Affiliates & Amigos - The LadyU Crew!

We like to try new things here at LadyUmbrella and came up with an idea to try help us spread the word of our ladies t-shirts called the LadyU Crew..It is far from the greatest idea in the world but we hope it might benefit all involved a bit..

So, what is it? Well, we have a private group on facebook called the LadyU Crew for people who want to be part of our team..To join it you just have to send a request..Those who join the group will be given a unique coupon code which they can give to friends/family/whoever might want one of our tees..The coupon will get the purchaser 15% off their order but will also get you, the person who gave them the coupon code, 10% of the net sale price of the t-shirt, about 2.50euro per t-shirt. Not a bad referrral rate really is it?

On top of that those who join the LadyU Crew will be entitled to 25% off all purchases with promo code...ah ah, no, you have to join to find out ;) Also, those who are members of the LadyU Crew will find out about LadyUmbrella news before it is news...basically we see the LadyU Crew as an extension of our team and will pick your brains from time to time..We already have 95 members which is totally mind boggling and are looking forward to hitting 100 members sometime soon...Might have to crack out a special video for the crew to commorate the milestone..

Are you interested in joining? Feel free to ask any questions you may have and I'll answer them or let me know if you've sent a request to join so I can fast track your application :)

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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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Friday the 13th...Lucky for Some!

We're not usually the most superstitious but random and wonderful occurrences always seem to happen to us as a result of our ladies t-shirts..Things like "The Canadian Coincidence" and "Vikings and Vietnam" have happened in the past to both delight and intrigue us..And, sure enough, today, Friday the 13th was to throw up another rare delight..

We got our first overseas visitor into our shop in The Loft Market today which made Friday the 13th lucky for us..One of our good twitter friends, Hannah, happened to be in Dublin for a few days and decided to pop in..Not only that but she came with a gift..In the past our sweet teeth have been delighted with cupcakes but today we received the insanely cool drawing you see above..We are blown away when stuff like this happens, and well, nothing like this had happened before so we can only say WOW and thank you!!!

So, Friday the 13th was lucky for us - how was it for you? Cross any black cats or have any great encounters? Leave us a comment and let us know..and the drawing, pretty epic huh?


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Only In Dreams...

Regular readers of our blog may now be aware that in it we like to try catalog events that unfold within our little ladies t-shirt business...if you're not a regular reader that is what you can expect and I can only hope you find the mumblings interesting..like this dream like tale I'm about to tell..Prior to that though I suggest you scroll down and press play on the tune embedded below, "Only in Dreams" by Weezer - a lovely litte ditty..

Anyway, on with the story..The other day we received a pretty interesting comment on our facebook page from, well, one of our likers. Rather than paraphrasing I'll just copy her comment in its glorious entireity..

"I had a dream the other night that I was out shopping and found 2 different tee's from Lady umbrella in the shop. The designs in my dream aren't even ones that you sell so I'm not sure how I came up with that one haha"

That to us was a pretty amazing comment to get and as we usually do on our fanpage we responded..We asked if she could remember what the designs looked like...and, how about this for an answer..

"One was a grey tee with lady sitting on a bench on a cliff with her back to the sea, she was holding an umbrella behind her like a sun umbrella, the only colour was the turquoise of the sea and a silver logo on the bottom of the tee...........The other one was lady in a really trendy wedding dress (dress was knee length) her 'umbrella hair' was her veil and she was standing at the bottom of a path leading up to a church"

And so, now, we have some new design ideas but the thing that is really flooring for us is that LadyUmbrella is, somehow, in peoples dreams - that to us is pretty darn cool... Personally I can never remember any of my dreams so I'm impressed with the detail that was remembered in the above...And it also makes us wonder - anyone else have dreams which include some LadyUmbrella t-shirts? And who amongst us is a fellow Weezer fan? Ole...



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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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LadyUmbrella and the Umbrella Tree [New Design]

I like get things completed and my documenting of our new designs on this old blog of ours has been delayed due to us being pretty busy at LUHQ..We've had an incredible week or so really..At times it is just mind boggling what is happening with lots of people getting in touch to interview us (really, here is one and another and yet another - do feel free to peruse them) and we couldn't be more appreciative...Really, I've said it before and shall continue to say it with genuine meaning - thank you!! Myself and Elena have put all of our eggs in one basket (hehe, we've no business smarts) and are just trying to live our dream (oh, the cheesiest of cliches)..We also had to make a short trip to Spain but more on that later...

Anyway, enough of the guff, on with the design. Our 3rd and final ladies t-shirt in our La Segunda Coleccion is called "LadyUmbrella and the Umbrella Tree" and unsurprisingly has it's own little story (it's just how we roll)...

Sometimes when on strolls around forests LadyUmbrella happens upon unusual umbrella trees which are ripe for the picking..She thought her feathered friends would provide some help when gathering the goods alas they are sleeping on the job..

We can't wait to get to have this t-shirt on sale and hope to have it available very soon. Like its bedfellow, LadyUmbrella and the Merry Go Round, this t-shirt has a distinctive shape with a nice wide neck and longer fitted sleeves than before..For the t-shirt aficionados out there the t-shirts are 140grms, 100% pure combed cotton with a mind blowingly soft and comfortable pigment print..All t-shirts in our new collection also have an additional woven tag on the front of the tee, we hope you'll dig it as much as we do...

And so, that completes the line up of t-shirts for our new collection..We've put a lot of time and effort into trying to come up with some more strong designs and getting them created to the highest of standards...With some luck you will like them..Feel free to press the facebook like button and/or the twitter RT - each one helps us out immensely..

Finally, earlier in the post I mentioned a brief trip to Spain. Myself and Elena had the pleasure of getting all spruced up for a friends wedding in an absolutely lovely spot in Alcala which is just outside of Madrid...Gone were the LadyUmbrella t-shirts and buttons replaced by dresses, suits and glasses of coldest beer one could ask for in the hottest of places...A great night was had and I experienced the customs of Spanish wedding - vivan los novios...

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