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SAN ANDREAS MULTIPLAYER ALIVE!
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So... about the new mission type. Please tell me everyone else got swarmed by a billion shriekers during extraction, right? Or the bug breaches right on the drills?
(Also holy shit the dark fluid jump packs are so fun, I'd be thrilled for jump pack meta to return)
#helldivers 2#ive only seen and played one of these puppies#...tell me someone else has seen this mission and played it. right? ..right?#oh yeah#and the hella broken end screen#idk if we did something wrong but it said we got the fluid and not all the drills(?)#it was weird lol#and the big holes in the ground around the TCS. that too#k1 fell in one and lost our samps but at least we get to torment him about it
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Menjodohkan Teman
Perkara jodoh-menjodohkan, sejujurnya aku pribadi tidak begitu berani menjadi perantara perjodohan secara langsung. Walaupun aku dan suami juga awalnya dikenalkan dengan teman, tapi entah kenapa, kalau aku sendiri mau jodohin orang, rasa waspadaku terlalu tinggi perkara ini. Di sisi lain, aku juga ingin membantu beberapa temanku yang belum Allah kehendaki bertemu jodohnya
Ada beberapa temanku sering bercanda, "Eh, San.. kalau ada kenalanmu dong, siapa tau ada yang cocok". Pernah sempat mau menjodohkan dengan temanku, tapi ternyata yang laki-laki (teman suamiku) redflag di tata kelola keuangan. Salah satu contohnya, suka berhutang (riba) untuk gaya hidup. Mohon maaf, berdasarkan prinsip aku dan suamiku, hal begitu wajib diskip
Pernah juga, saat mau menjodohkan dengan temanku, aku tanya ke suamiku. Si laki-laki ini kepribadiannya baik, pekerja keras, ga pelit, ibadah rajin, sholat di masjid, ganteng. Tapiiii ternyata boti :')) hehhhh itu gimana ceritanya sihhh! Siapaaaa yang nggak shic shac shock wkwkwk
Kemudian, aku juga sempat mau menjodohkan sahabatku saat mengajar di pesantren. Rencananya mau aku kenalkan dengan temanku, yang belum ku kenal begitu dekat. Saat itu entah kenapa aku sedikit ragu, sampai ku ulur waktunya, untuk mendapatkan informasi yang lebih banyak tentang si laki-laki ini. Padahal kalau di screening sih ya cocok. Orangnya zopannn gaes
Sampe akhirnya beberapa bulan, mulai sedikit terlihat karakternya seperti apa. Sampe akupun terlibat, dan tau bagaimana bermuamalah dengan dia, tau bagaimana dia bermuamalah dengan orang lain. Lalu, jdeeerrrr.. tipikal manipulatif dan NPD. Ngeri banget gaktuh!! Langsung skip skip.. ga kebayang sobiku punya pasangan NPD, udah gitu manipulatif. Huaa jadi kaya kecewa banget, apalagi sahabatku ini udah ngarep :') suamiku ikut kzl juga. Ngeriiiiii mending jangan. "Berurusan sama NPD itu capek. Udah capek, ga dapet hasil apa-apa, kan?", kata suamiku.
Mau sekeliatan shalih/shalihah seseorang, sudah ngaji atau spek hafidz/hafidzah, ustadz/ustadzah. Kalau sudah ada ciri mencolok NPD, pleaseee jangannnn!! Pengalaman suamiku dapet bos NPD dan manipulatif, kacau, dia juga sampe ikut terganggu mentalnya. Ga bisa berkutik. Cuma bisa berdoa, tawakkal bahwa Allah yang menghadirkan segala sesuatu untuk kita; Allah juga yang bisa mengangkat rasa tidak nyaman/kezaliman yang dilakukan manusia
Please normalisasi usia 30+ belum menikah, itu gapapa. Normalisasi belum nikah karena emang harus pilih-pilih. Mungkin sekarang aku akan TAMBAH MANGKEL, kalau ada yg nyinyirin orang belum menikah. Pilih-pilih gapapa banget, daripada harus tersiksa dengan pasangan yang menjadi ujian besar buat kita
Redflag enggaknya seseorang memang relatif, tapi kalau kita tau dia sudah redflag dan tetap lanjut, itu artinya kita telah siap memilih ujian yang akan kita hadapi di bahtera pernikahan
Pesan ustadzku dulu, "Menikah itu ibarat kita memilih ujian. Tidak ada manusia yang sempurna. Maka dari itu buatlah analisa, pilih seseorang yang kamu tau saat bersama dia nanti, kamu akan siap menghadapi ujian darinya"
Ya Allah.. mudahkanlah teman-temanku mendapatkan jodoh yang baik perangainya, shaalih ibadahnya, bapakable dan keinginan-keinginan lain yang sesuai dengan hati. Yassarallahu umuurana. Allahumma baarik~
Jakarta, 13 Agustus 2024 | Pena Imaji
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Ide Pernikahan Minimalis ala Saya Pt 2
Okay, kemaren saya udah coba sharing tentang ide pernikahan minimalis ini (bisa diakses disini). Nah mari kita lanjut ke Part 2-nya. Let's check it out dan selama membaca . . .
Undangan PDF, Gak Pake Website
Sebagai orang yang dulu suka website, saya tuh kepikiran mau gitu nikah pake website gitu dimana orang-orang naruh ucapan dan tentunya ada nomor rekening saya disitu HHH. Tapi saat itu, istri menyarankan yang lebih sederhana aja. Apa itu? Undangan via PDF. Terus dimana uniknya? Jadi saya coba design (pake canva) PDF tiga laman yang designya minimalis tapi isinya cukup compact. Berikut Beberapa screen shotnya. Tautan undangannya bisa dicek disini.
2. Meja DIY dan Susunannya (Ampun)
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Kalau ditanya seberapa niat, jujurly meja yang ada disini itu adalah buatan saya sama Bapak. Kita berdua yang literally ngebuat meja ini dari kayu yang beli di material sampe akhirnya dibawa ke villa tempat nikahan. Dan karena yang diundang itu kita udah tau siapa siapa namanya (dan sebelumnya minta konfirmasi). Di depan deket meja tamu, saya minta tim saya buat ngarahin setiap yang datang duduk di meja masing-masing yang sudah ada namanya (gambar kiri list nama-nama dan meja mana). Ini gak ngerti lagi sih saya sama istri. Beneran disusun genk ini duduk dimana, genk itu duduk dimana HHH (termasuk genk saya di lingkungan pertemanan mobile legends) Sungguh terlalu niat!
3. The Story
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Sebenernya ada yang lebih niat kebanding saya ngebuat meja buat pernikahan itu. Apa itu? Akun instagram yang susunan post-nya mengadung kode-kode. WHUT. Iya, jadi saya buat susunan story pertemuan bahkan hingga chat pertama kali di facebook, di instagram, hingga akhirnya baru tau juga kalau dia ternyata adik kelas SMA saya. Dan yang buat saya paling well planned adalah gambar wisuda yang seadanya, tapi dari semua post. Cuman ini yang tulisan di pojok kanannya itu "Open it Up".
Iya jadi jauh sebelum ke nikah, saya sama istri saya ini lagi deket saat itu, dari mulai pinjem buku hingga sering projek-an bareng. Nah saya buat lah gambar itu yang dibelakang nya itu ada tulisan yang intinya "Terima kasih karena telah membersamai di masa masa perjuangaan sampe akan ada waktunya surat dibalik figura ini harus dibuka (isinya ngajak nikah kurang lebih HHH)".
NB: di meja meja yang saya buat itu, udah saya siapin QR Code yang kalau di scan, bakal ngarah kesana. Tapi sekarang post nya udah di archive. Entar disangka sombong HHH.
4. Ada Prancis Prancisnya (Dikit sih)
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Di SMA saya, dulu ada mata pelajaran bahasa Prancisnya. Karena kebetulan saya sama istri berasal dari sekolah yang sama. Alhasil ide saya membawakan sedikit Prancis-Prancis nya disetujui. Emang apaan? Iya jadi yang kemaren udah dibahas dengan gak pake foto prawedding tapi lagi foto di Prancis, Bawa sepatah dua patah kata pake bahasa Prancis (walaupun ga semua), dan souvenir yang ada tag bahasa Prancis nya. Lupa tapi tulisannya apaan ya HHH.
Okay mungkin segitu dulu Part 2 nya dan jadi part penutup tulisan ini. Saya yakin pasti temen-temen pun sudah punya referensi wedding masing-masing. Searching aja banyak ko konsep konsep menarik atau bahkan sekarang tanya AI aja yang menarik gimana, tinggal gimana nantinya menyesuaikan.
Pertanyaan
Kemaren ada yang tanya rundown nya gimana? Rundown nya itu lupa file nya dimana tapi itu udah tercantum diundangan ya. Harus nanya ke EO kayaknya. Soalnya mereka yang punya juknis nya. Terus gimana cara ngeyakinin orang tua biar bisa kaya gitu? Ini tantangan banget. Untuk sampei bisa kesana, beuh panjang ceritanya. Tapi intinya ada dua solusi yang bisa dicoba:
Jangan pake uang orang tua sama sekali
Substitusi keinginan orang tua. Kemaren, saya substitusi dengan cara tetap mengadakan pengajian di rumah H-2 pernikahan (biar ga dianggap macem macem sama tentangga kali HHH)
Berikan pemahaman bahwa ini konsep nikah kita, bukan orang tua (dengan sedikit ego dari istri saya yang wow sekaleh setiap hari saya menghadapinya HHH).
Dah lah, mungkin segitu dulu aja tulisan kali ini. Mari kita move on ke tulisan bertema-tema selanjutnya. As always, merci beaucoup and thanks for having a beautiful mind.
