Brrrrrrrrr!!  Its cold up here!!  Not to mention very wet and windy.  Thankfully the fire is lit and we are toasty in here - I'm not quite so hopeful for the builders who are outside in the thick of the weather!  Good job they are a hardy Cornish type!

Well I must admit to being quite slack recently at keeping the blog up-to-date, what with the launch of the company (there was a lovely story in Business Cornwall - Thanks Nick!), a few commissions for people like Mud Crew, some new designs for winter and a general need to breath in between, I've suddenly woken up this morning, realised its September, and thought right! To mark the end of one of the coldest summers I can remember, I'm going to turn over a new leaf (literally) write myself a lit and jolly well get on with it! So far today, I've written the list, but apart from eating and a long run this morning, I haven't actually got that far through it!... - but I'm hopeful that as Newquay Fish Festival is just around the corner, I'll start to gather momentum just in time to hit the weekend with a roll!  Newquay Fish Festival by the way runs, from the 9th to the 11th of September down on the quay.  You will find me there Friday and Saturday and Sunday, well there's a real treat, as my folks will be taking over for a day!  So if you fancy a nice chat and a cup of tea get yourself down to Newquay on Sunday - I am sure they will give you a warm welcome!  If you would like to see me however, you need to make it Friday or Saturday between 10 and 4pm.  Charlie of course will be in attendance all weekend!

As for everything else, well it seems to be moving along!  You can find our hoodies and tees in Padstow in 5degrees west, and we are on the hunt for some more suitable shops - if anyone has any suggestions please let me know! This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it That’s it for now - better get on with the list - and poke the fire!! xx

 

Well, so far this week could have been much better.  I've just decided to eat three saffron buns in a row and I do like saffron buns - a lot - but I'm almost regretting it now.  The fact that I'll have to run further later as a result is not a welcome thought either.  I can still see the remains of the cardboard boxes sticking out of the office door, bathed in sun shine, waiting to be painted.  However, my brain has just about seen enough lime green and rose pink to last me until I'm 60 - as that's our stand colour for the weekend -I think I need to fall back in love with it quickly!  Knowing my luck, if I wait too long it will start to rain!

As well as finishing off the boxes, I've just remembered that I haven't ordered a light - so I might be pushing it to find one for Saturday, I need a money bag and I've still got stock to catalog and box before I go anywhere!  My immediate solution, have a cup of tea and blow through a few songs for tonight's band practice.  Unforgettably even after that the boxes are still unpainted and now it is raining!

The story that Brad Pitt has finally arrived in Falmouth, to shoot part of his new film, just in time for Falmouth week, can be found accross every type of media communications in the county.  Radio pasty this morning made the mistake of asking a listener what Brad should take home for his family - as much of a fan as I am of the pasty I'm not sure that and a tin necklace is exactly what Angelina might have in mind!  Perhaps we could get him in a Chufstuf hoodie if we could get close enough? Who know's?  I've just let my gaze drop back to the cardboard, and I know unless I get my act together we won't be getting Chufstuf hoodies to anyone!

Putting off sometimes is good, it gives you chance to change your mind, improve your original ideas, even scrap them and start again.  I need to remember its not so useful three days before our debut public appearance. On that note, with three days to go - I had better get on with it!  Watch out Brad - we have you in our sights!... More tomorrow x

Its Monday the 1st of August, but I've hardly noticed, firstly that it’s a new month and secondly that it’s supposed to be summer! Rain and mist for about as far as I can see, and that's not very far! As far as Mondays go it’s been fairly typical, all the things that have been worryingly stacking up over the weekend have surfaced bringing with them a mass of unforeseen problems. Namely that it’s our first event on Saturday and the printing for the new stock - is well, in truth it hasn't started. Yes we have got stock, but nowhere near what we need for two days of productive selling. I've just about begged borrowed and literally been a complete pain in the bottom to get this far, and I'm not going to give up now!! I do feel slightly sheepish about all my words of wisdom to other people in the past about being organised - I don't take them back, but I must admit to being slightly more sympathetic now I find myself in the same position. Hopefully now we have managed to resolved the artwork issues and people will get on with doing what they are good at! fingers crossed. Talk about people doing what they should be doing - I ought to get back to getting the products on the website! More later x

Well. I'm sitting here in the garden, trying to upload our new products to the site, which is already four days behind launch deadline! Its not the most exciting job and I can't find half the buttons I'd like to list, or pictures that are the right size for the frames... ahhhhhhhh! Where is my web developer when I need him? Somewhere in amongst about 500million tones of water hedging his bets in today’s surf! Typical. At least the sun is shining, which is why I'm in the garden, I have a feeling that the rain will be back tomorrow for the rest of the week, so I'm trying to make up for lost time and get a few rays now... Despite everything, I'm quietly quiet excited about finally getting our products and designs out there for people to see. It’s been a very long sharp road so far, and I am sure it will get longer and sharper the more stock we have and the more sales we need to make. We are just planning our Christmas promotions - yes already - and working out where we will be selling over the festive period, which actually for us starts in September. I've been with retailers in June before where customers have been searching for that special something for Christmas, and as we all start to feel the pinch, I think there is going to be many more people spreading the cost this year - the early bird as they say - or in our case Chuf!! Anyway, I had better get back to it - in the mean time here are some pictures of a little trip out we had at the weekend to Roadford. Happy days. Love jo xx