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Getting Creative With Our Photography!
Recently we've been trying to push our photography skills here at Truffle Towers. Trying to push our abilities past the everyday standard product shots of our truly awesome tees and accessories to create something to inspire, interest and catch the eye of our much loved fans and customers.
It's turning out to be a very challenging process which feels quite alien to me and puts me on the spot each time forcing me to learning from each mistake so I thought I would share a few of my recent favourites with you.
I am given a brief of the products we want to feature and a few pictures of the type of shots we're looking to recreate and draw inspiration from and then off I go to shoot them! For a recent banner I needed a suitable model and decided our designer James was going to be perfect for the job!
This is the studio where it all takes place!
Great [Valentines] gifts for the man in your life.
With Valentines day fast approaching I was asked to write a blog post hand picking 5 great gifts any boyfriend, fiance or husband would love to receive next week.
So without further-ado here's my TruffleShuffle Top 5.... (Queue the countdown music)
At five.... What man doesn't like a good pair of socks or two? Especially socks that means you share style ideas with the 'ladies favourite' Michael Bublé? Well, it would make our Men's Superman Figure Socks the perfect gift... And at just £7.99, a bargain too!!
At four.... Turn that frown upside down with our fantastic Men's Charcoal Sad Sack Down In The Dumps Raggy Dolls T-Shirt just £20.00.
At three.... Make your cheeky chappy chuckle every time he enjoys a brew with this wicked Cheeky Monkey Mug And Retro Sweets Gift Set. Its comes loaded with awesomely retro banana foam sweeties that will have the recipient swinging from the rafters! Just £4.49!!
Everyday we're Tumbling...
We've recently been getting obsessed with Tumblr, which is a social networking site that lets you share cool photos, videos and links. It's a little bit like Twitter but with more of an emphasis on pictures, and we love it! If you've never heard of it now's the perfect time to have a look, and what better place to start than with our freshly updated TruffleShuffle Tumblr page!
We particularly love blogging with Tumblr because it's so simple and easy to keep it updated with new posts. From fab new clothing and gifts we've just added to the site, as well as tons of cool stuff that's caught our eye, made us laugh or kept us inspired. Also because we've got everyone in the office adding posts it's a real melting pot of great imagery so there's bound to be something you'll have fun looking at!
One of our favourite recent posts was about the artist Jason Freeny who gave some of our Truffle favourites an anatomical makeover, kinda creepy but very cool!
So if we've convinced you to give Tumblr a try, give us a 'follow', we'd 'like' it very much! TruffleShuffleTumblr
Valentines Gift Ideas For Girls!
With the most LOVEd up day of the year fast approaching we thought we should start thinking about our perfect Valentine's Day gifts nice and early! To help you out we have composed our top 5 LOVEly products that any girlfriend, fiance or wife would LOVE to receive on Tuesday 14th February 2012!
Where better to start than with a beautiful piece of jewellery, if you want to spend a little more on your LOVEd one you can't go wrong with a bit of bling! How about this new to the site Gold Plated and Ivory Pearl Minnie Mawi Chunky Bracelet from Disney Couture for £49?
If you are looking for something a little more traditional how about something from our Love Hearts collection? This Love Hearts Tea Lights Set for £4.99 is just perfect for seeing the mood, candles = romance, right?!
Review of the Month…
Itâs that time again! With the month of February approaching â we are on the lookout for Januarys Review of the Month.
We absolutely love hearing all about your TruffleShuffle experiences â how quickly your order arrived, what you ordered, how the t-shirt fits, and why you love it so much. It really couldnât be easier â all you have to do is find your newly purchased item on the site, and click to add a review. We will then choose our favourite, and award them £50 to spend on the site. Why not submit a review on a recent purchase and perhaps spend the winnings on your loved one for Valentines Day?
Our winner last month told us how much she loved her Casio and bagged herself some credit to purchase one of our amazing t-shirts, hoodies and accessories...
What other ways can you share your TruffleShuffle stories I hear you ask...? We have a fun filled Facebook page with nearly 40,000 fans â click here to become a fan and keep up to date with new ranges coming to the site, random 80âs fun â and a Friday quiz which could see yourself landing £25 to spend on the site. We also have a bustling twitter page, which allows you to share just about anything with us! If you fancy yourself as a bit of a retweeter - make sure you follow us by clicking here (we love hearing about your purchases and also love to see any pics you take while rocking your new goodies!)
Recently added to our social networking list is Tumblr! We have recently started 'Tumbling' lots of exciting products coming to the site, random fun 80's facts, celebrities spotted rocking their TruffleShuffle tees and pretty much anything we think you'll love.
Bread and Butter January 2012 - The Buyer Experience
We love Bread and Butter! Every year after Christmas when everyone else is feeling gloomy, Claire and I get all excited about the trip to Berlin where we see new and existing fashion brands showcased at the wonderful Bread And Butter trade show. It's a great opportunity to catch up with familiar faces and meet tons of new ones too and this time we had the added bonus of our lovely colleague James' company!
It's an early start, heading off from Bristol, Heathrow bound, at the un-godly hour of 3am. A couple of bleary eyed hours later, we found ourselves seated ready for some top nosh breakfast at Gordon Ramsey's Plane Food restaurant at terminal 5 (the best terminal by far). This always deserves a mention, my Eggs Florentine was a vision to behold and tasted pretty good too.
Then it was off to Bread and Butter which is housed in the magnificent (now de-funct) Templehof Airport. With all the original signs, luggage conveyor belts and check in desks intact, it really is a breathtaking venue.
Frantically weaving our way through the crowds, we got to drop by Chunk, Coloud and Worn By 's stands (as well as many more) where we got a sneak preview of the up-coming lines for 2012. And we can tell you, there is a lot to look forward to! We also spotted some exciting new brands here which we can't wait to start working with this year.