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SANIYA KI AMMI KI MAZHABI CHUDAI KI KABANI PART 2
salam sabhi ko me saniya hu jesa ki ab sabhi jante hai ki kese mene meri paak deen daar namazi tilawati alima ammi jaan ka zinah e jummah dekha tha or vo kese meri zehen alood hui jese jese din guzar te gaye meri ammi bht libral or azad khayal bante jaarahi thi or mujhe is baat ka koi matlab nahi tha mene jab se ammi ko hindu lund ka chaska lagte dekha hai us waqt se me har roz apni ammi ki jasosi karne lagi ammi ka account apne phone me khol kar or me kai dafa hairat hojati ammi ke deeni khayalat lekar or unke hindu yaar ke saath chat padh kar ab me bhi apne ammi ki trha mazhabi to hogayi thi lakin mujhe esa koi milnahi raha tha mene
meri ammi ke tamam affair ki screen pics lakar kai dafa ammi ko dhamki dene ko sochne lagi or kai dafa me bhi ammi ki trha nangi ibadat karne lagi lakin kai dafa meri cheeze ammi dekhleti or shayad ab meri paakiza ammi samaj gayi ki me bhi ab unki emaani paak chut ki trha deen felana cahti hu tab ammi ne ignore kiya lakin ek baat par hamara jhagda hogaya to mene ammi ko blackmail kiya to ammi ne apni sacchai mujh se batayi ki qu unko mazhabi pasand aata hai uswaqt namaz ka tha ammi ne kaha voh namaz ada karengi mene bhi kaha me bhi ap ke saath ada karugi ammi jaan ap ke saath namaz ada karne ka sharf hasil hoga tab ammi ne haami bharli or me bhi wazu bana kar aay me to dang reh gayi hay allah yeh kya hogaya ammi namaz ki halat me khadi hui thi or unke haath me ek us hindu kafir ka maal tha use ammi ne apni muh par laga ya or ammi ab hijab me khadi hogayi or mujhe dekhne lagi me ne dhyaan nhi diya ki ammi ultha namaz ada karne lagi hai or me piche khadi hogayi or me ne rakat bandhli or namaz shuru kardi ammi mujh se aage namaz padh rahi thi
meri nazar jese hi ammi jaan ke emaani paak chutad e emaani par padi me to dang rah gayi ammi ki paak safed chutad e gumbazi par ayat likhi hui thi or me ammi jese hi sajde me gayi hay allah uffff mene dekha ki ammi ki chutado par arabi aayate hai or gaand e namazi ched e aswati me ass plug laga hua tha or ammi ki emaani chut par ayat likhi hui thi mene jhat se apni ammi ki jannati nazara dekha or namaz chor kar poori nangi hogayi or ammi ki gaand e emaani par laga ass plug ko apne namazi hatho se pakad kar jese bahar nikala ammi ki paak gaand e emaani sajdedaar se ek dum se khushbudaar peshab nazil hogaya mene apni ammi ki gaand e aswati ko apne paak qurani muh se laga diya ab ammi ki aaallah aaaahhh ki avaze saare kamre me gunjne lagi or me
apni ammi ki paak emaani hindu lund ki chudakkad alima e deen ammi ki gaand ka peshab peene lagi hay allah apni ammi ka hindu lullah ka peshab ufffff mere allah kahte hue mene tamam peshab peeliya or jese mene ass plug dekha ufff voh to ayato se bhara tha jis par ammi ki emaani alima gaand e paak ki tatti lagi thi jis ko mene chaat kar zikar e uncut jahannami peshaabi trishool chamdidaar uncut ka zikar kiya uske baad ammi uth gayo or meri gaand e emaani par zoor ka jhatka mara or kaha tumhe ab iska anjaam bhugutna hoga ammi ab bht jalali ban gayi thi or ammi ne mujhe kal ek masjid me lejane ko kaha jisme hum dono sirf hijab or burqe me jarahe the andar se nange ho kar chale gay vaha ammi ne mujhe ek taboot ke piche chupchap khada kar diya or kaha yahi rahna kahi jaana nahi or mene dekha taboot ki pice ek dewaar thi jo pichle kamre me ka tamam nazara nazar aata tha jese me ghum gayi me heraan hogayi yallah kaha voh ek masjid kitrha nazar aane vala kamra tha jis par tamam islami cheeze rakhi hui thi lakin kuch ajeeb si rassi or bdsm vali tamam hathiyaar se bhara tha or me ne dekha ki ammi ab bilkul nangi hijab me thi or ek stand par khadi hogayi uske baad hi azan hone lagi hay allah ammi ki gaand e namazi e paak mere muh ke samni thi uff hay allah meri ammi or 3 kaafir brhana halat me aagay or me dang reh gayi har ek kafir ne bhagwa rang ka tika laga kar apne uncut jahannami trishool chamdidaar jo bilkul ek samp jesa naza aarah atha me to herat me thi yallah ab
meri alima deen islam ki sehzadi ammi in hindu kafiro ka lund e napaak kese lengi hay allah or vahi hua jis ka dar tha ammi ne kaha ajiye malik ap ki islami namazi randi alima ap ke lund e napaak peshaabi ke liye aayi hai ap ka peshab se mujhe napaak kar do malik kah kar sajde me chali gayi hay allah yeh kya hua meri ammi ko or meri nigah ammi ki gaand par chali gayi jo bilkul khuli thi aaahhh hay allah meri ammi ki hifazat farma ki dua mangne lagi mai jese dua ke liye haath uthayi vese hi un kafiro ne apna lund e trishool uthaliya or baari baari se meri ammi jaan e emaani paaak islami momina ko chodne ke liye aage badhe phle kafir ne kaha hay momina tumhara islami jism kitna paak hota hai or ap ki gaand to hayy bhagwaan kah kar meri emaani ammi ki paak gaand me thuka or muskurate hue ek rassi khinchte hi ammi ke haath paav jakad gay or ab ammi be bas nazar aarahi thi voh manzae e paak dekh kar me to dar gayi 2nd kafir ne bina kuch kahe ammi ke paak zikar e allah vale muh par apna peshaabi trishool rakh diya jo dikhne me ekdum ganda tha jis par se peshab nazil ho raha tha yallah meri ammi ab iska lund apne muh se took se paak karengi aahhh mere allah meri ammi jaan lagi aahhh
3rd kafir ne jai bajrangbali ka naara lagaya or meri ammi ki chut e mubarak par zoor ka chata maara or ammi sahem uthi or ammi ki gaand e namazi se peshab e kafir jo bacha tha use nikal diya aaahhh man kar raha tha ki voh ammi ki gaand ka zam zam peejau kuttiya ki trha fir ammi ke muh me lund e uncut ki chusai jaari thi or yaha me apni ammi ka emaani jihad dekh kar kaffara ada kar ne lagi aahhh meri ammi ke muh me kafir ka lund aahhh allah or 2nd kafir ne ammi ki gaand me suwar ki charbi ko lagaya or apne lund par laga kar ammi ki gaand par set kiya aaahhh hy allah ammi ki gaand ka hole bilkul laal hogaya jab vo lund ammi ki gaand ki emaani gehriyo me chala gaya aaahh mujhe bhi mehsus hua ki kesa laga hoga ab ammi ki chut me to 3rd kafir apni napaak zubaad daal kar ese chaat raha tha jese koi chudail khoon choosti hai ammi ki ankhe huli hogayi hauuu allah tabhi 1st kafir ne ammi ke emaani paak gumbazi boobs par ek zoor ka chata mara jisse ammi sahem uthi aaahhh allah meri ammi aaahhh me na cahte hue bhi us manzar ko dekh rahi thi vaha meri ammi ka zinah e kaffara ada ho raha tha lag bhar 30 minutes ki chusai ke baad vo loog ne ammi ka DP kiya ek lund chut e emaani me 2nd lund gaand e sajdedaar me or 3rd muh e zikar e qurani me aahhh mere allah ammi ki gaand to bilkul nidhaal hogayi thi or ammi ki alima de deeni chut me se zam zam e paak nazil ho raha tha or muh se thuk ese nikal raha tha jese koi kutta ke muh se nikalta hai aaahhh
me na cahte hue bhi apni gaand ko sehlate hue chut masalne lagi or ammi ko dekhte hue zikar e lullah aaahhh karne lagi vo 3 loog baari baari se badal ne lagae ek mood esa bhi aaya jab meri nek alima deen ammi ki paak gaand ki tatti uncut ke lund e chamdidaar par lagi tab usne ammi ko zoor ka chata maara or kaha kuttiya saali islami bhadwi yeh kon saaf karega tera mulla sohar ya tera hijra baap sali tab ammi ne maafi mangni or apni zubaan se us napaak lund ki emaani alima deen ki tatti chaatne lagi tabhi usne ek jhatka maara jisse ammi ke halaq me lund pevast hogaya or ammi na cahte hue bhi us tatti ko apne pet e paak me le kar shukar ada kiya or ammi ki gaand se ab khoon nikalna baaqi tha tabhi 1 ghante ki taba tod chudai ke baaf sabhi kafiro ne baari baari se ammi ko emaani paak suraq e gaand e jihadan me mani nikal kar oeshaab kiya or ammi ko lund chuswa kar vaha se chale gay or jese me jaa rahi thi
tabhi ek molvi mulla aaya or ammi ki emaani paak gaand ko chatne laga to ammi ki gaand se over flow hogaya tha or ammi ki dendaar gaand par ayati assplug laga kar kaha maaf karna emani alima ji mujhe mene yeh ap ke liye kiya or ammi ke paav pad kar vo chala gaya ufff allah is manzar ko dekh kar me 5 dafa khad gayi thi ab ek beti ko esa sharf mil raha hai apni alima deen ammi ko hindu kafiro ke saath chudai dekh ne ka fir ammi ne mujhe avaz lagayi or me bhi ammi ke pass nangi gayi lagbhag aadha ghanta vahi musalle par ammi ko saha ra dekar bithaya fir me ammi ki jism par laga napaak maal chatne lagi tab ammi muskurayi or kaha kab se dekh rahi thi to mene sab kuch bataya ammi ko masjid me fir hum ghar aagay or mene ammi ne maghrib ni namaz nangi ada ki or dua me mene wada liya ki ammi mujhe bhi ek uncut ke saath ibadat ka sharf dilwayngi
this is only for entertainment purposes my intention is not to disrespect to anyone
please give suggestions and show your support 😜🙏
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The Wild Robot
Haii hari Sabtu adalah waktunya aku menulis tumblr post. Ini lagi di department, awalnya sih mau kerja, tapi yaudah secukupnya aja lah ya crossing off to-do lists yang kubikin Jumat kemarin. Seharian ini udah banyak banget deh yang dikerjain: bangun-bangun udah ngucek sprei, sarung bedcover, alas bed yang di bawah sprei, bedcovernya juga, sama ada mattress topper ya namanya (tentu saja juga underwear dan celana tidur) gara-gara tembus heboh, buset. Jadi dari bangun pun udah cranky dan langsung bekerja keras. Terus ngevakum rumah karena udah lama banget gak divakum dan debu-debu sampe kelihatan. Cabut jam 11.18-an buat ke bioskop, jalan 25 menit-an, jadwal filemnya padahal 11.30, plan awalnya tu mau jalan dari rumah jam 11 tapi ya namanya juga Noni kan, pake ada acara masukin laundry dulu dsb. Untungnya sampe studio belum mulai filmnya. Tapi udah gelap, jadinya susah banget nemu tempat duduk. Berujung sepanjang film ku duduk di 1 seat belakang tempatku yang seharusnya. Untungnya dari nonton jam 11.30 tu tapi studionya sepi sih, jadi aman-aman aja sebetulnya mau duduk di mana-pun. Kayanya tadi total penontonnya ga sampai 15 orang di satu studio itu.
