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The other week my Chicken and I celebrated out 2 year anniversary.  To mark the occasion and our love for each other, we both had a Heartagram tattood on our ring fingers.  While the Heartagram is actually the logo for the Finnish band, H.I.M., it still holds meaning.  Seen as a modern day Ying Yang, it symbolised balance between love and hate / fear.  The Tattoos were done by Candice of Tassie Ink.

As for other general happenings, I am trying once again to quit smoking.  So far I am up to day 6 of no ciggarets and no nicotine replacement.  I have also been enjoying lounging around the house as I am dead smack in the middle of some annual leave.  It has been good to work on all sorts of little things I have been putting off for a while.  Not really looking forward to going back to work, but who does after a week and a half of relaxation?

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I have been meaning to play around with a few koi designs for some time, but when one of my work mates was saying how he wouldn’t mind getting one on his arm, I decided to kill some time by coming up with a very rough idea.  It doesn’t look like much as I was limited in my drawing materials at the time, but I don’t think it’s a bad start.  Because my mate is also a big Pokemon fan, I was thinking of working in a few Magikarp and / or Garados charactoristics into it as well as defining the water.

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At the moment I am in the planning phase for my own, small craft based business.  Ever since I was a small child, I was not only good at creating things, but I was also very entrepreneurial.  I remember having family garage sales where I would go across the road to pick flowers, then try to sell them to everybody who walked in for 20 cents each.  When I was in primary school, I started making beaded jewelry to sell to my friends and by the time I was 13, I was selling my designs to local businesses.  As much as I enjoyed making each piece, it was time consuming and the profit didn’t really cover the cost or the love I gave each creation.

When it comes to setting up a small business, it is not just about the product it’s self, but the planning behind it.  Do you know how much it will cost to make your product?  What about the time spent making it?  And what about packaging and promotion?  How will people know it exists?  And then there is building an inventory, maintaining it and keeping records of sales… You can start to see how many people can easily get overwhelmed.

Here are a few tips that I am using myself while in my pre-planning phase:

1. Plan your Product: How much will is cost to make your product and how long will each item take to make?  What materials will you use and where will you get them from?  Depending on where you live, buying your materials locally may actually cost you more than you think.  Try searching online for wholesalers, or even browse through eBay – every cent you can save in production means more in your pocket later on.
2. Come up with a Price: We would all love to create something and sell it for a fortune, but unfortunately that isn’t always the way it works.  Take a look around at other products similar to yours and see what they are priced at.  Is it a price you would be willing to pay?  Do they sell a lot at that price and are they worth the price?  Not only that, you need to take into consideration how much it has cost you to make.  My personal rule of thumb is to take the production cost and multiply that by 300% before I make a firm pricing decision.  Keep in mind as well that if you are selling on your items to other businesses for resale, that they too will be putting their own price on your product, usually around 100%.
3. Product Packaging & Presentation: How you present your product can make a big impact on it’s success.  Packaging can either draw the potential customers attention, or make them cringe.  Try to come up with something that not only compliments your product and looks professional, but also does not cost you a fortune.  There are many sites online that provide cheap, or even FREE business card or postcard printing which you can utilise in your product presentation.  It also gives you the chance to add other details, such as a website where customers can view and order more goods.  Alternately, you could always print your own.
4. Marketing you Product: Getting people to know about your product is ofter the hardest part of a business, but thanks to the Internet, there are many options for you to get yourself known.  Social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter are are great examples.  Creating your own website is also a fantastic way of show casing your items and also allows customers to purchase goods from you, no matter where they are in the World.

These are only a few starting points to keep in mind while planning.  Over the next few weeks I will be posting a couple more articles that will be useful, from setting up a web page to traffic and promotion.  So if you are not already subscribed to my blog, be sure to do so.

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Another year, another Zombie March – and what a blood bath of brains and fun it was! This year saw even more zombies of all ages rise from their graves to make their way from Princess Park in Battery Point to the Brisbane Hotel in Hobart.  Once again dressed as a bloody bride, my Chicken (who this year was a prisoner) and I invited a few friends along for the thrill ride.  Meeting at the “Boat Park”, I think we ended up eating more of our home made fake blood than we wore as we watched zombies of all sizes start to take over the leaf strewn landscape. Even though I had dressed up (which I love to do), my main priority for myself this year was to film the event.  Constantly running to get ahead to the action was a lot harder than I anticipated, particularly in a wedding gown, but it was very much worth it for the footage I got – it also made the beer afterwards even more refreshing!

