Update

Hey guys,

Its half way through the month and the sales are going pretty good :) So good that I have already made enquires into my next product. It's October and winter is coming so what better thing to release now than a jumper? More specifically a Varsity Jumper/Jacket. Last week I went to check out the company and order a sample of black and white varsity jacket with the Geeky Generation logo embroidered on the left breast pocket and embroidery on the back top to say "Geeky Generation". I am excited to see it tomorrow and hopefully it will be good so I can order more for the shop!

Apart from searching for my new "invention" for the shop, I have been looking into different screen printing companies as the current one has disappointed me majorly. It is very hard to find a decent one that you can actually trust. And being almost a perfectionist when it comes to the orders, Its makes the search for a screen printer even harder.

If any one knows any one who does good screen printing, send me an email, I would appreciate it :)

Anywayyysss, it's 10 months since I got happily married, after getting a new King Size bed for us and successfully may i add, putting it together after 2 hours of sweat and blood....well no blood, it is ready for us to jump in and enjoy it :D Can't wait for my love to get back from work to show of my master skills....no not in bed...THE BED! Dinner is burining as well, so CIAO people!!!

Photoshoot recap

Hey guys,

Sorry I havent been realy blogging much latelly but it's quite hard starting everything up from scratch and then even having to learn everything before doing anything. But anyway I hope I will have more time now to blog as the business is officially LIVE and on the way :D

Last time I was talking about doing the photo shoot! Well it has been done, and did we pick a good day for the shoot. The two models Dusica Sember and Mark W, have done a great job. But I definatelly ahve to thank the amazing photographer Naidia Sants Paiva. She has a great passion or photography and this is reflected through out her photography. Check her facebook out by searching Naidia Paiva-My Images page or just click here http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000172665297#!/Naidia.S.Paiva

All in all a great day for the shoot. Here are a few pics to show you what I am talking about:

Launch

Past couple of weeks have been pretty busy. From arranging promotional flayers to deciding on the actual Launch day.

I have finally managed to sit down and finish of the whole business plan. Some people ask me why did I have to finish a business plan when I am still such a small business, but you know what I would recommend everyone to make one. However small or big you are, it gives you a clear indication of what you really want to do for your business in order to make it successful. It is almost like a guide for yourself and what you hope your business will achieve.

On the other note, I have decided to get a photographer and do a professional photo shoot with a female and male model for the website. The photo shoot will take place in the Rose Gardens in Hyde Park this weekend. I really hope it does not rain otherwise I am f****d!

Leaflets have been designed and are ready to be sent off tomorrow for printing. By 18th they should all be done and ready for distribution :)

Ouh and something else has been done, the T-Shirts are in!!!!!!!!
I went yesterday to IKEA, and ended up buying two shelf looking things for where I will be keeping the T-Shirts. The office is looking good.

Enough for now. Will update you Geeks when the photo shoot is done this weekend!

Peace

Brussel's

Hey Geeks,

Well we have survived the Belgium trip we took couple of days ago. And have to admit Brussels is impressive.

We took eurostar from St Pancras International to Brussels midi where we took a cab to our 5* Plaza hotel. The Hotel was lush and elegant. Shame about the service though. For a 5* hotel you would expect much more than what was given. But hey, we survived.

After settling in we decided to take a little mini Europe tour. Which we looked at before on the Brussels Tour Guides. Mini-Europe has the reproductions of the most attractive monuments in the European Union on show, at a scale of 1:25. Roughly 80 cities and 350 buildings are represented. The park contains numerous live action models (train, mills, eruption of Mount Vesuvius, Airbus, cable cars, etc). It was pretty cool to see it all. (Check out some pics from the tour below).

The following day we booked a tour to Antwerp, which is Belgium's 2nd Largest City just next to Brussels. Antwerp is know for having the World Diamond Center which is the biggest export City in the world. For lunch we went to a small Italian restaurant down the road. The food was delicious and good value :)

After being moved into 4 different rooms back at the hotel because of air conditioning, we decided to go and wonder off into Brussels city center and check out some of the shops and bars. I have to say the people are very friendly and I was surprised that most of the people spoke The English Language as if it was their mother tongue. We were amazed by the tour guides. They went around the coach asked where each person is from and while doing the tour spoke in all the languages! Literally it would be one after another. In Belgium they speak mostly French, German and Flemish. The tour guides were speaking in English, French, Dutch, German, Italian, Spanish....just to name some.

