Launching another Spanish line or que locura
In the fall of 2004, I called Oscar and asked him if he wanted to design some T-shirts. It'll be easy. Simple, I said.
We laugh about that conversation a lot, as in "Remember when you said "easy?'''
Here's what I do -- and sometimes it feels like it is all done at once:
Accounting, Customer Service, Sales, Marketing, Public Relations, Purchasing, Contractor relations, Shipping and Receiving, Inventory-taker, Filler-outer of business paperwork, Seamstress, Sales show hawker. Several of these have sub-categories.
And there are a few other things that I have no title for, like cutting and placing designs on blank tees to figure out placement . Staff semi-crafter? Oh yeah, and critic. "Can you make that bigger?''
Oscar designs the Pollitos and all the art that it takes to run this business, including: Logo, letterhead, wholesale forms, business cards, banners, flyers. He also manages our Website and acts as critic for me. "Spice up that newsletter!''
I have a 3-year-old and a husband. I scrub my own toilets and sometimes I write freelance. Oscar has a full-time job and a hopping social life. He scrubs his own toilets too.
We both get tendinitis from too much computer and we both work hard at things we never dreamt we would be doing.
We're also both a little crazy.
We just bought a new URL to launch more Spanish T-shirts and gifts into the world.
Stay tuned for details.
But first, I just dropped the holiday exclusives at the screen printer. They'll be ready soon and I'll publish pictures when they hatch. They are the cutest, funniest, sweetest little Spanish T-shirts and we think you will love them.
So tell me, you want to start your own business?
Seriously, tendinitis be damned.
We're having fun.
You can too.
We laugh about that conversation a lot, as in "Remember when you said "easy?'''
Here's what I do -- and sometimes it feels like it is all done at once:
Accounting, Customer Service, Sales, Marketing, Public Relations, Purchasing, Contractor relations, Shipping and Receiving, Inventory-taker, Filler-outer of business paperwork, Seamstress, Sales show hawker. Several of these have sub-categories.
And there are a few other things that I have no title for, like cutting and placing designs on blank tees to figure out placement . Staff semi-crafter? Oh yeah, and critic. "Can you make that bigger?''
Oscar designs the Pollitos and all the art that it takes to run this business, including: Logo, letterhead, wholesale forms, business cards, banners, flyers. He also manages our Website and acts as critic for me. "Spice up that newsletter!''
I have a 3-year-old and a husband. I scrub my own toilets and sometimes I write freelance. Oscar has a full-time job and a hopping social life. He scrubs his own toilets too.
We both get tendinitis from too much computer and we both work hard at things we never dreamt we would be doing.
We're also both a little crazy.
We just bought a new URL to launch more Spanish T-shirts and gifts into the world.
Stay tuned for details.
But first, I just dropped the holiday exclusives at the screen printer. They'll be ready soon and I'll publish pictures when they hatch. They are the cutest, funniest, sweetest little Spanish T-shirts and we think you will love them.
So tell me, you want to start your own business?
Seriously, tendinitis be damned.
We're having fun.
You can too.
I can’t wait to see the holiday exclusives!
Nobody said running your own business was easy, but the rewards outweigh the headaches, I’m sure.
xoxo
Hey there!
We were separated at birth – I wrote about the same thing http://jpd.typepad.com/my_weblog/2007/08/fancy-yourself-.html
I think being a good multi-tasker is a big step. I have a confession to make though – I don’t scrub my own toilets :). Great post!
It is rewarding, Amanda…you said it.
And, oh Jamie…I just read that! Amazing. So glad we “found” each other!
Eager to see the new designs!
And yes, I want to start my own business, but I don’t think I have what it takes… seriously… there are some aspects que no me caben en la cabeza….
You are an amazing woman: “tendinitis be damned.” Wow.
I am a complete whiner-baby. “I would like some more vicodin, please.” =D