After links for this years Zombie March?  Here they are – and if you come across any others, please let me know so I can add them to the list.

The Mercury (online) – there are some pretty amusing comments to the article from “horrified” spectators, but there is also a fantastic collection of photos from the march.

FaceBook

The group for the Hobart Zombie March has stacks for photos uploaded in their photo album with participants being encouraged to add their own – Hobart Zombie March

You can also view my photos on FaceBook HERE, including the photo shopped stills I used in my video (also feel free to tag your self).

YouTube

Once again, YouTube user quebecfoxtrot (and friend of my Chicken) had uploaded an awesome clip of the march, which you can view HERE.

And of course, below is my video from this years March, featuring music from local band, Ending Atrophy.

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Himalayan Salt Lamps are crafted from salt crystals taken from the mountains themselves.  They generate  negative ions that cleanse the air, leaving you with a sensation similar to that experienced after a refreshing downpour of rain.  I have had mine for a few years now, and the subtle glow makes for wonderful mood lighting while just sitting back to relax.

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Winter feels like it has come early, with the days getting shorter and the nights getting colder.  But life remains as busy as ever, if not in reality but in my mind.  The days are spent working and the nights are spent snuggled up, trying to keep warm, wishing I could wrap myself in pure, rich Pashmina instead of my scrappy dressing gown and slippers.  The cold brings boredom to my actions yet my mind is as active as ever, and I hate how the two never seem to want to work together.  Yet despite the cold and the rain, I don’t completely hate winter.  Your coffee tastes and smells better, you appreciate even the smallest amount of sunshine, yet look forward to the sound of rain pattering on the roof.  And then to end the day curled up in bed with the one you love, all tangled together to make the most of each others body heat, makes it worth while braving the frosty chill of the morning so you can do it all again the next night.

I have still been playing around with a few ideas for a tribal infinity symbol tattoo design.  Most of what I put to paper just does not seem to work, but this one I have taken quite a liking to.  I sketched the first draft, then completed the design in Photoshop so everything was even and symmetrical.

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I have been neglecting my blog of late, especially when it comes to posting about life in general.  In the last few months I have been promoted at work, competed in my first BJJ (Brazilian Jiu Jitsu) competition (with videos to be posted soon) and my Chicken & I have started planning on bringing a beautiful little star into our lives and the world.  There has just been so much happening around me that it has been hard to keep focused on just one thing at a time and my emotions have been spiraling erratically, usually leaving me drained and feeling as if I have less life in me than a decapitated zombie.  My main escape has been into the world of Second Life where I have been hopelessly addicted to building new environments and creating textures to sell on XStreet – the eBay of Second Life.

So I am still here and although I don’t always feel it, I am very much alive.  As for the photo of my Chicken with a topiary chicken, this was taken on the weekend while driving from Launceston back to Hobart along the Midland Highway.  Roughly half way around St Peters’ Pass, there are several of these green, leafy animals along the road side, from crocidiles to koalas.  I used to be so facinated by them as a kid and couldn’t resist asking Adam to pull over so I could get a photo of him with a friend.

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Ever dreamed of being a photographer and having your images published along side those taken by some of the industries best? Then the LUMIX Life photography competition is for you.

Panasonic Australia have gathered together some of the nations top photographers to capture the essence of our beautiful country through the superior lens of their LUMIX cameras.  Their LUMIX Life ‘Pro Shooters’ will be traveling across the country from the busiest city to the most remote country sides to capture their vision of Australia.  Photographers include Ken Duncan, Peter Eastway, Bill Bachman, Leo Meier, Nick Rains, Frances Mocnik, Ted Grambeau, and Hugh Brown, with special celebrity guest photographer, Ray Martin.  Their images will be compiled into a book entitled, ‘Focus on Australia’, where you too can have your photograph published for the World to see.

To be a part of this amazing opportunity, use your LUMIX camera to capture the heart and soul of Australia.  It can be anything from flora to fauna, dramatic sweeping landscapes, or portraiture that depicts out Aussie way of life.  If your photograph is selected, it will be published in the book, ‘Focus on Australia’.  You will also receive your own copy of the book to proudly display at home, and have the chance to win one of three LUMIX GF1s, with the best three photographs being selected by Ken Duncan.

The competition runs from April 1 to June 30.  For more details on how to enter, visit LUMIX Life. Also be sure to check out Panasonic Australia on Facebook.

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