On the last day in Brussels we decided to take a tour of Brussels. Brussels has some amazing building structures. The architectue is beautifull.

All in all we had a great time. I managed to take a few snaps so check them out.

Peace

p.s. Try the Belgium Waffels. YUM :)

MINI EUROPE- BRUSSELS BELGIUM

ATOMIUM

ATOMIUM

BELGIUM WAFFELS. YUMMYYYY

MANNEKEN PIS

CHOCOPOLIS CHOCOLAT FACTORY

MY BABY :)

Holidays

Well is the last day of July and you know what that means? I go on holiday for 2 weeks. Wohoo. Even though me and the Mrs are not going anywhere too fancy for the 2 weeks, we are still excited to be away from work and away from worrying about work.

Back on the 26th was the Mrs Birthday. Couple of as gathered and went to Alton Towers for the day. Was a pretty awesome day. I definitely recommend going there if you haven't been. Anyway that wasn't the present for the wife. Back in May I booked us a 2 night stay at a 5* Hotel in Brussels, Belgium, which we are leaving in 2 days :) Alex i.e. the wife, has been researching into what we can actually do while we are there. Even though we are there for like 2 nights she has managed to find various things to do around Belgium. And I though this was going to be a relaxing get away......how wrong! But after all this is for her Birthday so I guess I better keep it shut.

We leave early Tuesday morning, until than adios.

T Shirt War

Check this out, I have seen it a couple of months ago and thought it was amazing :)



On the way

Hey Ho,

How is everyone doing?...."how am I?", well Geeks the professor is fantastic :)

Since last time of my lecture i.e. blog, I have received my blank apparel and I was very happy with it. Drove down to the warehouse myself so I can inspect it right there and there and not be fooled like I had before with the previous disappointment.

I found myself a print company, which initially I was going to use but decided not to go with them because of certain individual company, which seemed to be too good to be true....and it was!

I decided to change the design of the 3rd design. Initially I was going for a purple tetris design t-shirt but decided not to go with it because I made up another design, Aqua Blue, Super Geek, which seemed better than the other. Have a look on the pictures below and let me know did I make the right decision?

The T-shirts at the moment are with the printers and I am hoping to have them by August all done :)

Samples

Hi Guys,

Sorry it has taken so long for me to put anything on the blog. Unfortunately GG hasn't been happy :(

So the last thing I have posted here was that I am waiting for my samples to arrive as they are late. Well eventually they did come on the 23rd May, after having to go down to DHL headquarters because I couldn't wait for them to deliver it to me in the morning....if I knew what was waiting I wouldn't of bothered.

So I arrive at the headquarters and they promptly give me my package. Excited I run into the car on the phone to Alex, too nervous to open the package. She convinces me to open it and TAM DAM DAMM.......ouhh!

W*F is this?? First impression. What kind of material is this? This is wrong colour? The designs are wrong? Is this screen printed? Did my 3 year old niece do the labelling? Is this a cap or a bin bag?OMG!!!!! Cant even describe the feeling that I felt that evening. It's like I just went bankrupt!

I called up the supplier and immediately made an appointment for a meeting in the morning. The whole night I spent thinking about the samples and what to do?

Than the meeting came where they just looked at the samples in an embarrassment, because that's all it was. One big embarrassment to their “company”. They managed to persuade me to give them another chance and that they will have my new samples arrive within 11 days. I sent them another 10 page essay indicating where they went wrong and what I want. Stating from size of sleeve to the complete product. Even sent them my favourite tops and cap in order for them to understand what quality is desired. It has now been 3 weeks and I haven't yet received anything!

So I have booked some appointments with other suppliers who will be able to provide me with what I desire.

Lesson learnt from this experience is, don't take peoples word if you haven't really seen what they have done in the past. It is easy for a person to convince a person that they will take care of everything and there is nothing to worry about. They are professionals and they know what they are doing....

Lesson two- if you are staring up maybe start of with a supplier from the same country. Tracking down orders and communication is difficult internationally. And even though it may look like is cheaper, remember that there is always a catch. For me it was the service they provided!

The moral of this blog....NEVER TRUST PEOPLE THAT SAY “DON'T WORRY, THIS IS OUR PROBLEM”.

Where are they?

So is 13:45, Saturday May the 21st and the samples are still not here. Where the heck are they?????

Starting

Hi guys

Welcome to the new online store.! I will keep you updated with all the new things. For now I have just created a blog!

Peace