelry designs and I have started to add some of them.

What to know a little more about Tumbleweedstudio you can visit her blog

Earth Day ::: Eco Bath Rug Project :::

Earth Day ::: Earth's Cries Recorded in Space :::

I’m going to repost this article in honor to our Mother Earth Week

Robert Roy Britt
Senior Science Writer
SPACE.com Tue Jul 1, 12:33 AM ET

Earth emits an ear-piercing series of chirps and whistles that could be heard by any aliens who might be listening, astronomers have discovered.

The sound is awful, a new recording from space reveals.

Scientists have known about the radiation since the 1970s. It is created high above the planet, where charged particles from the solar wind collide with Earth's magnetic field. It is related to the phenomenon that generates the colorful aurora, or Northern Lights.

The radio waves are blocked by the ionosphere, a charged layer atop our atmosphere, so they do not reach Earth. That's good, because the out-of-this-world radio waves are 10,000 times stronger than even the strongest military signal, the researchers said, and they would overwhelm all radio stations on the planet.

Theorists had long figured the radio waves, which were not well studied, oozed into space in an ever-widening cone, like light from a torch.

But new data from the European Space Agency's Cluster mission, a group of four high-flying satellites, reveals the bursts of radio waves head off to the cosmos in beam-like fashion, instead.

This means they're more detectable to anyone who might be listening.

The Auroral Kilometric Radiation (AKR), as it is called, is beamed out in a narrow plane, as if someone had put a mask over a torch and left a slit for the radiation to escape.

This flat beam could be detected by aliens who've figured this process out, the researchers say. The knowledge could also be used by Earth's astronomers to detect planets around other stars, if they can build a new radio telescope big enough for the search. They could also learn more about Jupiter and Saturn by studying AKR, which should emit from the auroral activity on those worlds, too.

The AKR bursts -- Mutel and colleagues studied 12,000 of them -- originate in spots the size of a large city a few thousand miles above Earth and above the region where the Northern Lights form.

"We can now determine exactly where the emission is coming from," Mutel said.

Our planet is also known to hum, a mysterious low-frequency sound thought to be caused by the churning ocean or the roiling atmosphere.

Sort, sort, sort

Sorting is the easiest way to take a bite out of a cluttered space. Whether it is a nasty pile of paper clutter or a closet bursting at the seams, sorting is the cure.

When you take a look at a huge cluttered pile or space it can be very overwhelming. By sorting the items into categories you are actually breaking them down, simplifying, into a much more manageable project.

Sort items into the following categories: Keep, Donate, Long-Term Storage and my favorite Trash. Here are the definitions for the above categories:

• Keep--Items used on a regular basis--ones you cannot function without in your "daily living space." Organize your keys so they have a place.
• Donate--Items that are no longer used or are duplicates. You have decided that you can do without this item and would rather give it to someone else for them to benefit from it.
• Long-Term Storage--Sentimental things that you want to hold on to but don't need to have cluttering up your daily living space. Out-of-season pieces of clothing qualify for this category as well.
• Trash--Things that are no longer usable.