DARE TO BE DIFFERENT...(18.02.09)

Wednesday - Thursday 19.02.09
Since we started JeweL Clothing we've always sold our dresses directly interested ladies who have found out about us via MySpace, Facebook, various fashions and word of mouth. All of our clients are very lovely and beautiful young women, each one coming to us looking for a unique outfit, something different that they or anyone else can't get elsewhere, but some are more daring than others.
One of our clients is a gorgeous girl who loves life and everything about it, but for someone with such a colourful personality, she has this mad love affair with black and she loves wearing it (you know who you are...LOL)! She came to us needing a dress for her boyfriends birthday party and we decided, that's it black is out, time to be different, time to switch things up. I met her Wednesday afternoon with the dress in tow, feeling a bit anxious about her not liking the dress, but thankfully she loved it, apart from it being a little too big she was very excited and loved the colour choice (which was gold by the way).
We met again on Thursday, the dress was finished and she LOVED it (so did her mum, who was lovely by the way)!!! She was so pleased with the way it turned out especially the colour and she promised to trust our opinion on certain colour choices, because we would never steer her wrong.
Being different can sometimes be very scary, especially when it's so far removed from anything you would normally do, but we all need to step outside our comfort zones sometimes to get a different result, a different reaction from those we know and those who never saw us coming. Being different, involves change however big or small, change is one thing we can't avoid; it's an inevitable part of life. DARE TO BE DIFFERENT...stand out, be unique and embrace change.

IF YOU FAIL TO PLAN, YOU PLAN TO FAIL (16.02.09)

J:

Well, you know how people talk about Monday morning blues, Monday for us felt more like Monday morning nightmare, because everything just seemed to be going wrong. I don't even know where to start...
That morning I woke up feeling great, out of bed early but I didn't mind because today was a big day for JeweL. We had a very important meeting with a very important buyer and retailer, so we were hyped. Spoke to L as I left my house (a lot of excited motivational talk was going on). I was on my way to our manufacturers warehouse, when L said to me "J you better call him before you go any further"- so that's what I did and when I spoke to him I was not impressed (p****d really). Man said our samples weren't ready and he wasn't sure at that moment when they would be. I felt like going down there and knocking him out, he knew about the meeting we had that day and just how important it was to us, KMT!!!!!! Please people, you need to know that all this happened before 9AM, like I said earlier, Monday morning nightmare. After that I went to L's house, she was at home because her boiler was playing up and the nightmare just kept getting worse..L tell 'em what happened at your house..

L:
My boiler broke down!!! p*****. No heating, no hot water. Praise the Lord it didn't happen last week, when it was snowing and bitterly cold (brrrrrrrr). Anyways a plumber came over on Monday morning and couldn't repair it so he told me it would cost up to 1k to get and install a new one!! I'm not prepared for this right now, I'm thinking about paying manufacturers and pattern makers - NOT buying a friggin boiler. J was almost in tears when she heard what plumber said. WOW, 1k I did not budget for. As much as we can not plan what will happen in future we can definitely start preparing for downfalls. This lesson has taught me whether for home or for business you need to SAVE & budget for the unknown factors that creep up when you least expect!! You never know when something like this will occur and you need Ps (for those who don't know that means paper, money, cash etc LOL) to help you sort it!! Luckily for me, I had some money aside and even luckier for me is I had other contacts so a plumber that I knew from my previous job came to take a look at the boiler. Thank God and bless this man that he found the problem and fixed it costing me a mere 60quid£££. Do you know how many 60quids there are in 1k???? Yea mate, it's a frigging lot, LOL!!! That's why it's always good to get a second and sometimes third opinion!!
If we learnt anything that day, we learnt an invaluable lesson about business and life in general and that is the importance of our reliance on others, because nobody is an island. On Monday we were completely at the mercy of our manufacturer and that thieving plumber, we had no control over any of those situations, which is a horrible feeling. In life and in business you have to plan and take into account the shortcomings and misgivings of others, so you're not in a place where your plans and ambitions are put on hold because of others. People can slow you down and hold you back, but only you can cripple yourself; IF YOU FAIL TO PLAN, YOU PLAN TO FAIL!

ROSES ARE RED??? (14.02.09)

L:

As single ladies we are very aware of V day. Walking past Clintons the day before there was a MASSIVE queue of men (who annoyingly leave things to the last minute) getting that, MUST HAVE card. Lol
Well, we are fans of love and couples, family etc but when you don't have all that yourself it can lead to being envious (or just straight hating) of people celebrating this day. We can honestly say we do not hate on the next girl whose man is buying her a card, some flowers, cooking her a meal, taking her on a romantic holiday for the weekend or even proposing to her!!! (I can't do this anymore, the jealousy-arrrgggghhhhhhh, LMAO). Anyways, Saturday's as usual we are busy working so half of the day flies past quick (thank God it did). Another single girlfriend of ours arranged a get together at her place for single ladies ONLY, to eat, drink and chat crap bout guys - well we were not about to go and drown our sorrows as that would've been even worse than sleeping. Why would you do that?? Why do you have to highlight the fact that you are single?? Being single isn't always bad, at the moment we're having fun dating and flirting (with guys we know it's not going anywhere with) but when you start getting bored you phone or text people who thank God you have finally got in contact (hehe). V day is not only for BFs and GFs but for anyone you love, so I decided to take my little bro for dinner.but I had a surprise visit, (yep, I was being admired from a far). I was given a card, chocolates, and tiny bottles of rum AND was taken to dinner. So what did I wear??? I wasn't expecting any date so I was casual; I wore black leggings, which showed off my cute bottom so when I walked around he'd want me even more and a striped peach and white shirt with sexy thigh high boots. Dinner was good but unfortunately I'm not interested boohoo, however the element of surprise and being wooed made me happy.

J:

You're lucky L, dinner and a card.. My day however, was pretty boring and straightforward: work, home and bed (ALONE)!!!. The only highlight of the day was coming home to see my mummy, because I hadn't seen her for 2 days, my one and only valentine.

WELCOME!!!

Heeeeyyyyyyyy people! For those who don't know us, we are two ladies called Julia and Lyande, but together we are...JeweL Clothing (cue superhero music..LOL, you'll find out that we like to joke and mess around a lot).

WOW!!!!! We can't believe it's been almost two years since we started designing and doing something we've always loved. We all know how people are, always talking the 'ardest (LOL..big up Giggs) about all the dreams and plans they have, but never put it into action.well that's exactly how we were until our mothers got fed up and told us to do something about it. We have very pushy mothers, who apart from wanting us to find husbands, ones that are financially stable that is, (most likely to take care of 'their' needs, LOL) actually want us to succeed in abundance.

Well, all that nagging seems to have paid off because now we are living our dream. We may not be Versace or Chanel just yet, but we WILL get there with all the hard work we are putting in. Over the past few months we've realised and truly understood that if YOU don't act, nothing will get done because the only person that can change your situation is YOU.

This blog will give those of you that have no idea who we are, insight into us as young entrepreneurial women and our endeavors with our baby (JeweL) and for those who are more familiar with JeweL Clothing, we are inviting you to get to know just who Julia and Lyande are; the J & L behind JeweL, our struggles and successes in life, love and most importantly; JEWEL.

We really would like you to get involved in our discussions and be a part of our blog so please feel free to contact us at any time via our blog, website http://www.jewelclothing.co.uk/,
mobile 07711070507 or 07984272281 or email imailto:info@jewelclothing.co.uk for any advice, queries or feedback.

Speak to you soon, MWAH!!!!!!!