LadyUmbrella Bags a Bargain in Madrid

We recently went to Spain and whilst there thought it was the perfect opportunity to give our new tote bags a good testing. What better way to test it than let Elena loose in Mercado de Cascorro, one of Madrids oldest markets, and let her fill it up. The video was a fun one to make as we walked around Madrid, taking in the sights and sounds (none of which were too alien to Elena but I loved it)..So, rather than any more text based talk I invite you to just press play and enjoy as the story unfolds...What will Elena buy? Find out now..



Would love to hear what you think about this video so please leave a comment below..Ole..


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Race to 6,000 - Facebook vs Twitter! [Give Away]

Sometimes things just work out nicely don't they? We've been wanting to have some fun with our friends and followers for a while and then low and behold an opportunity like this presents itself for us to give away some tote bags..Magic..So, what is the opportunity?

Well, at the time of writing we have 5,874 facebook likers and 5,861 followers on twitter which I think you'll agree are pretty close to each other..And so, the stage is set for a race to 6,000 to see which account will make it their first...Which one do you predict will win?

We could just wait it out and eventually (or at least we hope) we'd make it to the sought after 6,000 mark but we want you to help us out..If you're rooting for twitter we have set up the #oletrain (inspired by Jared Thompson of Design Juices, the originator of the oletrain) to help you tell your tweeps about us...If facebook is your preference then it is really easy to "Suggest our page" to your friends - the more the merrier...

We are on the brink of launching our 2nd collection of ladies t-shirts but really want to have 6,000 friends before doing so..Why? Well, it is a silly target we set for ourselves and we are so close to hitting it that we might as well try hard..We really need your help for this to happen AND we've got some prizes up for grabs...When we get to 6,000 on facebook one of the peeps who helped us get there will be awarded a bag at random...And, in a similar fashion, when we get to 6,000 on twitter one of the peeps who helped us will win a bag...

To be in with a shot of winning on facebook just suggest our page to our friends & leave a comment to let us know you did...To enter into the tweepstakes just tweet "Want to WIN a tote? Join the #oletrain & follow @LadyUmbrellaltd, they need 6000 tweeps! http://bit.ly/lusite" - simples :)

So, who do you think will win - facebook or twitter? leave a comment & let us know and of course would love for you to share this post and help us get to 6k - ole :)

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Noteworthy Notebooks?

I'll let you in on a secret, we've been sitting on some notebook designs for a while now...We've been wanting to show them before but with the launch of our tote bag happening just a few weeks back we got side tracked and didn't have a chance to unveil them..We rectified that today though and unleashed them to get your much sought after opinion...

So, here is the deal..Elena has come up with six pretty sweet notebook designs (I'm biased as all hell but I think they are rather narly) but we can only bring one of them to life for now..So, we need to know which one is your favourite..We have kicked off a poll of sorts on our facebook page and have got a lot of great feedback..Really hope you can chime in with your thoughts either on facebook or here and let us know which design is your favourite...

And now, let the eye candy begin...

Pink to make the boys wink? This design is derived from the street art we did in Pygmalion [VID]


This design is based on our most successful ladies t-shirt to date "LadyUmbrella is Away with the Birds"...hehe, hope you knew the name of the design already ;)


This is another design which takes elements of one of our t-shirt designs, "What Came First the Chicken or LadyUmbrella?" to be exact..In a recent interview Elena said this was her favourite design..


This notebook features the initial incarnation of our soon to be released t-shirt, Mona LadyUmbrella..There was an in house tug of war as to whether or not the green would be used in the t-shirt, needless to say the designer won, not me hehe..


Most of our designs are bright and colourful but this one goes against that..taking some graphics from our tote bag design Elena went and created a night scene..I like this one a lot..What about you?


The last of the 6 options this design is brand spanking new but of course has a healty dollop of birds..In all polls and votes there has to be an early leader on on our fanpage it's this one...is it yours?


And there you have it, our six designs and a little bit about them..the question is which one is your favourite? Please leave a comment here or truck on over to our facebook page and let us know what you think..Don't be shy now - thanks :)


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Tote Bag Thursday & Cupcakes!

It's Thursday and we released our new tote bag yesterday so figured I'd write a short post about it and tell a tale or two...I also strongly advise reading to the end of this post or you can scroll now if curiosity gets the better of you ;)

The last few days in LUHQ have been dominated by the launch of our new tote bag, the latest edition to the LadyUmbrella family..We've been flat out trying to get the word out about our new bags for the last week and ran a great give away on our fanpage...

We had about 230 entries which is mind boggling considering we only ran the competition for about 48 hours..Have to say big thanks to all the retweeters on twitter - you know who you are (and we know who you are) - you are all champs..Needless to say our competition ran it's course and we got our winners..For posterity congratulations to Kate Canterbury, Joby Franzcek, Mari Richards and, last but not least, Josephine Thornton..The bags will be with you all post haste..

And so, who wants a bit of a story? There is a certain twitter user who goes by the name of @Danni2122 who has warmed the hearts of all in LUHQ..She came in to visit us on a Friday evening a few weeks ago in our shop in The Loft Market alas we weren't there when she arrived (we missed each other by about 5 minutes or so - Murphy's Law)..When we had found out that we had missed her we were insanely disappointed..Our humour didn't improve when we found out that she had brought some delicious cup cakes in for us! Cupcakes for us? - it really was touching..This random act of kindness was so bittersweet - we wanted to be there to shake hands, meet and greet and thank her properly alas it wasn't to be...

Since the day we missed her we've been wanting to make it up to her and as soon as we got our tote bags in we sent one to her and she sent us the above picture...For us we're still not content that we've made it up to her but wanted to try make an effort..I've said it before and will say it again, we are just 2 people, no big corporation, no big backers or investors, just 2 people with some hopes and dreams (probably no different to most people) and the support we've gotten from people is, well, mind boggling..People bringing cupcakes into us is another level and Danielle we are forever thankful..Come into us again some day and we'll be there - promise :)

And, now, what do you get for you reading (or scrolling) to the bottom of this post..Well, Danielle showed some generosity so figured we'd do similar..For those of you who read this and want to get one of our totebags (or ladies t-shirts) use code bagme20 now in our online shop for a swanky 20% off all of your order and of course, still free shipping...This code will only be valid until tomorrow night so snap it up and enjoy...

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[FREE BAG ALERT] What Would You Put in Your LadyUmbrella Bag?

It has been a while since we've run a give away but we are back with a vengeance now..We are going to be giving away at least one LadyUmbrella tote bag but the more entries we get will result in more prizes - a simple enough ratio hehe...



So, the question is what would you put in your LadyUmbrella bag? Simple and fun so head on over to our fanpage to enter (or of course just leave a comment here if you don't like facebook)..

And, more entries = more prizes so tell a friend! Less than 100 entries = 1 prize, 100 to 200 = 2 prizes, 200 to 300 = 4 prizes, 300 to 400 ...= 6 prizes, 500 - 600 = 8 prizes..If you spread it on you get a better chance of winning..ole..

Competition will end on Tuesday night/Wednesday morning with the winner being announced on Wednesday - good luck all...


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