Double Trouble - 2 T-Shirt Give Away!!

It has happened, we've hit 5,000 facebook fans before Rob's birthday and to celebrate we're giving away not one but two ladies t-shirts - double trouble time..

So, how do you enter? Well, you'll be pleased to hear we've made it pretty easy, just go to our facebook fanpage and leave us a comment letting us know which design is your favorite..just like that..You have until Friday 28th May to enter and we'll announce the winner not too long after that...Go on, press the RT button and tell a friend, it helps us out so much..

So, which one is your favorite? Good luck!

LadyUmbrella T-Shirts Travel to Texas for SXSW

Well, this is quite exciting news LUFANs and quite unbelievable..Our ladies t-shirts are traveling to Texas for the SXSW (South by South West) music festival 2010 to be included in the gifting suite...

A few weeks ago a really nice lady called Carla who works with Lp33.tv got in touch with us asking if we'd be interested in sending some t-shirts over to be included in their gifting suite for the performers at SXSW 2010. Now, I was unaware of the notion of a gifting suite but I've been informed that it is a place where the movers and shakers can choose a gift or item that they would like from all of the gifts available..Happy to say some LadyUmbrella t-shirts will be in the mix and our fingers are well and truly crossed..

There are some great female artists performing at SXSW this year such as Nneka, Nicole Atkins and Mandi Perkins to name but a few and the idea that one of them might get a LadyUmbrella t-shirt and possibly perform in it or do an interview in it is quite exciting for all of us here...So exciting we had to make a little video about it...The video shows the first leg of the journey from Dublin to Texas - enjoy...Would love to hear your comments on it..ole..

The Flying V Formation

Our ladies t-shirts assumed the flying V formation to turn a "Dear Diary" moment into, well, a Kodak moment..

Yesterday we received an order for the full El Primera Colleccion and got them packed and shipped out today..it really was a great feeling to see that order come through, 6 of our tees are en route to lovely California, to mix it with San Diego solubrous society (I'm sure hehe) and rub shoulders with the Guvenator of the Bear state..I wish I could join them on their travels alas not today..

Another nifty thing that happened today is that we passed 2,600 fans on the LadyUmbrella Facebook Page which is nice..awesome even..

And so from the flying V to five days left in our special intro price for our tees in our t-shirt shop. Until Wednesday the 27th our tees have been set at 24.99euro as a thank you to all our facebook friends, twitter followers and you whoever may read this..on top of that here is the promo code - lufblove - use it to get 10% all of your order..and there is free shipping worldwide.. spiel over :)

Anyway, I'm off to play pin the country on the map, as our t-shirts make their way to various parts of the globe I find myself becoming more interested in the big old world of ours and what will be the next country to land on my map...any ideas where it might be? Leave me a comment below..any feedback on our shop?...ole..

Tested in the Sunshine - the Unseen Bits

Just a short blog here to give all you LUFANs a glimpse at some of the unseen photos/things from "Tested in the Sunshine" - a photoshoot we did in El Cotillo, Fuerteventura in the Canary Islands for LadyUmbrella ladies t-shirts. We have got more pictures for your perusal on our facebook fanpage but what you can't see there is this short video of when things don't run smoothly - enjoy.

I like to talk about the rigging and set up often used to record or do things here at LadyUmbrella. And, this is no exception. As there were only two of us there to record to Tested in the Sunshine and we were both in it we had to fashion some sort of rig. This consisted of putting a chair on a table to try get the height right for the video. It was close but it wasn't perfect so we then used the case for the BBQ utensils (yep we did some grilling, fun times) to get the height spot on. We did a few takes and noticed that the wind was making the sound quality awful so try counteract it we set up a haven for the camera - 2 rocks, a firelighters box and a towel draped over the lot. All in all it worked out all right got my thumbs up.

And so, there it is ..another blog in the can and another rig exposed. What do think of the Tested in the Sunshine video anyway? or impressed by the rig? let me know, love to hear from whoever reads this...stay happy..

