Let me just jump out and say it - the first post on any new blog is always awkward. As a reader you don't know what to expect and as a writer you have nothing to refer back to. But awkward and difficult as the first post is to write, this is probably the most excited I have ever been about starting a new blog. Why, you ask? Because this is where I get to share with you everything that's going on in the world of Laughing Soul Apparel!
If you know nothing about Laughing Soul, let me start at the beginning. This company was sort of born by accident - I made a shirt for myself using bleach to paint the design and every time I wore it people would ask me where I got it and then ask if I could make them one. Eventually people started encouraging me to sell them on a larger scale and I put off doing so for lots of different reasons... (insert lame excuses and a year's worth of time here)... but eventually I realized that my bleach design shirts could be a bigger hit than I had first imagined, and so took the plunge into the world of creating a small business.
It certainly hasn't been easy, but it's been one of the most rewarding things I've ever done. (And of course, I'm nowhere near finished yet!) I will be the first to admit that I know nothing about creating or owning your own business, yet somehow I've learned as I've gone and it has all worked out for the best. But I would be lying if I said I had done this all on my own, so I want to take this chance to give a big THANK YOU to everyone who has encouraged and helped me along the way. Without all of your encouragement, help with technical and legal issues, brainstorming conversations, connections to other helpful people, and support of my art I would be nowhere right now. So if you're reading this know that you are important to me and this company, because this is only the beginning and you have been right alongside me as I start off on this big adventure. So thanks again, and make sure you check back for more info on how Laughing Soul is growing and expanding... all because of you!
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