Nonton The Wild Robot huhu bagus banget. Dan di Odeon tuh cuma £5 kursi standard jadi yaudah lumayan banget kan. Sebetulnya semalam dikasih link ilegalnya sama Hanif tapi aku tuh kalau nonton film perlu banget dengan sound system yang proper. Jadi £5 tu worth it banget kalo kata aku mah. Se-Oxford raya ada 3 bioskop. Dulu paling rajin nonton di Curzon di Westgate sampai punya annual membership (karena se-suka itu aku nonton di bioskop dengan proper sound system). Si Curzon ini bioskop yang paling proper di Oxford, se-levelnya CGV-lah, tapi MUAHAL banget. Sekali nonton £15. Waktu itu pas member kayanya bayar £50/tahun dapet 4 film gratis dan sisanya diskon 20% apa ya. Terus baru Odeon. Dulu ada 2 Odeon di Oxford, tapi yang satu yang Magdalene St tutup, karena emang udah gedung tua banget juga sih, dan kayanya nggak se-laku itu buka bioskop di Oxford. Ramenya kan pas lagi term time aja. Sempat nonton Suzume di Odeon Magdalene St itu. Terus kayanya sisanya selalu yang di George St. Sempet nonton Godzilla Minus One sama Mas Rangga, terus Wonka juga sama Diny dan Deva. Tadi kayanya baru pertama kali dapet yang Screen 1 deh. Pernah nonton supermurah juga dulu apa ya filemnya, sama Sarah Iris. Lupa euy. Odeon Oxford ini murah banget tapi juga kualitasnya B banget, cenderung jelek bahkan. Betul-betul bioskop tua aja gitu. Jadi kalo gak pinter milih tempat duduk bakalan jauh banget dari Screen dan kaya lagi lihat slide kuliah. OH, kayak Depok XXI! Yang di Ramayana itu. Kalau gak salah ada screen di situ yang modelnya mirip banget kaya bioskop Odeon. Jadi dulu kayanya aku nonton Frozen 2 apa ya sendirian Jumat-jumat gitu pas lagi break Jumatan. Nah karena gak tahu layout studionya, kupilih aja yang A paling atas kan. Eh ternyata JAUH BANGET itu teh dari layar, buset. Anyway, iya gitu, jadi kalau ke Odeon pun harus pintar-pintar pilih seats. Bioskop satu lagi bioskop indie gitu dekat rumah, namanya The Phoenix, lumayan tua juga itu bioskop. Waktu itu sempat nonton The Boy and The Heron di situ. Yang diputer situ biasanya film-film festival gitu sih, bukan yang di Box Office.
Lah jadi cerita panjang bioskop, naon Non. Awalnya mau cerita betapa bagusnya ni filem, The Wild Robot. Tapi kalau diceritain banyak kepanjangan. Intinya kalau kalian fansnya DreamWorks, nonton Puss in Boots: The Last Wish kemarin yang juga bagus banget dan sangat menghibur, nah inituh kualitas animasinya di level itu, tapi writingnya, dan character buildingnya dan SOUND FXnyaaa. Semua berkombinasi menjadi satu dan jadi filem yang sangat CAKEUP. Ku nangis 7x deh kayanya. Mulai nangis pas Brightbill training habis-habisan buat bisa terbang dan ada background music yang super touching (sebetulnya agak uplifting sih), ku langsung yang: YAAMPUN ITU ADALAH AKU DI PHD INI (nangis). Hahaha bukan bermaksud membuat everything is about me tapi betulan yang relatable aja gituu. Kaya.. what are the odds buat dia succeed, but he’s still trying anyway.
Terus nangis lagi lainnya lebih ke karena hubungan ibu-anak aja sih, kan hubungan ibu-anak-ku agak traumatic yah (ku rasa kebanyakan dari kalian juga). I love my mom, I do, with all of my heart. Dan kalau bukan karena kritikannya, supportnya, semua pilihan yang dia ambil: ke mana aku sekolah SD, SMP, SMA, kuliah, les sempoa, ga bakal aku di sini sekarang. Cuma ya exactly criticism itu pulak yang membuatku jadi gampang burnout, jadi unnecessarily perfeksionis yang bikin ku juga punya acute procrastination, ga bisa kind ke diriku sendiri, being SO HARD on myself, selalu ngerasa gak good enough karena ga pernah di-validate feelingnya.
Nangis ke-3 kayanya karena climate change yang membuat SEMUA MAKHLUK HIDUP suffer!!! Si hewan-hewan (dan tumbuhan) ini gak tau apa-apa, mereka literally just existing aja, tapi harus menanggung beban berat kena storm, long super cold winter, dan harus bisa survive. Sedih banget lihatnya.
Terus apa lagi ya… kayanya karena ku juga hard empath aja jadinya ngerasa sedih sama Fink, Ros, dan Brightbill yang dimusuhi semua orang dan gapunya teman padahal bukan salah mereka, Cuma karena mereka beda aja.
Udah sih sisanya sedih balik lagi ke interrelationship character itu lagi. Yang ku bisa relate banget juga tuh sebagai dosen/guru kadang kita yang bantuin students kita sampe udah jago, terus tapi supaya mereka bisa terus berkembang ya gabisa kita keep terus, at one point harus dilepas merekanya, padahal kita udah sayang (ini berlaku buat ibu ke anak juga).
Yaudah intinya ni filem bagus banget lah. Gatau sih bakal beda apa nggak reaksi emosional diriku ini kalau nggak lagi mens, mungkin jumlah nangisnya bakal berkurang.
Terus mau cerita apa lagi ya… Minggu ini lumayan seru dan produktif walaupun hari Jumat kemarin KAYAK HELL. CAPEK BANGET semua ada di twitter aku. Bentar, kita coba recount dari Minggu dulu. Oh! Minggu ke rumah Bu Yani merayakan ulangtahunku huhu dan makan-makan. Sambil ada rapat mau bikin acara minggu depan juga sih ada orang pemerintahan gitu lah dateng ke Oxford, aku sih gak ikut-ikutan yah karena fokusnya mau submit thesis. Cuma seru aja melihat dinamika itu semua. Dikasih bunga juga sama Kak Kaca! Huhu so happy.
Senin lupa lagi ngapain. Kayanya Senin Selasa Rabu kerja kaya biasa aja deh. OHHHHH. Hari Selasa sore KU SUBMIT chapter result ke-2 dari thesisku ke JOURNAL! HAHAHA. Harusnya ini lebih jadi highlight of the week, tapi jujur the Wild Robot >>> submit paper sih. Terus Kamis meeting sama spv dan postdoc, mulai keluar nama-nama calon internal/external examiner HAMDALAH makin dekat ni finish line saya PhD.
Jumat kemarin itu sebetulnya capek karena mix antara dapet hari ke-2, salah pake underwear (yang tidak period friendly), dan co-author-ku yang resek (dan post-doc-ku juga sih yang entah kenapa berulah banyak bener kemarin), dan kurang tidur juga kayanya karena belakangan ini susah banget tidur di bawah jam 1 entah kenapa???
Tapi yaudah overall good kok hidup. Amat sangat bersyukur. MAKASIH BANYAK YAA ALLAH. Sekian dulu. Kayanya pulang aja ah. Bawa laptop. Serem juga departemen kalau udah gelap. Bye, undur diri dulu. Oh. Terakhir. Tadi juga habis datang dari acara kumpul-kumpul warga Oxford gitu setelah ku selesai nonton bioskop. Dan sempat bahas sama teman-teman terkait ada satu teman kami (sebut namanya A) yang sudah memasuki tahun ke-4 PhD-nya tapi progresnya cukup mengkhawatirkan. Masalahnya (nggak masalah juga sih), aku adalah salah satu orang yang cukup frequent ketemu sama si A ini. Seminggu bisa minimal 1x-lah. Tapi emang aku ketemuan sama si A ini betulan buat nyampah aja gitu. Ku jarang banget nanya “gimana kerjaan?” begitu pula dia. Betul-betul buat decompress aja gitu. Dan lagipula ku mikirnya kalau ku nanya-nanya dia, dia jadi nggak comfortable lagi dan malah makin narik diri dan avoidant (dia bukan tipe yang banyak teman, jadi kalau udah sekali ilang, bubar). Barusan tapi udah ku-chat ke dia kalau aku pun pernah sempat konseling ke uni (karena kadang cuma perlu tahu satu orang lain buat bisa mendorong berani melakukan hal yang sama). Soalnya kesimpulan dari diskusi dengan teman-teman tadi, kami semua gaada yang bisa bantu juga… semua punya load PhD masing-masing… dan emang udah di ranahnya professional gaksih kalau sampai udah 3 tahun dia nggak tahu dia PhD-nya ngapain??? Karena kita teman-teman yang peduli juga kan, jadi gak bisa dibiarin aja… Bismillah deh. Semoga membaik keadaan si kawan ini.
Dah beneran terakhir, karena udah dingin banget beneran. See you next week!!!
Best,
Noni
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My First Research Project
Aku tuh udah pernah cerita juga kali ya disini, kalau akutuh pengen banget sekolah sampe PhD walau nggak tau gimana dan kapan, tapi mungkin akutuh bener2 ter-influence sama kakakku @asrisgratitudejournal yang masyaAllah akutuh kagum bgt ilmutuh bisa se-spesifik itu ya!!
Kemarin aku ngelamar 1 research project dan aku ditolak karena nilaiku nggak mencukupi. Hiks, sempet nangis krn aku ngerasa kebodohanku jadi burden buat aku menapak ke langkah selanjutnya. But anyway, ternyata ini mungkin jawaban Allah juga karena risetnya kuantitatif dan akutuh BODOH BGT mengenai hitung2an, lol. Bahkan kaya kemarin emang nilainya jelek.
Terus aku kan emang mendalami sustainability dan health gitu kan disini. Kebetulan di Unimelb itu ada yang namanya Climate Catch Lab, dan yang menariknya, Climate Catch Lab itu dibawah Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health! Jadi banyak bahas tentang health and sustainability gitu!
Alhamdulillah-nya, aku tuh udah masuk ke radar mereka karena aku jadi delegasi Melb Uni buat di Asian Pacific Rim University Student Global Climate Change Simulation. Kaya semacama MUN tapi di bidang climate change gitu, deh. Acaranya berlangsung di bulan agustus-september ini, online, sih. Tapi mayan lah jadi lebih banyak terpapar sama isu climate change.
Nah terus, akutuh tiba-tiba dapet email gitu kalau aku terdaftar dalam proyek sustainability healthcare gitu. HAH JUJUR KAGET WKWKW. Kayanya waktu itu aku pernah gak sadar daftar gitu deh 🤣 Sebenernya akutuh gak terlalu tertarik sama pengurangan emisi di healthcare servis gitu kan, tapi ternyata topiknya gak harus itu kita bisa purpose topik lain. Yaudah aku mikir, "Aku kan tertarik topik breastfeeding dan environmental impacts", coba purpose ah.
Dua minggu lalu, initial meeting aku dan supervisor dan aku coba purpose topik itu. Sempet kepikir buat dijadiin Clean Development Mechanism dibawah Kyoto Protocol, tapi pas ngobrol sama Loecky HAH KOK BANYAK ITUNGANNYA WKWKWK NANGES, GAJADI LAH. Yaudah pas meeting kedua kemarin aku bahas aja at glance gimana breastfeeding ternyata punya positive environmental impacts ke supervisorku.
Beliau akhirnya bilang, karena this project has to be done in October dan gue tau lo sibuk sama assignment lain dan juga ngurus anak, kita bikin literature review aja ya tentang Co-Benefits of Breastfeeding to Environmental Impacts. Karena kebetulan di pleminary research gue, gue present ada satu systematic review yang bahas itu. Dan akhirnya kita setuju untuk keep on going on that project, huhuhu terharu 🥹
This was not my first literature review sebenernya. Tahun 2021, gue juga udah pernah ngerjain sebagai Karya Ilmiah Akhir Ners (KIAN) gue. Tapi at that time tuh, demi Allah gue gak ada sama sekali dibimbing sama pembimbing gue. Bahkan gue diajarin tentang cari literature pake framework PRISMA dari Kak Rona yang waktu itu lagi S2 di Oz!
