Archive for the 'Blue Q The Office' Category

Corporate Gifts

Let’s say you own a multi-million, multi-billion dollar a year company who supplies it’s customers with value, quality and excellent service. You believe in good solid products and have a history of returning customers time and time again. You treat your employees with respect, pay a good solid salary with benefits and maybe even a [...]

Marmalade Dresses

Here’s blogger B Chill Mama today on my post, the multi-hardworking, multi-lovely, multi-talented Nichole from Customer Service.  She brought in these amazing dresses the other day that she made by hand and I made her stop so I could take a picture of them.  HOW THE HECK DOES SHE HAVE TIME??!  2 kids under the [...]

Recycled bags

Have you been hearing the recent brouhaha concerning recycled bag safety? Some recent news reports have revealed that some reusable shopping bags on the market contain heavy metals, such as lead.      We would  like to reassure you that Blue Q’s recycled bags are safe, environmentally sound, and always will be “Very Best Quality” (that’s [...]

Back to reality in the Berkshires

Ok.  Back to work.  It’s already Wed…or Thurs…..  Whatev’s……Seriously, this ain’t no holiday no more.  The days are getting shorter and the nights colder and all that crap.  Say bye-bye to lobster rolls and outdoor concerts and mosquitoes and suntans and blueberry picking.  See ya later 3 day weekends. Sayonara iced coffee and sweaty backs and [...]

Blue Q Birthday! And a dead bird.

Happy Birthday Caitlin!  Pickin’s were slim this morning as we all went to our gardens (or our landlords kinda flower area) and picked what was left from the Summer.  And Serg made the cappuccinos (or espressos).  See him here working very hard.  It is very hard work.  As you can see.  Here.  Serg working hard. [...]

A sign on the floor

Sometimes, you walk into the Blue Q offices and see a sign.  Rarely is it taped onto the floor.  But if you walk closer, you can see that it’s just as relevant as one, say, taped onto a wall. And then there it is.  In all it’s glory.  A sign to end all signs. Happy [...]

Staff Picks – New Goods

I think I’ve told you how much I adore Yee Haw Industries.  You can go over and see their workspace here. But now, check out the three super sweet new dishtowels they did for us that just arrived in our warehouse. Keep My Skillet Good and Greasy I Love You Like Biscuits and Gravy You’re The Cream [...]

Bye Bye Baby – the end of the Flat Cat

It’s the end of an era. Trevor walked upstairs last week holding the only 3 remaining Flat Cats and handed them over to Mitch.  There they were.  The last three.  In case you didn’t know, Blue Q began it’s life with this “two-dimensional cardboard kitty that was marketed as the”Perfect Pet”.  Let’s take a quick [...]

Dear Beloved Blue Q Coworkers

I feel that I have to thank you for all the things that you have done for me in these last weeks of my pregnancy to keep me sane and as comfortable as possible.  Thanks for putting up with all my moods, baby news, ultrasound pictures and appointments.  Since this is my 2nd child one [...]

toddler can take 176 steps a minute

Did you know that the average toddler can take 176 steps a minute?!? Being a Mom to a toddler, I can attest that this is pretty accurate.   My son started walking a couple weeks before his first Birthday and he is 19 months old now.   So, do the math and that equals LOTS of toddler [...]

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