2010 - The Arrival of LadyUmbrella

Hello LUFANS, this is just a short post to let you all know that we haven't forgotten about launching :) It has been a long time coming but finally we are happy with our ladies t-shirts and on the brink of launching. It has taken about 16 months to get LadyUmbrella to where it is now and we hope that the world will take kindly to our own brand of womens fashion.

Each of our t-shirts are 100% combed cotton and every aspect of them is created by the lady behind LadyUmbrella, Spanish designer, Elena Montes Casado. Everything, from the shape of the t-shirt, the neck label, the designs and our hang tags.

Each of our t-shirts customised hang tags will be signed, dated and numbered by Elena so that each t-shirt is truly unique to you. Not only that but all of our t-shirts will have free shipping worldwide and you can get a 10% discount by joining our facebook fanpage and leaving a comment letting us know which design of ours is your favourite..

We are really excited about launching and can't wait to start shipping our t-shirts all around the world. The long awaited arrival of LadyUmbrella t-shirts is almost upon us - which design is your favourite?...

Stay happy, LadyUmbrella..

How LadyUmbrella Comes to Life Video

Hello all..just a short blog post to herald the era of cinematic goodnes here at LadyUmbrella t-shirts. Some of you may recall that we recorded a movie a weeks ago which has been edited supremely to become "How LadyUmbrella Comes to Life".

The man in charge of the edits was the very capable, the Latvian Spielbert, Mr. Ivars Burtnieks. You can find more of his videos on his youtube page. We are most thankful for the time and effort he put into making our video and can only say good things about him. If you want a video made he is the man to get in touch with..

Anyway, without further ado I'll leave you with our movie - How LadyUmbrella Comes to Life - sincerely hope you enjoy and want to know what you think? You like the clouds in the background? Know all about us after watching it? Want a tee? Feeling happy?

Blog No. 20 about a Blog and a Discount

Hey all, well, things are hotting up here at LadyUmbrella t-shirts as we have been informed that our t-shirts should be in here about 10 days NICE!!! So, in the run up to their arrival we are now giving you a chance to pre order on our facebook fanpage by simply becoming a fan and leaving us a comment letting us know which t-shirt you'd like..then, whenever you decide to purchase we'll give you a 10% discount - simples...

But, this, blog number 20 (yep, I've made it to twenty blogs - anyone even read them hehe?) is about anther blog..We got a great shout out from Loving This Tee which I'm really delighted with..Bo, the author, gives his own views on what it would be like to have an umbrella for a head and it does make for some interesting reading...hope you enjoy it...

And, any views yourselves on what life might be like with an umbrella for a head? Get creative, get surreal and leave a comment with your thoughts and awkward umbrella scenarios..

The Samples of Life

Well, this is just a quick update more or less to let all you LUFANs (LadyUmbrella fans) know what is going on with us...

We have been busy. Really. So much work has to be done to get a t-shirt company up and running but thankfully we are nearly there. In the last week we have opened up our company bank account (although it is painfully empty..really empty) and are filling out all sorts of forms for the online side of things. Also our shop section is almost finished - I might as well give you a sneaky peaky at how it is going to look - sush now though, for your eyes only...

Ah, and the sample of life...it is our Lion King moment when things have more or less gone full circle..We've received a myriad of envelopes in the last week containing all sorts of sought after jewels..and one of those sought after jewels were our samples. We are very happy with them and with a few slight modifications we're happy for them to go into production - we'll have pictures up soon...The wait, the agonizing wait, for our LadyUmbrella t-shirts to arrive is slowly coming to an end..it feels like we have been just a matter a weeks away from launching on so many occasions but now I really think that is the case...

As I mentioned earlier, another sample of life I'm happy to show you is a screen shot of how our online shop section is going to look...We are really happy with how it has turned out and have to give major thanks to Pawel Witkowski who is the gifted web designer who created our site. I really can't speak highly enough of Pawel and would recommend him to any company out there looking to get a website done. Check out more of his sites at his Web Design Info site.

So, exciting times here at LadyUmbrella. We are approaching the final hurdles for lift off now and really can't wait...until next time, stay happy..