Jadi pas dapet pembimbing yang beneran ngebimbing, komit ada weekly meeting dan beneran mau ngasih tau gue what to do next tuh gue beneran superrr grateful. Bahkan si supervisor gue yg sekarang nyuruh gue untuk meeting sama librarian fakultas, biar gue bisa tau cara nyari literatur yang bener! Tadi sejam meeting sama librarian via zoom dan beneran, si librariannya ini share screen cara nyari di database, cara combine keywords, etc. Ya Allah.. hal yang gak gue temuin di Indonesia, jujurrr :")
Kenapa ya pembimbing di Indo (apalagi yg gak pernah kuliah di luar negeri, sorry to say) kaya susaaahh bgt dihubungi wk, sedangkan disini gue nge-reach out kaprodi aja fas respon bgt di email??! Mungkin kerjaan administratifnya kaga sebanyak di Indo kali ya?!
but anyway, kujadi semangat banget buat ngerjain topik ini, apalagi si supervisorku bilang "Nanti setelah selesai proyek, kita rapihin dan kita publish bareng2, ya!" Ya Allah 🥹 makin terharuuu, mamak-mamak ini diajak publikasi 🥹 Bismillah-bismillah semoga Allah ridho!
Alhamdulillah banget semester 2 ku semakin berwarna! Gak kaya semester 1 yang rasanya mau matek ngos2an abis wkwk, ini udahhalf way semester 2 rasanya lebih mulus aja Alhamdulillah (karena nggak semua matkul 12 week, jadi bisa atur2 energi wkwk).
Semoga Allah mudahkan dan Allah ridho. Doain ya, semoga bisa memaksimalkan waktu pas Hannah di Indonesia buat research lebih banyak bukannya malah berleha-leha wakakakakkaka.
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Ke PMI lanjut Arisan
Sampe dong ngebut ke PMI udah ada Anis (teteh agit) dan suaminya pada cuti kerja eh apa izin setengah hari ya tadi tuh. Donor darahnya udah atas nama agit, suamiku lsg ngisi form dulu lalu screening sama dokter cek tensi dll. 2 pendonor lg berdatangan temen2 kantornya Agit yg dulu, baru terakhir adik iparku. 2 lolos adik iparku ngga lolos karena aah kalo diceritain mah bodorlah wkwk.
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Suamiku setahun belakangan ini ngga donor darah padahal tahun 2022 blio udah 2x donor darah di PMI, tp tiap lewat ke PMI selalu keingetab belom donor lg.. Eeh taunya jadi di tahun ini berikut utk sesuatu yg urgent, alhamdulillah td prosesnya cpt bgt kata suamiku cuma 3 menit, karena tiap org beda2 durasi wkt keisi labu sampe penuhnya. Itu status suamiku di WA, guru2 pada replies dan ngedoain Agit cenah MasyaAllah yaa wlpn stranger Agit banyak yg doain huhu. Semoga doa baiknya berbalik ke guru2 yg doain semua yaa. Makasih perhatiannya..
Suamiku kirim foto ini via WA. Sarapan pasca donor
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Katanya Agit butuh 2 labu tapi alhamdulillah dapet 3 labu.
Tindakan SC akhirnya dilakukan jam 12. Ikut tegang dirumah juga, alhamdulillah darah AB nya lsg dipake. Ya Allah lancarkanlah persalinan adikku.
Alhamdulillah di jam 12.26 gt ya, lahirlah anak ke 2 agit, bayi laki2 kasyeeeeep. Sepasang deeeh anaknya. Lega bgt pas udah lahir ya Allah.
Menuju ruang OP. Halo adik Zeeshan!
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Sebetulnya hari ini jadwal arisan, karena tadi lg urgent aku nyusul weh mudah2an keburu. Abis ngurusin ini itu dan slesei pendonor terakhir kita sarapan ngebubur PMI di belokan dkt cihapit. Jam 10 beres bubar aja kita, nanti ktemu lg di RS Melinda 2. Msh ada wkt kayanya aku nyusul buibu ternyata kumpul di Jardin, dkt kan dari PMI mamenit doaaang ternyata buibu sengaja milih di Jardin biar aku dkt nyusul hahaa makasih buibuu memudahkankuuu.
Pas udah disana eeh taunya dikitan bgt, asalnya cuma berdua mam Zen dan fatih, nyusul mam kembar krn ada urusan dulu baru aku deeeh edun rekor cuma ber4 laaah. Lesgow lah ngocok dulu yuuu~ bener dong di spin sama mama kembar menang doi wkwk sama mama Jav. Yeaaay selamaaat~
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Janlup putu2 dulu wlpn cm ber4
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Kadang rasanya ingin berteriak. Menjadi ibu memang ga membuat kita menjadi manusia yg sempurna. Justru harus belajar terus menerus.
Dua bulan ini, daycare arfa off. Hampir setiap hari aku bawa arfa kemapun ku pergi. Sampe rasanya udh 3 bulan lebih ga creambath di salon a.k.a udh 3 bulan lebih jg ga punya waktu sendiri, buat nongkrong2 gemas barang 1-2 jam. Pdhl dulu hamdallah masih disempetin. Memang, kadang, nikmat Allah baru terasa pas ga kelihatan adanya.
Stress bgt rasanya bawa arfa ke kantor. Lebih ke karena aku ngerasa ga bisa memberikan pengasuhan yg layak untuk dia. Aku harus kerja, tp arfa ttp harus ada yg jaga. Dan memang saat ini, blm ada yg jaga saat daycarenya off.
Aku merasa ga berdaya karena saat aku kerja, aku akan membiarkan dia screentime. Kalau ga screentime ya aku ga akan bisa fokus bekerja. Karena dia akan terus minta perhatian ((wajar bgt sebenernya, namanya jg anak2)). Sebenarnya, setiap bawa arfa ke kantor, aku bawakan mainan, buku, alat2 melukis dsb. Tp dia mainnya ga lama. Dan akhirnya aku kasih lah dia menonton.
Screen time ga kekontrol, tp aku harus ttp kerja. Saat aku bawa dia ke posyandu, sekolah, panti asuhan, kecamatan, kelurahan.. agar anteng, ya aku kasih hp. Karena kan statusnya aku kerja, kadang harus mimpin rapat, ngisi materi, fasiitasi diskusi..
Dan kerasa bgt efek sampingnya, emosi meledak2. Apalagi jika aku cut waktu nontonnya. Tantrum luar biasa.. sampe aku kaya udh gabisa berkata apa-apa. Aku cuma bisa diem sambil nahan napas.
Kadang terbersit menyalahkan seseorang, yg harusnya bisa memfasilitasi kami untuk punya emba.. but kalaupun punya mba, ga jamin semua baik2 aja.
Rasanya mau gelinding, apalagi seminggu kebelakang, jadwal lagi padat, keluar gedung terus.. dan diiringi tantrum krn mau nonton terus hampir setiap hari.
Mau capek ngeluh, tp ya masih banyak sekali yg bisa dan harus aku syukuri. Bisa bawa anak ke kantor juga previlege, jam kerja yg cukup fleksibel untuk anter jemput anak sekolah, punya ruangan sendiri. Ya Allah, saya teh kok masih ngeluh...
Kalo lg negatif, saya cuma kepikiran "kenapa semua harus saya?? Bukannya ini tanggung jawab bersama? Kenapa saya harus 95% saya semua??" Mengcapek deh kalau lg negatif.
Cuma kalo lg positif, saya teh paham knp arfa begitu. Dia hanya anak kecil dg hati yg baik. Intinya cm mau diajak main. Dan dia sayang bgt sm saya.
Besok, mau trial sama mantan mbanya ain, semoga bisa jd solusi buat segala keruwetan hidup ini.
Semoga Allah mudahkan.
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Keram 18 Km? Siapa Takut? Ya, Saya
wkwk oke, waktunya bercerita kisah keram 18 km seorang pemuda asal Sukoharjo di event lebarannya maraton Indonesia. Borobudur Marathon.
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Singkat cerita, kita flashback dulu dari keberangkatan. Hari Sabtu, habis dzuhur tet, naik apa? yak benar, motor, biar hemat. Panas? apa itu? buah? salahh ee salahh, nanas. Berdua, dengan fotografer pribadi, Fatih Ndut. Perjalanan ke Magelang via Kopeng. Sampai di penginapan (baca : rumah bude nya teman) sekitar bada ashar. Langsung lanjut ambil Racepack di Artos, Armada Town Square, one and only Mall in Magelang.
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Kalo mau dibandingin sama Mangkunegaran Run, ini sih 1000 kali lebih jos. Baru masuk, gapake ngantri langsung ambil. Dan disambut gapura sok neon neon dan futuristik. Ditambah ada nama yang bisa muncul di layar, auto foto lah jelas. Boothnya ngga ada yang terlalu menarik, karena mahal semua. Paling ya cuma foto di beberapa spot aja, sama ikut ngeramein corat coret. Agak kecewa ga ketemu artis, cuma ketemu Mas Aiman aja, uhuk, hiks.
Kelar dari racepack, jelas lah, H-1 raceday, apalagi marathon, wajib carbo loading. Kamu ga punya duit? jangan santai, karena minimal tetep harus punya lah wkwk, walau dikit. Duitmu dikit? santai, ada Geprek Mantul, ayam boleh satu, tapi jangan sampai nasi cuma satu (centong) juga, karena apa? karena ambil sendiri. Yak benar, sefruit tips carbo loading bagi yang, ehem, punya keinginan yang cukup besar di masa depan kan ya, sehingga menunda pengeluaran berlebih hari ini (baca : duitnya dikit) kunjungilah warung nasi sepuasnya terdekat.
Kelar makan balik ke penginapan (baca : rumah budenya temen), langsung apa? yoi, langsung buka racepack, ambil baju racenya, pake buat tidur semalaman, biar 'adaptasi' dululah ya kan? (baca : seneng dapat baju baru). Dan jangan lupa, mandatory foto, gear race esok hari, ditata, difoto flat dari atas. cekrek. turu.
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Bangun jam 2.30 WIB, adus, sumringah, makan pisang, minum air putih, macak ganteng, sikatan, biar nyaman mlayune, apik fotone. Berangkat naik motor lagi, sampai di kawasan borobudur, ebuset, emang bole semacet ini. Dalam hati mbatin, ni mesti ketar ketir yang naik mobil, auto pemanasan dari dalem. wkwk. Parkir di warung deket loket masuknya borobudur.
Sampe sono pas banget adzan subuh, langsung cari toilet. (baja kalimat setelah ini pake iklan klinik Tong Fang) Awalnya saya agak kebelet, tapi setelah saya meihat antriannya, perut saya membaik seketika wah! terima kasih antrian. Dan apalah guna menyegerakan hajat ketika kamu punya Yang Maha Kuasa Atas Segala, termasuk rasa mules di perut, so mari lanjut ke Musholla terdekat, mendekat diri dan mengadukan rasa dan antrian ini kepadaNya.
