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So, here I sit the day after the expo has wrapped up. It did not go well. Day #1 I knew a few hours into the first day it wasn’t going well. And it did not take long for the other exhibitors i...

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emphasized textemphasized textWell, it’s December 31st 2023, about 12:29pm as I begin to write this entry. What a intense year it has been. This year saw me try to juggle two startups, edge clos...

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Out of nowhere last week I received an email from the very last supplier I had asked to make me a scarf sample. I had not heard back from them in close to 3 months so had given up on them and had...

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So I forgot that the day before I made the decision I was going to go overseas to have my scarfs made, that I had posted on several small business and Australian fashion Facebook groups to put a ...

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So, it has been almost a month since my last update and I have still not recieved a pattern or a sample from my new manufacturer. I sent a follow up email and I received a response stating that i...

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Well - what a few months it has been. First of all - no, I will not be making the exhibition next month at the Made In Australia Expo in Sydney. Instead I am going to exhibit later. I was given ...

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There is a Chinese Proverb that goes something like this… *A farmer and his son had a beloved stallion who helped the family earn a living. One day, the horse ran away and their neighbors exclaim...

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In keeping with my two month pattern of providing updates, I have a lot to look back on.... this one is an absolute essay! This entry is JUST going to be for my scarf. So since my last update I h...

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I finished reading Samantha Wills’ memoir book ‘Of Gold And Dust’. I had always been a fan of Samantha Wills. I remember being in Highschool when she was just starting to hit the scene and she w...

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So, last night I made my first official business move that wasn’t just within myself to manage. I signed on for an exhibition in August. Nope, not the expo in Melbourne at the reed gift fair I ...

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I sit here eating leftover Christmas snacks and drinking my leftover champagne from last night (really French champagne I might add, I splurged to celebrate this past year as it felt like it was ...

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“You don’t set out to build a wall. You don’t say ‘I’m going to build the biggest, baddest, greatest wall that’s ever been built.’ You don’t start there. You say, ‘I’m going to lay this brick as ...

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Well, I have just finished a glass of well earned shiraz, contemplating a second one. This has been a big month for me, but an even bigger week, here are the updates so far. My contract has been...

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Soooo… it’s been almost two months. I have been working in my new job - and the team is so supportive and fantastic. This has allowed me to really focus on my own business stress free, and I fin...

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Over the past 6 months I have been tackling two major challenges. The first being where to have my bags manufactured. I have given up finding an Australian manufacturer and was looking overseas....

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So I have been focusing this week on patents, trademarks and to my recent surprise I have also discovered design rights. I am struggling as to whether or not I actually get a patent or need a des...

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So I finished my second week for my new job. It’s all a huge learning process and curve, but luckily the company is in a stage and growth where I will be able to experience and learn a lot that w...

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Ok, So I tried my last round of manufacturer hunting in Australia. After several more phone calls, research and repetitive conversations regarding manufacturing of handbags in Australia with leat...

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I can’t believe what happened today. After exactly 3 months to the day of my last communication with my overseas manufacturer for my bag design, my prototype that I had designed came. I had long ...

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This is where I am up to. Since investing over $1000 in having a prototype made overseas, only to have the manufacturer slowly fall out of touch with me after they said they had sent off my proto...

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