marketing, valentine's and stupid phones!

Hi VW Camper, football, music, tv, film and funky fans!!  Hope you're all doing well.  I'm good apart from still trying to get to grips with my newish phone (6 months is new for me!!!) - it keeps talking to me and asking what I'd like it to do - NOTHING i tell it but it won't listen!  Well, apart from let me make a call...that's the one thing I can't seem to do quickly, have to press 4 buttons!! It's still my fave ever phone though.  I think that's because I have this app (speaktoit) which is like a personal assistant and she'll send texts and check your diary etc.  Anyway...if you ask for a recipe for chilli con carne she has a fit and tells you not to be so rude or to get your mind out of the gutter!! I can't work out what she thinks I'm saying but its very entertaining asking her...answers on a postcard?!


 I've been working really hard lately trying to market my t-shirt website.  The summer plan includes getting out to some shows and fairs to actually sell some stuff to real people who I can see but in the cold, dark winter months it's all about the website!  I've found twitter really good. Not just for direct marketing (I'm really not into that flood people with your website type tweet!) but getting to know people and their ideas - there are some really cool, friendly and helpful people... @Beauchicevents, @MumpreneurUK to name just two - both of these have cool websites (even if I am male and don't understand such things as they talk of!)  So if you're looking for some unique wedding stuff check out www.beauchic.co.uk or if you're a mum in business or in fact, anyone in business, take a look at www.mumpreneuruk.com.  Beauchic is even a dab hand at designing t-shirts, especially the wedding variety!!! Of course, there are some arses on twitter as well but I'll save those for another blog!!

It's nearly Valentine's Day and I'm working on some great unique t-shirts to try and offer a different gift...I'm not really a traditionalist in terms of pressies and like to do things a bit different - if you're like me then you might like one of my t-shirts...take a look at www.photosynthesize.co.uk.  I guess that now I'm actively part of the marketing machine I should just shut up, but the commercialism of Valentine's kind of bugs me a bit!  Great marketing by Clinton's or whoever it was who invented it!  I personally like a treasure hunt, bag of promises and a hand made card...but that probably sounds tight huh?!  Well it's not....I like to call it personal, oh and for the record, I make my birthday cards too - I just think its more personal!!!

Anyway, that's my rant over for now....time to watch some football and book a few stalls at some upcoming VW Camper shows to sell my wares....

catch you soon
stu

NEW! Charity t-shirt and other ramblings

Hi there t-shirt and campervan lovers!

What a busy few days I've had with work and everything else...on Sunday with the weather warm - well, not cold - I decided to take 'lola', my 1972 VW Bay Window Campervan out for a little drive! So...having already charged the battery last week, off I went.  I loved it - you forget how relaxing it is to drive around in her.  Today in my car I got so worked up at stupid drivers but in the van nothing seems to matter!! All in all, I can't wait til the salt leaves the road and the weather warms up so I can start taking her out every weekend again!

Now...in other news - I've created a NEW t-shirt at www.photosynthesize.co.uk in the 'funky' section, featuring the cricket legend Freddie Flintoff.  Well it's a cross between Freddie and Karate Kid with the slogan 'flinton...flintoff'.  ALL profits from the t-shirt will go to Freddie's brilliant charity www.affoundation.co.uk so these quality t-shirts deserve the few quid they cost - get on them and while you're there, grab yourself a bargain with my vw campervan t-shirts, football t-shirts and music t-shirts.  All t-shirts are quality made and printed and even better than all that, they're unique - you won't find them in the shops!

follow me on www.twitter.com @lolathevwcamper

catch you all soon!!

stuart

Simon cox

I'm thinking that I might have to create a Simon Cox t-shirt after his brilliant hat-trick yesterday in the FA Cup...the football dream begins again...at least for another few weeks!!

In other news, after being ill for nearly a week now I've not managed to make the gym once - I can't work out if I feel lethargic because I haven't been to the gym or because I'm still not well and... I'm beginning to eat my beard and moustache its getting so long!  Hmmm, that might have given me a new t-shirt idea to add to my funky t-shirt collection.

Right, I'm off to scour NME for the latest bands so I can buy some new music and get some ideas for new music t-shirts for www.photosynthesize.co.uk.
I'm also keen to hear from anyone who wants their own designs done - I'll happily design them using my software and add them to my QUALITY t-shirts! check out my site at www.photosynthesize.co.uk

cheers,
Stuart

new VW Camper t-shirts!

Merry New Year to you all!!!  I've had a lovely break and am now back although I've had/ still have a horrible cold (no, not man 'flu!)...

Over Christmas I did manage to do some new t-shirts though, based on the classic VW campervan - my achilles heel - I'll add some pics of my 1972 bay soon!

anyway, check out my new designs at www.photosynthesize.co.uk and remember to keep checking back for new designs!

We sell music t-shirts, football t-shirts, VW Camper t-shirts and much much more so check us out at http://www.photosynthesize.co.uk/ .....

catch you soon,
stuart