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Sholat berjamaah, kelar solat nitipin barang bawaan sama siap siap ke startline. Ga pake pemanasan, cuma pake baju celana sepatu leg sleeve jam tangan sama semangat. Jangan ditiru, hanya dilakukan oleh profesional segelintir orang tolol.
Menunggu race, seperti biasa, kita screening gear manusia manusia masokis yang mau lari 42k. 910? ortus? apa itu gaes? minimal sepatu tuh New Balance lahh. Nike Adidas Hoka Asics Puma udah kayak sandal di masjid. Tapi nih kalo jumatan, fix pergi pulang beda semua sih alas kakinya. Baju bola? kaos oblong? cuih, minimal kaos tu singlet ada tanda garis tiga, nb, centang, atau macan lompat lah, kalo masi pake lambang klub bola, mundur dulu selangkah. Kamu gapake kacamata? gapake visor? mending tambah lagi mundurnya selangkah. leg sleeve kamu bukan 2XU? dah gausa dikasi tau, selangkah lagi ya bang. Lari olahraga paling murah? pfft, situ lari apa latian dikejar habis maling? aowkwowk
ya kira kira gitu lah penampilan sebagian rangorang wkwkwk.
Dan tibalah 05.00 am 19 November 2023, bendera dikibarkan, terompet ditiupkan, penyiksaan 42 km + dirasakan. gwencana yo gwencana. Duh kedawan, lanjut part 2
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I get a lot of startup founders wanting to make custom t-shirts. And when I suggest they go the organic cotton t-shirt wholesale route, so they can buy t-shirt blanks for a fraction of the price it would cost to develop them from scratch… their answer is usually, “Absolutely not.” “My brand is special,” they say. “My brand needs a custom fit and will have only premium fabrics. No one will take my brand seriously if I use pre-made shirts.” But as someone who has been in this industry for well over a decade, I can tell you that this mindset is so, so wrong. Learning how to understand the world of t-shirt blanks could be the difference between a brand that launches and is successful for years to come, and a brand that fizzles out before they get their first sale. So, if you have been thinking about starting a sustainable t-shirt brand, this post will cover everything you are going to need to know. BUT BEFORE WE GET STARTED... I love helping startup brand founders succeed, so I created a bunch of free guides that will help you with your business. They won’t be free forever, so make sure to grab them while you can. What You’ll Learn: My inspiration for this post (because I know some of you like hearing the tea before I get into the fashion details) What are blanks, and how are they used in the industry The pros of using blanks The cons of using blanks Looking for blanks? – here is who I recommend NO TIME TO READ? CHECK OUT THIS 60 SECOND RECAP... I DIDN’T REALIZE I WAS ON THIS T-SHIRT SUPPLIER’S RADAR . . . Oh, little old me? Even though I should kind of be used to it by now, I still get surprised when people know who I am. A little bit ago, I even got stopped on my run because someone recognized me. Anyway. I get so many spammy emails from brands asking me to feature them on the blog. And I rarely respond. I just delete them. Because, honestly, they are a bunch of buzzwords and greenwashing. You know the type – we invented the most sustainable hoodie ever, and our clothes empower women . . . buzzword, buzzword, buzzword. But the other day, I got excited when I recognized the brand on the other end of the email for once – Original Favorites. Because, for years, I have recommended that my clients and students check out Original Favorites for organic cotton blanks. SO, WHAT ARE T-SHIRT BLANKS? Blanks are pretty much what they sound like. Blank garments that are ready for customizations like screen printing and or dying - they are literally a blank canvas. It’s kind of like buying a 5-pack of Hanes Deep V-necks (literally my uniform in college, along with some Hard Tail leggings and Ugg boots). Except it’s on a bigger scale, A LOT cheaper, and blanks are intended for brands to purchase and customize. How it all works is that a company, like Original Favorites, puts in a huge order for a few styles of t-shirt blanks. Because their order is so big, they get really good prices on the shirts throughout the entire supply chain. From fabric to sewing to shipping – the bigger the order, the better the prices. So, they take advantage of that. They then pass on those giant bulk order savings to you and take a small cut. So instead of you having to order tens or hundreds of thousands of the same shirt to get a good price, you can order just a few – like 10, and still get a much lower price than you would ever be able to get trying to produce 10 t-shirts on your own (I’ll break down the math in just a minute). Blanks are made to be customized. So, you can add your own designs and even labels. And the cool thing is, blanks aren’t just for t-shirts. You can buy blanks in almost any type of garment. Scarves, dresses, skirts, sweatpants, hoodies, polo shirts, tote bags – the options are limitless. 4 PROS OF USING T-SHIRT BLANKS 1. NO DEVELOPMENT COSTS A lot goes into developing a single t-shirt. And if everything is custom, there isn’t much you can do to cut development corners. You need to source everything, have patterns made and graded, and have various samples made to check the fit. Then, you need to make sure there are no issues for your customer. This gets pretty expensive, especially when you are making garments domestically. In the United States or Europe, this will all cost anywhere from about $400 - $1,000 just for a t-shirt. And developing more technical items could cost up to $3,000, depending on who you work with and how complex the garment is. The other thing worth mentioning is that development costs are fixed. So it costs the same whether you develop 100 shirts or 10,000 shirts. Here is how the development costs of a shirt break down... For example, say it costs you $500 to do all the development work and perfect your t-shirt and you only want to make 50 pieces. And in production, each piece is $10. Well, on top of the $10 production price, you would need to add in your development cost. So, $500 divided by 50 is $10. That means the real cost of each production piece is $10 plus $10 for development = $20 total. Now, if you are making 1,000 pieces, we would take the $500 divided by 1,000 pieces, and the development cost per piece would be just 50 cents. So, your total unit cost would be $10 plus $0.50, which is a total of $10.50 per piece. To be clear, I would never recommend a new startup brand buy 1,000 units on their first order. But hopefully, you get the point I am trying to make . . . development costs are costs that effect your bottom line, and they are expensive! So, by using blanks, new brands can completely cut out that development cost, lower the overall cost of their product, and still get low MOQs (minimum order quantities). 2. NO SURPRISES Even if you work with the best factories, I can promise you that things will not be perfect. In your sample and development process, there will always be small things you need to tweak or reevaluate. And that is exactly why you must have a development and sampling stage and can’t skip it. One of the most disheartening things for new brands is when they finally open their box of samples after months of work and feel like everything is wrong. Us industry pros know that it’s all part of the garment game – alterations need to be made and new samples need to be submitted for approval. But for newbies, it is sometimes so disheartening (and expensive) that they give up completely. The other scary thing that sometimes happens is brands will think they have a perfect sample, place their production order, and then realize something is wrong after they receive their bulk order. Now, they have hundreds of defective t-shirts to deal with. When you are buying t-shirt blanks, you know exactly what you are getting. You can buy a few (like 1 or 2), make sure you absolutely love them, and then buy larger quantities. And the best part? Every time you reorder, you have the assurance that you are getting the exact same item because someone else is taking care of all the quality assurance for you. 3. THE BEST PRICING ON SMALL ORDERS I already told you about how much money you can save in the development process by using t-shirt blanks. Now, let’s talk about how much more money you can save on production. Here is the reality of fashion and the secret behind why fast fashion and other big brands can offer such low prices. The more you buy, the more you save. That is for a few reasons. Let’s start with the fabric. When you give a fabric mill a huge fabric order, they can program the machines once and let them run day and night (new fabric orders require cleaning the machine, re-programming the machine, and in general, a lot of downtime). It is extremely efficient to run just one fabric for a long time for big orders. And the more efficient you can be, the faster things can get made, and the more money you can save. People become more efficient too Garment sewing at a factory becomes more efficient with larger orders as well. Factories like big orders because it gives their workers time to get good at making your product. If you only want 50 pieces, by the time the workers find their groove, the order is done. But with an order of 10,000 pieces, every day, the workers get better and better at making the product from all of the repetition. They also get quicker, so you get a lower price. Factory workers can go from making 15 pieces daily to 30 just by repetition and getting to know the product inside and out. On large orders, when workers become masters at making your product, the work becomes almost mindless for them. They can laugh, joke, and listen to podcasts while working. So, when you order blanks, you get a product that’s been replicated many times and produced more cheaply, thereby cutting production costs for you and your customer. Versus placing a small custom order with a factory, which means garment sewing will take longer and production costs will be higher. 4. GREAT FOR RE-ORDERS Worried about selling out fast and running out of product? When you have a custom order and want to order more, it can take quite a bit of time. You first need to re-order the fabric, which can take anywhere from a month to 3 months. Then, the shirts need to be sewn, which could take another month or two. With blanks, they are usually always in stock. So as soon as you need more, you can order them and get them immediately. This can be great for customer retention because, the longer customers have to wait for a product on backorder, the less likely they are to place their order. It’s also great for your cash flow because it allows you to get product out quickly and not tie it up while waiting for new items to be made. 2 MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT USING T-SHIRT BLANKS 1. “NO CUSTOM FITS OR FABRICS MEANS MY CUSTOMER WON’T GET WHAT THEY NEED” “But Melanie, I have done all the research, and know that the exact shirt I want to develop isn’t out there right now. There is a need for my custom design.” Here is a hard dose of reality. I need you to check your ego and listen up. I get that you want to make the same shirt you have in your closet, but you want the sleeves 1 inch longer, the body 2 inches shorter, and the fabric just slightly heavier. Because, then, it will fit you perfectly. But here’s the thing. Most people who are buying your shirt do not have your exact measurements. When you make those sleeves 1 inch shorter, even though they’ll fit YOU perfectly, they might be way too short for someone else (read, a paying customer). The truth is, blank companies have done all the research. They are so confident in their research that they’re ordering probably millions of units of the same style. They know what sells. Lean into that expertise. “From operating their clothing brand, our founders realized the perennial items that sold-out every season were t-shirts and hoodies. They're the most accessible styles for any demographic and often the most-worn and loved by customers. We expanded our fleece styles from there but never ventured too far away from the classics and never changed our silhouette.” Rachel, Original Favorties What that means is that based on tons of sales data from their past and current businesses Orignal Favorites was able to assess what customer really want and make that. 2. “PEOPLE WILL THINK I'M NOT A ‘REAL’ BRAND” Yes, you will. Period. Full stop. If you are making printed t-shirts, all people really care about is the print or the logo. That is what they are buying. I have one student in LMCL who started her business using a print-on-demand service (basically, a company that will print your designs on blanks). And, IMO, it was the smart thing to do. While others were struggling with their first patterns, she was already testing product. And when her cohorts were finally just launching, she was already scaling and hiring her first employee. The bottom line. Using this method allowed this student to launch and scale quickly, and her customers didn’t even know she was cutting design corners. Think about it. The last time you bought a shirt with a cute design on it, did you email the brand to confirm they paid for the development and design of the shirt? No. Because that would be bananas. So, if you don’t shop that way, why do you think your customers would? I’m telling you, top brands do this to make their lives easier - and you should be considering it too! The other cool thing with blanks is that with a lot of them, their labels are meant to be ripped out, so you can sew in your own brand label. If you sew in your own label, this gives the final product a more branded and polished look. MY FAVORITE T-SHIRT BLANK SUPPLIERS Okay, now that you know all of the pros and cons of using shirt blanks and why I love them, here are a few of my favorites (move over Gildan and Bella Canvas) for women, men, unisex,and even kids! But one last tip before I go. With blanks fiber content is important for the type of printing you plan to use. If you want sublimation printing for vivid colors and detailed photoreal designs, you will probably need to use 100% polyester. So, if an eco product is what you’re after, screen prints, and some types of digital prints can be done on blends and pure cotton. ORIGINAL FAVORITES Organic cotton and Supima blank options at competitive prices. And, with this brand, you don't have to stress about your supply chain practices because you know you are getting sustainable t-shirt blanks! Bonus, they have pre-vetted resources to help you customize your blank apparel, like printers, dyers, and more! PS - Did you like the blanks in the pictures on this post? They are all from Orginal Favorties! HEA NOW Because they work with Chetna farms (which I love), these blanks are made using Indian Chetna 100% cotton, which is not just organic but also biodynamic! And, they even come in different colors to choose from, so you can skip the garment dying and print right on top CREATE FASHION BRAND For my European readers. These are some of the best quality blanks you can get in Portugal. They are known for their heavy cotton jersey fabric options. And as an added bonus, they even do low MOQ custom orders! DHARMA TRADING For everything blanks and wholesale clothing, not just short sleeve t-shirts – I’m talking dresses, scarves, tank tops, etc. So much blank variety on this site! WHAT DO YOU THINK? Are you going to give blanks a try for your startup clothing brand? Let me know in the comments! Source link
