The TNT #Giveaway Winners!

Well, what can we say, we've had a gobsmacking number of entries for our TNT Giveaway which we ran for the last three days to celebrate our first year in business..We were giving away a totebag, notebook and a t-shirt and in total we got a whopping, record breaking (for us), 509 entries - thank you all for entering and helping us spread the word...A great way for us to mark our first year..

Anyway, let the drumroll rip and lets make 3 people happy...We entered all the names into our random name selector and I can now reveal the winners are:
Totebag - Deirdre Walsh
Notebook - Laura Sterling
T-Shirt - Leona Dorney

To all the winners CONGRATS! Please send an e-mail to ladyumbrellaltd[AT]gmail(dot)com letting us know where to send your prize (and what size/stlye you'd like Leona)..and you can see your name in lights below :)

For those who didn't win the good news is we have a nice sale on now.. You can get 25% off and free shipping with our special promo code lubirthday..The code will be valid until Sunday midnight to allow for some weekend shopping so enjoy :)

And now those names in lights - congrats to all...







Once again congrats to our winners and don't forget to check out our 25% off sale and use promo code lubirthday for the savings..Stay happy all...


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It's Our 1st Birthday #GiveAway

LadyUmbrella has made it to the ripe old age of one - ole! The last year has absolutely flown by and we're really happy with what has unfolded and the many different adventures and experiences we've had with LadyUmbrella..We're really excited for what the next year holds as well as we have lots of plans and things in the pipeline..Ultimately though, thank you for your support throughout our first year..We say it time and time again but if not for your help sharing our blog, facebook, tweets we would not be where we are today so thank you and please don't stop :)

To mark the day we've got a whopper 25% discount that you can use now to order whatever you want from our online shop and we hope to send lots of you lots of goodies :)

And of course, we also have the final part of our TNT Giveaway and have one of our ladies t-shirts up for grabs..To enter just leave a comment here or on facebook letting us know which of our t-shirts is your favourite - easy peasy :) We'll announce all the winners of the TNT giveaway tomorrow and please help us spread the word..Good luck..

TNT Giveaway Round 2

Well, we had an insane number of entries yesterday for our TNT giveaway to try win our totebag and we're hoping that things will be just as crazy today for our limited edition notebook...To enter into the draw just leave us a comment here or on facebook letting us know what you'd use your notebook for? Perhaps you like to doodle? or like to pen some poems or scribe some prose? Whatever it is let us know! Also, please, spread the word on to some of your friends..We want this giveaway to be our biggest one yet so we can celebrate our first birthday with a bang..Ole..Tomorrow we give away one of our ladies t-shirts - make sure you don't miss it..

The TNT 1st Birthday #GIVEAWAY

They say time flies when you're having fun and that is most definitely the case for us..On Thursday 20th of January 2011 we'll have been in "business" for one year..To mark our first birthday with a bang we're starting our TNT Giveaway which will run for 3 days...Oh, it's going to be dynamite...read on!

On Tuesday we'll be giving away one of our totebags..To enter just leave a comment here or on facebook letting us know what you'd put in your totebag..

On Wednesdaywe'll be giving away one of our nifty new notebooks..To enter just leave a comment here or on facebook letting us know what you'd write/draw or use your notebook for..

On Thursday we have one of our ladies t-shirts up for grabs...To be in with a chance of winning just leave us a comment here or on facebook letting us know which of our t-shirt designs is your favourite..Simples :)

We'll put all the names in a hat and announce the 3 different winners on Friday..We'd really appreciate if you could share this on twitter (just press the big RT button above) or if you could suggest our facebook page to some of your friends who might be interested in our stuff - that is our birthday wish :)

Any help you can give us to spread the word would really rock our world, we're still a very small company and your help and support is vital for us - thank you!



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2010 - The Year in Review

I feel compelled to do a review of 2010 - it was our first year in business and to not try summarise what has happened would be folly...It has been an amazing first year and myself and Elena want to thank you for your help and support - without it none of this would be possible...

January:
- EleventyFour gives our t-shirts a right good testing on the stage
- Our online shop launches on 20th January 2010
- From the Flying V to Touchdown, our t-shirts went everywhere

February:
- We get our first bit of national press in the Irish Star
- T-Shirts chosen to be used in the movie Booked Out
- We get stocked in the very nifty Emma Boutique
- Somehow or other we get nominated for an Irish Blog Award
- Our "Artvertisement" in Pygmalion gets completed..

March:
- We release our lookbook, it's what all the cool kids were doing in March
- Our t-shirts embarked on a special journey to SXSW in Texas
- We end up in 2,000,000 newspapers...kind of ;)

April:
- We sell out of our first size/style, a bittersweet moment..
- All the big names wear LadyU ;)
- All Hail Sir David..

May:
- The Loft Market comes into focus
- Nothing like Vikings and Vietnam
- We wind up on top of El Mundo

June:
- Throughout the year we held a few different sales, the LadyUmbrella Supports Spain Sale during the World Cup was a fun one...
- The talk of the Loft Market becomes a reality, we open!..
- Lots of packing and stacking as we set new records for ourselves..

July:
- We launched our new tote bag and got some lovely cupcakes..
- We strike up a deal with Aliquo Boutique
- Time to roll out the new designs

August:
- The LadyU Crew is launched!
- We start thinking about some notebooks..
- Friday the 13th was lucky for us

September:
- We top the charts for Follow Friday on Twitter in Ireland..
- We take to travelling around a bit and selling our t-shirts..
- Our 2nd collection of t-shirts launched and I was sick, drat..

October:
- We take part in the Grand Fashion Bazaar..
- LadyUmbrella makes it all the way to India..
- The ugly truth gets revealed...
- Lots more road trips and adventures..

November:
- Some limited edition Christmas Cards? Why not..
- We run The Ultimate Style Test with Nicky Harris & Maria Fusco..
- LadyUmbrella bags a bargain in Madrid...
- We take part in the 12 days of Christmas..

December:
- It's not a comic book to mark the launch of our notebooks..
- New opportunity arises and we take to the Fashion Stage..
- Glorious t-shirt triple threat to conclude the year..

Wow, looking back it really has been quite a year and the above are only some snippets..We've had an insane amount of blog posts from other bloggers which I wish I had a list of somewhere to show you (have bit of a list here) but want to thank all who have mentioned us in 2010 - you make us believe that this whole thing could be something special..How was your 2010?

Hope you have a great 2011..Stay happy all..


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