First Blog

I created this blog for me , i know kinda selfish, but i came to conclusion that working on my own all day and just having had a 2nd baby who cannot communicate back to me i had to find somewhere to get everything out thats inside me......well perhaps not everything but a lot.

I gave up work as a scientist 1 year ago today and whilst i don;t miss the under valued , under paid mundane work i do miss my friends and in a way i do miss having "the system" to fight against. I worked for the NHS and to say the place wasn't organised very well was a major under statement . But i am the kinda person with a lot of fire in their belly and i admit wasn't the quietest about airing my views on how things could be done better. Now being my own boss i only have my self to blame or vent to and it;s not quite the same!!

Working for yourself is really good at times and stressful all of the time. I've had such a quiet June on my website it;s unreal, and you then start to fall into the questioning of what the heck is going on, i know August will be super quiet, what with school holidays and nicer weather people don;t shop on-line as much (my target buyer is mothers and they defo don;t) but i didn;t expect June to be so bad.

I run my own fashion label selling womens wear on-line, and the amount of money just to say manufacture 1 top in 1 different colours is gobsmacking. You obviously have to meet the factories minimum orders which aren't that minimum and the exchange rate £=$ is shit at the moment and quite volatile so changes so much. When you are dealing with large amounts of money even the slightest dip and cost you thousands.

SO much goes into creating a new line, and so much money too. As an independent label it is hard to have any kinda range in designs because the money just isn't there. My turn over for this year i think has been good but the profit has been mediocre and whatever i do make ust goes straight back into the brand. Sometimes this can be hard, putting so much work into things and apparently no reward ....yet.

baby is crying but gotta go, this has been quite caming to write this, think i'm gonna like blogging.