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I get a lot of startup founders wanting to make custom t-shirts. And when I suggest they go the organic cotton t-shirt wholesale route, so they can buy t-shirt blanks for a fraction of the price it would cost to develop them from scratch… their answer is usually, “Absolutely not.” “My brand is special,” they say. “My brand needs a custom fit and will have only premium fabrics. No one will take my brand seriously if I use pre-made shirts.” But as someone who has been in this industry for well over a decade, I can tell you that this mindset is so, so wrong. Learning how to understand the world of t-shirt blanks could be the difference between a brand that launches and is successful for years to come, and a brand that fizzles out before they get their first sale. So, if you have been thinking about starting a sustainable t-shirt brand, this post will cover everything you are going to need to know. BUT BEFORE WE GET STARTED... I love helping startup brand founders succeed, so I created a bunch of free guides that will help you with your business. They won’t be free forever, so make sure to grab them while you can. What You’ll Learn: My inspiration for this post (because I know some of you like hearing the tea before I get into the fashion details) What are blanks, and how are they used in the industry The pros of using blanks The cons of using blanks Looking for blanks? – here is who I recommend NO TIME TO READ? CHECK OUT THIS 60 SECOND RECAP... I DIDN’T REALIZE I WAS ON THIS T-SHIRT SUPPLIER’S RADAR . . . Oh, little old me? Even though I should kind of be used to it by now, I still get surprised when people know who I am. A little bit ago, I even got stopped on my run because someone recognized me. Anyway. I get so many spammy emails from brands asking me to feature them on the blog. And I rarely respond. I just delete them. Because, honestly, they are a bunch of buzzwords and greenwashing. You know the type – we invented the most sustainable hoodie ever, and our clothes empower women . . . buzzword, buzzword, buzzword. But the other day, I got excited when I recognized the brand on the other end of the email for once – Original Favorites. Because, for years, I have recommended that my clients and students check out Original Favorites for organic cotton blanks. SO, WHAT ARE T-SHIRT BLANKS? Blanks are pretty much what they sound like. Blank garments that are ready for customizations like screen printing and or dying - they are literally a blank canvas. It’s kind of like buying a 5-pack of Hanes Deep V-necks (literally my uniform in college, along with some Hard Tail leggings and Ugg boots). Except it’s on a bigger scale, A LOT cheaper, and blanks are intended for brands to purchase and customize. How it all works is that a company, like Original Favorites, puts in a huge order for a few styles of t-shirt blanks. Because their order is so big, they get really good prices on the shirts throughout the entire supply chain. From fabric to sewing to shipping – the bigger the order, the better the prices. So, they take advantage of that. They then pass on those giant bulk order savings to you and take a small cut. So instead of you having to order tens or hundreds of thousands of the same shirt to get a good price, you can order just a few – like 10, and still get a much lower price than you would ever be able to get trying to produce 10 t-shirts on your own (I’ll break down the math in just a minute). Blanks are made to be customized. So, you can add your own designs and even labels. And the cool thing is, blanks aren’t just for t-shirts. You can buy blanks in almost any type of garment. Scarves, dresses, skirts, sweatpants, hoodies, polo shirts, tote bags – the options are limitless. 4 PROS OF USING T-SHIRT BLANKS 1. NO DEVELOPMENT COSTS A lot goes into developing a single t-shirt. And if everything is custom, there isn’t much you can do to cut development corners. You need to source everything, have patterns made and graded, and have various samples made to check the fit. Then, you need to make sure there are no issues for your customer. This gets pretty expensive, especially when you are making garments domestically. In the United States or Europe, this will all cost anywhere from about $400 - $1,000 just for a t-shirt. And developing more technical items could cost up to $3,000, depending on who you work with and how complex the garment is. The other thing worth mentioning is that development costs are fixed. So it costs the same whether you develop 100 shirts or 10,000 shirts. Here is how the development costs of a shirt break down... For example, say it costs you $500 to do all the development work and perfect your t-shirt and you only want to make 50 pieces. And in production, each piece is $10. Well, on top of the $10 production price, you would need to add in your development cost. So, $500 divided by 50 is $10. That means the real cost of each production piece is $10 plus $10 for development = $20 total. Now, if you are making 1,000 pieces, we would take the $500 divided by 1,000 pieces, and the development cost per piece would be just 50 cents. So, your total unit cost would be $10 plus $0.50, which is a total of $10.50 per piece. To be clear, I would never recommend a new startup brand buy 1,000 units on their first order. But hopefully, you get the point I am trying to make . . . development costs are costs that effect your bottom line, and they are expensive! So, by using blanks, new brands can completely cut out that development cost, lower the overall cost of their product, and still get low MOQs (minimum order quantities). 2. NO SURPRISES Even if you work with the best factories, I can promise you that things will not be perfect. In your sample and development process, there will always be small things you need to tweak or reevaluate. And that is exactly why you must have a development and sampling stage and can’t skip it. One of the most disheartening things for new brands is when they finally open their box of samples after months of work and feel like everything is wrong. Us industry pros know that it’s all part of the garment game – alterations need to be made and new samples need to be submitted for approval. But for newbies, it is sometimes so disheartening (and expensive) that they give up completely. The other scary thing that sometimes happens is brands will think they have a perfect sample, place their production order, and then realize something is wrong after they receive their bulk order. Now, they have hundreds of defective t-shirts to deal with. When you are buying t-shirt blanks, you know exactly what you are getting. You can buy a few (like 1 or 2), make sure you absolutely love them, and then buy larger quantities. And the best part? Every time you reorder, you have the assurance that you are getting the exact same item because someone else is taking care of all the quality assurance for you. 3. THE BEST PRICING ON SMALL ORDERS I already told you about how much money you can save in the development process by using t-shirt blanks. Now, let’s talk about how much more money you can save on production. Here is the reality of fashion and the secret behind why fast fashion and other big brands can offer such low prices. The more you buy, the more you save. That is for a few reasons. Let’s start with the fabric. When you give a fabric mill a huge fabric order, they can program the machines once and let them run day and night (new fabric orders require cleaning the machine, re-programming the machine, and in general, a lot of downtime). It is extremely efficient to run just one fabric for a long time for big orders. And the more efficient you can be, the faster things can get made, and the more money you can save. People become more efficient too Garment sewing at a factory becomes more efficient with larger orders as well. Factories like big orders because it gives their workers time to get good at making your product. If you only want 50 pieces, by the time the workers find their groove, the order is done. But with an order of 10,000 pieces, every day, the workers get better and better at making the product from all of the repetition. They also get quicker, so you get a lower price. Factory workers can go from making 15 pieces daily to 30 just by repetition and getting to know the product inside and out. On large orders, when workers become masters at making your product, the work becomes almost mindless for them. They can laugh, joke, and listen to podcasts while working. So, when you order blanks, you get a product that’s been replicated many times and produced more cheaply, thereby cutting production costs for you and your customer. Versus placing a small custom order with a factory, which means garment sewing will take longer and production costs will be higher. 4. GREAT FOR RE-ORDERS Worried about selling out fast and running out of product? When you have a custom order and want to order more, it can take quite a bit of time. You first need to re-order the fabric, which can take anywhere from a month to 3 months. Then, the shirts need to be sewn, which could take another month or two. With blanks, they are usually always in stock. So as soon as you need more, you can order them and get them immediately. This can be great for customer retention because, the longer customers have to wait for a product on backorder, the less likely they are to place their order. It’s also great for your cash flow because it allows you to get product out quickly and not tie it up while waiting for new items to be made. 2 MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT USING T-SHIRT BLANKS 1. “NO CUSTOM FITS OR FABRICS MEANS MY CUSTOMER WON’T GET WHAT THEY NEED” “But Melanie, I have done all the research, and know that the exact shirt I want to develop isn’t out there right now. There is a need for my custom design.” Here is a hard dose of reality. I need you to check your ego and listen up. I get that you want to make the same shirt you have in your closet, but you want the sleeves 1 inch longer, the body 2 inches shorter, and the fabric just slightly heavier. Because, then, it will fit you perfectly. But here’s the thing. Most people who are buying your shirt do not have your exact measurements. When you make those sleeves 1 inch shorter, even though they’ll fit YOU perfectly, they might be way too short for someone else (read, a paying customer). The truth is, blank companies have done all the research. They are so confident in their research that they’re ordering probably millions of units of the same style. They know what sells. Lean into that expertise. “From operating their clothing brand, our founders realized the perennial items that sold-out every season were t-shirts and hoodies. They're the most accessible styles for any demographic and often the most-worn and loved by customers. We expanded our fleece styles from there but never ventured too far away from the classics and never changed our silhouette.” Rachel, Original Favorties What that means is that based on tons of sales data from their past and current businesses Orignal Favorites was able to assess what customer really want and make that. 2. “PEOPLE WILL THINK I'M NOT A ‘REAL’ BRAND” Yes, you will. Period. Full stop. If you are making printed t-shirts, all people really care about is the print or the logo. That is what they are buying. I have one student in LMCL who started her business using a print-on-demand service (basically, a company that will print your designs on blanks). And, IMO, it was the smart thing to do. While others were struggling with their first patterns, she was already testing product. And when her cohorts were finally just launching, she was already scaling and hiring her first employee. The bottom line. Using this method allowed this student to launch and scale quickly, and her customers didn’t even know she was cutting design corners. Think about it. The last time you bought a shirt with a cute design on it, did you email the brand to confirm they paid for the development and design of the shirt? No. Because that would be bananas. So, if you don’t shop that way, why do you think your customers would? I’m telling you, top brands do this to make their lives easier - and you should be considering it too! The other cool thing with blanks is that with a lot of them, their labels are meant to be ripped out, so you can sew in your own brand label. If you sew in your own label, this gives the final product a more branded and polished look. MY FAVORITE T-SHIRT BLANK SUPPLIERS Okay, now that you know all of the pros and cons of using shirt blanks and why I love them, here are a few of my favorites (move over Gildan and Bella Canvas) for women, men, unisex,and even kids! But one last tip before I go. With blanks fiber content is important for the type of printing you plan to use. If you want sublimation printing for vivid colors and detailed photoreal designs, you will probably need to use 100% polyester. So, if an eco product is what you’re after, screen prints, and some types of digital prints can be done on blends and pure cotton. ORIGINAL FAVORITES Organic cotton and Supima blank options at competitive prices. And, with this brand, you don't have to stress about your supply chain practices because you know you are getting sustainable t-shirt blanks! Bonus, they have pre-vetted resources to help you customize your blank apparel, like printers, dyers, and more! PS - Did you like the blanks in the pictures on this post? They are all from Orginal Favorties! HEA NOW Because they work with Chetna farms (which I love), these blanks are made using Indian Chetna 100% cotton, which is not just organic but also biodynamic! And, they even come in different colors to choose from, so you can skip the garment dying and print right on top CREATE FASHION BRAND For my European readers. These are some of the best quality blanks you can get in Portugal. They are known for their heavy cotton jersey fabric options. And as an added bonus, they even do low MOQ custom orders! DHARMA TRADING For everything blanks and wholesale clothing, not just short sleeve t-shirts – I’m talking dresses, scarves, tank tops, etc. So much blank variety on this site! WHAT DO YOU THINK? Are you going to give blanks a try for your startup clothing brand? Let me know in the comments! Source link
