Sunday, October 10, 2010

WAHM Day 10 Buddha Bunz

Welcome to the final day of our 10 day long spotlight on all our great WAHM’s. Here at Top to Bottom Baby Boutique we pride ourselves on working with WAHM’s and helping them to spread the love for their products. What better way to spread the love than to give something away! We’re also going to have a 5% discount on each of our WAHM products through October 10th. (no code necessary)
Meet our Tenth WAHM run business:

The Mom behind it all: Melinda Allen
Tell us about yourself:  Hi, I'm Melinda, Mama behind Buddha Bunz. I am Mommy to Kya, Ryan and Jake,future wife to Chris and firefighter in Lincoln County Tennessee. Buddha Bunz was started after I left my corporate job behind when I was 36 weeks pregnant with Jake. I loved being a SAHM, I loved when all I had to do was go on playdates, take Jake to the park or hang out with our  friends, but I felt another calling. We were using cloth diapers and loving all of the new things that the world of cloth diapering was opening up to us. All of the wonderful respected WAHM's with their cute businesses and products that made me feel so much better about the products that were in our home. All of the handmade wonderful stuff that was made with love by a WAHM. I had a local friend that owned a cloth diaper business where I first bought my diapers in New Braunfels TX and when I would come over I would see a few packages sitting at the door of her house and think to myself.. WOW.. I would love to have a business like that.. sending packages out every few days, how awesome!
I started making Jake's wipe solution at home, I never bought any, never tried any other's before. I let a friend use it and she suggested I start selling it, another friend had just asked if I would join a congo with her on Hyena Cart and I did.. and Buddha Bunz began! I really didn't know where 078bBuddha Bunz would go.. I can't sew so I can't make diapers.. I didn't have the start up cash to buy a bunch of diapers.. I could paint.. I could make candles.. but paintings and candles are just too expensive to ship.. I didn't know where we were going, but I joined the congo.. I thought what the hey.. if I sell a few wipe solutions I can buy a diaper or two. Then I added wool wash. Then lanolin spray. Then boo boo spray.. and a year later wool dryer balls.. and I have never looked back. Dryer balls are perfect, they are eco-friendly, something everyone can use and I can needle felt and do my art! I had hoped that I would find my 'thing' one day and I can't believe I had finally found it!
That was 3 years ago this past July. Never in my dreams would I imagine that my little goal of sending out a few packages a week would turn into sending out 100's of orders.. having over 40 retailers, dryer balls being sold and distributed in 5 countries and a band of Mama's behind me or that my products would be sold in the stores that I looked up to and shopped from just a few years ago. I NEVER thought that this would be me.. that I would be a 'brand'.. that I would be able to send out a product that is so eco-friendly that actually HELPS people and that I would be so amazingly blessed. I am so honored to have so many wonderful customers and friends. When you become a WAHM you naturally think of money that you want (or need) to make, but you don't think about all of the friends and amazing people you will get to meet and in the cloth diaper world I have met some of the most wonderful and inspiring people ever!
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elinda was nice enough to offer up a pair of undyed dryer balls in the scent of your choice.
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Marissa said...

I love how soft diapers are when they come out of the dryer, but I hate that some tend to shrink, so I like to air dry most of the way and tumble dry the last little bit. Right now I put them in the dryer with a dry towel to cut back on drying time, but I would love to try out Dryer Balls. I've had my eye on Buddha Bunz for a while!

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Krissy said...

I usually dry in the dryer, but I love how the diapers smell after they've dried in the sun for hours!

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AudreyMaston said...

Drying my daughters training pants is a nightmare. I like to use a combo of the dryer and good old natural sunshine! When I heard about dryer balls I knew they were just what I needed to help the process along!

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Anonymous said...

Right now I use only pockets, so I machine dry for 20min and then air dry them the rest of the way while the inserts continue to dry in the machine. Dryer balls sound cool, though!

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Stephanie said...

I wish my diapers came out as soft on the line as they do in the dryer, but alas! Especially the cottom and bamboo dipes.. they get so crunchy when air dried :(

Sooo.. I prefer the fryer just an eensy bit more than I like line drying them. Maybe at our next house we will have an actual clothes line and I might feel differently, but until then...gimme the dryer!

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JLJMommy said...

I currently dry my diapers on a collapsible wooden rack. I don't want the covers to shrink/get ruined by drying them, and when they are on the rack, I can easily move them out side for sunning.
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Anonymous said...

I don't have a clothes line yet so I dry all over the house lol then sometimes in the dryer if we are short on time

Lisanne said...

My favorite way to dry diapers in on the clothesline :)

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April said...

My favorite way to dry diapers in on the line. Then I'll throw then in the dryer on ultra low for about 10 minutes to fluff them up.

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I line dry my pocket diapers on a clothes horse and machine dry the inserts, liners, and wipes on low.
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Line dry, nothing better than sunshine fresh!

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TBTorra said...

If I can manage to do diaper laundry early enough in the morning, everything goes out on the clothesline. If laundry doesn't get done until the afternoon (or later), covers and pockets go on the line, prefolds and inserts go in the dryer. Probably going to have to adjust this for cold weather, but we'll see.

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Barbie said...

I line dry my diapers when the weather is nice out, then toss them in the dryer with my Buddha Bunz dryer balls to fluff and soften them. If the weather isn't nice out I'll hang them on a line in the basement or just toss them in the dryer.

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I love to line dry my diapers, then finish then off on air dry in the dryer to make them super snuggly.

Anna said...

I love to hang my diapers on the clothes line. Sadly, not possible about half of the year.

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Lindsey said...

I dry my covers, especially those with velcro, outside on my fold-up clothes drying rack. But I dry my inserts and cloth wipes in the dryer with my 2 Buddha Bunz! I would love to add more as the more you have... the better the static and less drying time!
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We dry our fitteds: 30 min low heat, 20 min no heat, 20 min low heat with 3 Buddha Bunz in our dryer.

I lay our wool soakers and longies on a towel on a flat surface to dry.

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I dry inserts and prefolds in the dryer, and hang dry covers and pockets!

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Kirsten said...

Well, hubby and I are just trying right now, so I haven't been washing diapers yet, but I can imagine I will prefer the dryer just because I know my clothes feel quite crunchy when I hang them to dry.
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I line dry

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Amy said...

My baby isnt due until Dec, so I dont wash the diapers yet. But I plan to hanf the outers and machine dry the inners in the winter and hang dry everything as much as possible in the summer.

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I dry my diaper liners in the dryer with homemade dryer balls. The covers and pocket dry on the line.

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i love line drying my diapers and then putting them in the dryer for 5-10 minutes to soften them up a bit.

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Lately I've been drying all my diapers on the makeshift line that i made with weed wacker line. I do however dry my cloth wipes.I just don't think my LO would enjoy stiff wipes on his delicate parts.

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My favorite way to dry my diapers is out on my portable, folding clothes-line. (we're not "allowed" clothes-lines according to our HOA) Then I like to fluff them in the dry on low heat for about 15 min to get them nice and soft and get any pollen or bugs off of them. ;)
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I, like so many others, prefer to line dry my diapers to avoid shrinkage (which ALWAYS happens to me) but I am guilty of throwing in the liners a time or two to make them softer! I use some wool dryer balls I have to help fluff them but they don't seem to do much for static...perhaps I need more? I wish I had the scented kind, my laundry smells drab!

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