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I get a lot of startup founders wanting to make custom t-shirts. And when I suggest they go the organic cotton t-shirt wholesale route, so they can buy t-shirt blanks for a fraction of the price it would cost to develop them from scratch… their answer is usually, “Absolutely not.” “My brand is special,” they say. “My brand needs a custom fit and will have only premium fabrics. No one will take my brand seriously if I use pre-made shirts.” But as someone who has been in this industry for well over a decade, I can tell you that this mindset is so, so wrong. Learning how to understand the world of t-shirt blanks could be the difference between a brand that launches and is successful for years to come, and a brand that fizzles out before they get their first sale. So, if you have been thinking about starting a sustainable t-shirt brand, this post will cover everything you are going to need to know. BUT BEFORE WE GET STARTED... I love helping startup brand founders succeed, so I created a bunch of free guides that will help you with your business. They won’t be free forever, so make sure to grab them while you can. What You’ll Learn: My inspiration for this post (because I know some of you like hearing the tea before I get into the fashion details) What are blanks, and how are they used in the industry The pros of using blanks The cons of using blanks Looking for blanks? – here is who I recommend NO TIME TO READ? CHECK OUT THIS 60 SECOND RECAP... I DIDN’T REALIZE I WAS ON THIS T-SHIRT SUPPLIER’S RADAR . . . Oh, little old me? Even though I should kind of be used to it by now, I still get surprised when people know who I am. A little bit ago, I even got stopped on my run because someone recognized me. Anyway. I get so many spammy emails from brands asking me to feature them on the blog. And I rarely respond. I just delete them. Because, honestly, they are a bunch of buzzwords and greenwashing. You know the type – we invented the most sustainable hoodie ever, and our clothes empower women . . . buzzword, buzzword, buzzword. But the other day, I got excited when I recognized the brand on the other end of the email for once – Original Favorites. Because, for years, I have recommended that my clients and students check out Original Favorites for organic cotton blanks. SO, WHAT ARE T-SHIRT BLANKS? Blanks are pretty much what they sound like. Blank garments that are ready for customizations like screen printing and or dying - they are literally a blank canvas. It’s kind of like buying a 5-pack of Hanes Deep V-necks (literally my uniform in college, along with some Hard Tail leggings and Ugg boots). Except it’s on a bigger scale, A LOT cheaper, and blanks are intended for brands to purchase and customize. How it all works is that a company, like Original Favorites, puts in a huge order for a few styles of t-shirt blanks. Because their order is so big, they get really good prices on the shirts throughout the entire supply chain. From fabric to sewing to shipping – the bigger the order, the better the prices. So, they take advantage of that. They then pass on those giant bulk order savings to you and take a small cut. So instead of you having to order tens or hundreds of thousands of the same shirt to get a good price, you can order just a few – like 10, and still get a much lower price than you would ever be able to get trying to produce 10 t-shirts on your own (I’ll break down the math in just a minute). Blanks are made to be customized. So, you can add your own designs and even labels. And the cool thing is, blanks aren’t just for t-shirts. You can buy blanks in almost any type of garment. Scarves, dresses, skirts, sweatpants, hoodies, polo shirts, tote bags – the options are limitless. 4 PROS OF USING T-SHIRT BLANKS 1. NO DEVELOPMENT COSTS A lot goes into developing a single t-shirt. And if everything is custom, there isn’t much you can do to cut development corners. You need to source everything, have patterns made and graded, and have various samples made to check the fit. Then, you need to make sure there are no issues for your customer. This gets pretty expensive, especially when you are making garments domestically. In the United States or Europe, this will all cost anywhere from about $400 - $1,000 just for a t-shirt. And developing more technical items could cost up to $3,000, depending on who you work with and how complex the garment is. The other thing worth mentioning is that development costs are fixed. So it costs the same whether you develop 100 shirts or 10,000 shirts. Here is how the development costs of a shirt break down... For example, say it costs you $500 to do all the development work and perfect your t-shirt and you only want to make 50 pieces. And in production, each piece is $10. Well, on top of the $10 production price, you would need to add in your development cost. So, $500 divided by 50 is $10. That means the real cost of each production piece is $10 plus $10 for development = $20 total. Now, if you are making 1,000 pieces, we would take the $500 divided by 1,000 pieces, and the development cost per piece would be just 50 cents. So, your total unit cost would be $10 plus $0.50, which is a total of $10.50 per piece. To be clear, I would never recommend a new startup brand buy 1,000 units on their first order. But hopefully, you get the point I am trying to make . . . development costs are costs that effect your bottom line, and they are expensive! So, by using blanks, new brands can completely cut out that development cost, lower the overall cost of their product, and still get low MOQs (minimum order quantities). 2. NO SURPRISES Even if you work with the best factories, I can promise you that things will not be perfect. In your sample and development process, there will always be small things you need to tweak or reevaluate. And that is exactly why you must have a development and sampling stage and can’t skip it. One of the most disheartening things for new brands is when they finally open their box of samples after months of work and feel like everything is wrong. Us industry pros know that it’s all part of the garment game – alterations need to be made and new samples need to be submitted for approval. But for newbies, it is sometimes so disheartening (and expensive) that they give up completely. The other scary thing that sometimes happens is brands will think they have a perfect sample, place their production order, and then realize something is wrong after they receive their bulk order. Now, they have hundreds of defective t-shirts to deal with. When you are buying t-shirt blanks, you know exactly what you are getting. You can buy a few (like 1 or 2), make sure you absolutely love them, and then buy larger quantities. And the best part? Every time you reorder, you have the assurance that you are getting the exact same item because someone else is taking care of all the quality assurance for you. 3. THE BEST PRICING ON SMALL ORDERS I already told you about how much money you can save in the development process by using t-shirt blanks. Now, let’s talk about how much more money you can save on production. Here is the reality of fashion and the secret behind why fast fashion and other big brands can offer such low prices. The more you buy, the more you save. That is for a few reasons. Let’s start with the fabric. When you give a fabric mill a huge fabric order, they can program the machines once and let them run day and night (new fabric orders require cleaning the machine, re-programming the machine, and in general, a lot of downtime). It is extremely efficient to run just one fabric for a long time for big orders. And the more efficient you can be, the faster things can get made, and the more money you can save. People become more efficient too Garment sewing at a factory becomes more efficient with larger orders as well. Factories like big orders because it gives their workers time to get good at making your product. If you only want 50 pieces, by the time the workers find their groove, the order is done. But with an order of 10,000 pieces, every day, the workers get better and better at making the product from all of the repetition. They also get quicker, so you get a lower price. Factory workers can go from making 15 pieces daily to 30 just by repetition and getting to know the product inside and out. On large orders, when workers become masters at making your product, the work becomes almost mindless for them. They can laugh, joke, and listen to podcasts while working. So, when you order blanks, you get a product that’s been replicated many times and produced more cheaply, thereby cutting production costs for you and your customer. Versus placing a small custom order with a factory, which means garment sewing will take longer and production costs will be higher. 4. GREAT FOR RE-ORDERS Worried about selling out fast and running out of product? When you have a custom order and want to order more, it can take quite a bit of time. You first need to re-order the fabric, which can take anywhere from a month to 3 months. Then, the shirts need to be sewn, which could take another month or two. With blanks, they are usually always in stock. So as soon as you need more, you can order them and get them immediately. This can be great for customer retention because, the longer customers have to wait for a product on backorder, the less likely they are to place their order. It’s also great for your cash flow because it allows you to get product out quickly and not tie it up while waiting for new items to be made. 2 MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT USING T-SHIRT BLANKS 1. “NO CUSTOM FITS OR FABRICS MEANS MY CUSTOMER WON’T GET WHAT THEY NEED” “But Melanie, I have done all the research, and know that the exact shirt I want to develop isn’t out there right now. There is a need for my custom design.” Here is a hard dose of reality. I need you to check your ego and listen up. I get that you want to make the same shirt you have in your closet, but you want the sleeves 1 inch longer, the body 2 inches shorter, and the fabric just slightly heavier. Because, then, it will fit you perfectly. But here’s the thing. Most people who are buying your shirt do not have your exact measurements. When you make those sleeves 1 inch shorter, even though they’ll fit YOU perfectly, they might be way too short for someone else (read, a paying customer). The truth is, blank companies have done all the research. They are so confident in their research that they’re ordering probably millions of units of the same style. They know what sells. Lean into that expertise. “From operating their clothing brand, our founders realized the perennial items that sold-out every season were t-shirts and hoodies. They're the most accessible styles for any demographic and often the most-worn and loved by customers. We expanded our fleece styles from there but never ventured too far away from the classics and never changed our silhouette.” Rachel, Original Favorties What that means is that based on tons of sales data from their past and current businesses Orignal Favorites was able to assess what customer really want and make that. 2. “PEOPLE WILL THINK I'M NOT A ‘REAL’ BRAND” Yes, you will. Period. Full stop. If you are making printed t-shirts, all people really care about is the print or the logo. That is what they are buying. I have one student in LMCL who started her business using a print-on-demand service (basically, a company that will print your designs on blanks). And, IMO, it was the smart thing to do. While others were struggling with their first patterns, she was already testing product. And when her cohorts were finally just launching, she was already scaling and hiring her first employee. The bottom line. Using this method allowed this student to launch and scale quickly, and her customers didn’t even know she was cutting design corners. Think about it. The last time you bought a shirt with a cute design on it, did you email the brand to confirm they paid for the development and design of the shirt? No. Because that would be bananas. So, if you don’t shop that way, why do you think your customers would? I’m telling you, top brands do this to make their lives easier - and you should be considering it too! The other cool thing with blanks is that with a lot of them, their labels are meant to be ripped out, so you can sew in your own brand label. If you sew in your own label, this gives the final product a more branded and polished look. MY FAVORITE T-SHIRT BLANK SUPPLIERS Okay, now that you know all of the pros and cons of using shirt blanks and why I love them, here are a few of my favorites (move over Gildan and Bella Canvas) for women, men, unisex,and even kids! But one last tip before I go. With blanks fiber content is important for the type of printing you plan to use. If you want sublimation printing for vivid colors and detailed photoreal designs, you will probably need to use 100% polyester. So, if an eco product is what you’re after, screen prints, and some types of digital prints can be done on blends and pure cotton. ORIGINAL FAVORITES Organic cotton and Supima blank options at competitive prices. And, with this brand, you don't have to stress about your supply chain practices because you know you are getting sustainable t-shirt blanks! Bonus, they have pre-vetted resources to help you customize your blank apparel, like printers, dyers, and more! PS - Did you like the blanks in the pictures on this post? They are all from Orginal Favorties! HEA NOW Because they work with Chetna farms (which I love), these blanks are made using Indian Chetna 100% cotton, which is not just organic but also biodynamic! And, they even come in different colors to choose from, so you can skip the garment dying and print right on top CREATE FASHION BRAND For my European readers. These are some of the best quality blanks you can get in Portugal. They are known for their heavy cotton jersey fabric options. And as an added bonus, they even do low MOQ custom orders! DHARMA TRADING For everything blanks and wholesale clothing, not just short sleeve t-shirts – I’m talking dresses, scarves, tank tops, etc. So much blank variety on this site! WHAT DO YOU THINK? Are you going to give blanks a try for your startup clothing brand? Let me know in the comments! Source link
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Baiklah, ini masih pagi jam 11.10 tapi ku sudah pusing karena… banyak hal. Si Stray Kids akan headlining BST Hyde Park Juli ini. Siapa yang tahu apa yang akan terjadi Juli ini di hidup saya?? Akankah saya sudah menyelesaikan menulis thesis? Wallahu alam.
Terus mau lanjut ngerapihin manuscript juga pusing karena kemarin post-doc-ku dan salah satu co-author-ku berkelahi (nggak berkelahi sih, berdiskusi tapi mereka punya opposing view) terkait clays di core… Yaudah, daripada tidak produktif ye kan. Baiknya saya menulis yang lain saja, yaitu yang sudah ada di draft dari tadi malam. Kucoba bagi jadi headings kaya gini:
Seberapa sering kita googling
Hal apa yang biasanya aku googling
Hal apa yang biasanya aku demonstrate googling di kelas kalau lagi ngajar
Gimana cara googling yang efektif
TLDR
Seberapa sering kita googling
Di bawah ini adalah screenshotan screen-time hp-ku.
Apparently, on average, dalam sehari ku menghabiskan waktu 5jam44menit (WOW banyak juga), dan 1jam3menit-nya adalah di Chrome. Ini aktivitas yang dilakukan di Chrome bisa banyak banget sih, nggak cuma googling. Bisa baca artikel berita, email-emailan, baca paper juga in Chrome (tapi jarang banget sih baca paper di HP). Oh iya, ini belum menghitung Chrome activities aku di laptop yah. Pasti lebih banyak lagi karena memang akan selalu kebuka banyak banget tabs sampe suka pusing.
Nah, menurutku, skill googling kita akan sangat bergantung juga dengan seberapa sering kita googling. Kalau semakin sering googling (dari yang penting-penting sampai gak penting), nanti lama-lama bakal tau apa yang harus dimasukkin di seach bar. Betulan kayak… kalau udah biasa pake go-food misalnya, lama-lama klik mana, baca apa, scroll seberapa jauh, bakalan udah biasa kan jari dan mata kita. Makanya juga, biasanya app-app kaya gini, semakin simple interface-nya semakin bagus, dan aku sebagai user paling SEBAL kalau tiba-tiba UI-nya ganti jadi lebih banyak step kliknya misalnya.
Hal apa yang biasanya ku-googling
Kemarin ku hampir balas pertanyaannya @purplishgraypeony di message box aja karena jawaban pertamaku dari pertanyaan “how to google” adalah: “bergantung sekali dengan apa yang mau dicari”. Kalau anaknya super-duper kepo seperti diriku ini, hampir setiap saat ku merasa ku harus googling. Dari yang sifatnya survival (misal lagi travelling dan mau cari tahu cara ke suatu tempat—biasanya pake gmaps sih, tapi kadang misal mau tahu dari bandara IST ke SAW naik apa gitu, apakah ada bis antar-bandara, nah itu harus googling buat tahu nama bisnya apa, bisa booking online apa nggak, harganya berapa, di mana terminalnya, masih ada sampe jam berapa, dst) sampe yang sifatnya sangat trivial (“ah mau nonton Ghibli deh nanti pulang kerja. film Ghibli apa yaa yang belum pernah kutonton”).
Paling sering juga kalau lagi ngobrol/diskusi sih. Misal lagi dinner terus bahas film terbaru di bioskop, mau nyebut si Barry Keoghan udah pernah main di filem mana aja. Ini baru kejadian. Lagi bahas Saltburn terus aku yang “IH aku tuh udah suka dia dari jaman dia main di… apatuh film Marvels???”. Dengan googling “Barry Keoghan marvel film” sudah ketemu, judulnya Eternals. Filmnya b aja btw, tapi Barry-nya di situ hot. Anywaysss…
Tapi iyah, jadi kalau di kehidupan sehari-hari, pas aku lihat lagi search history aku, aku mostly googling: definisi, etimologi kata (ini interest aku ajasih yang suka kepo, misal kenapa roti di bahasa korea, jepang, perancis, semuanya “PANG”), sejarah sesuatu/tokoh (buat ke wikipedia ajasih, atau britannica atau sumber lain yang lebih shahih), cara melakukan sesuatu, beli sesuatu (kadang langsung ke amazon, tapi kadang ke google dulu juga), dan ya materi ngajar aja.
Ini screenshotan tadi pagi aku lagi baca beritanya The Times terus nggak tahu kata-kata di bawah ini artinya apa.
Hal apa yang biasanya aku demonstrate googling di kelas kalau lagi ngajar
Ini TMI, tapi for bigger context, aku ngajar olimpiade Kebumian online, dan aku selalu share screen setiap ngajar. Sering banget, terutama belakangan ini, ku mengalami kesulitan dalam menjawab soal karena udah habis materinya dan lebih sering bahas soal sekarang. Kemarin kita bahas ada soal kaya gini:
Terus, ku tahu ini akan break so many hearts but unfortunately di 2023 ini, sumber belajar masih amat sangat didominasi oleh konten berbahasa Inggris. Jadi, yang aku lakukan untuk membantu menjawab soal di atas adalah dengan googling dalam Bahasa Inggris: “absorption wavelength water vapor”
Bukan complete sentence, cuma mixed-up phrases aja, tapi itu adalah keyword yang menunjukkan apa yang mau kucari tahu. Kalau mau lebih specific lagi bisa ditambahin “britannica” misalnya di belakangnya, jadi nanti harusnya first result paling atas adalah webnya britannica yang mungkin nunjukkin halaman paling relevan dengan keyword itu.
Kemudian, karena aku settingannya lagi ngajar yah, dan aku anaknya visual juga. Ku lebih gampang memahami apapun (proses, data, dsb) dalam gambar dan infografik, dibandingkan narasi dalam paragraf (makanya membaca paper dan menulis paper itu such a pain for me). Aku suka banget lihat diagram, grafik, ngeliat warna, scale bar. Maka dari itu, begitu pencet enter di search bar, ku langsung klik tab “image” dan mencari gambar yang membantuku (dan murid-muridku) untuk belajar. Kupilihlah gambar ini, lalu kujelaskanlah apa yang kita lihat di sini, sumbu x apa, sumbu y apa:
Tentu saja sumber image-nya juga harus diperhatikan yah. Apalagi kalau bahas data observasi gini, penting banget untuk tahu ini data kapan, siapa yang publish (untuk credibility), dsb.
Kalau mau next level lagi thinkingnya, misalnya aku ngajar nggak dibatasi limit waktu, aku pasti akan nanya di kelas “menurut kalian, gimana caranya kita bisa dapet data ini”, terus mungkin akan explore ke metode pengambilan data, analisis, terus bias apa yang bisa muncul di sini, jadi nggak bisa kita telen 100% gitu aja.
Gimana cara googling yang efektif
Kalau dari experience aku di atas sepertinya cukup straightforward yah: semakin spesifik & banyak-kata keyword yang kita masukkin, harusnya akan semakin sesuai search resultsnya dengan apa yang kita cari. Walaupun kadang kalau kita typo atau emang nggak ada kombinasi frasa yang kita mau cari, malah gak keluar samsek (zero results). Jadi memang betul-betul bergantung dengan ketepatan pilihan kata kita juga. Ketepatan kata ini btw berhubungan sekali dengan pertanyaan apa yang diajukan/jawaban apa yang lagi kita cari. Kalau cuma googling “Indonesia” aja, ya paling akan keluar wikipedia page Indonesia paling atas, atau sekarang google udah ngasih summary sih biasanya. Tapi kalau kita punya pertanyaan yang lebih spesifik: “berapa populasi orang Indonesia yang muslim?” tinggal masukkin di search bar: “Indonesia muslim population percentage” atau “Indonesia muslim population number”. Langsung keluar jawabannya, tanpa kita perlu ngeklik webpage wikipedia dulu dan scroll-scroll lagi. Atau aku biasanya pakai ctrl+f sih buat finding specific word.
Atau kalau case lain, ku tiba-tiba aja randomly mau tahu hubungan besar duit yang dikeluarkan kampanye caleg dengan tingkat keberhasilan kandidat menang menduduki kursi dpr/dprd itu seberapa besar. “Apakah semakin besar uang yang dikeluarkan itu akan menjamin dia menang pemilu?” Aku akan masukkin keyword “legislative candidate campaign fund money chance of success probability”. Terus aku akan langsung klik tab image karena aku pengen lihat aja ada grafik/diagram yang ngeplot 2 parameter ini di x-y plot nggak. Lebih karena aku jadi cepet tahu jawabannya ajasih, dibandingkan kalau harus baca paper dulu, ngeklik papernya, open in new tab, scroll-scroll, lama. Biasanya juga kalau dari image nanti bisa akan langsung masuk ke researchgate misalnya.
Kemudian, bahasa. Saat kita googling hal yang sama, misal “jet stream” dengan Bahasa Inggris, versus “aliran jet” di Bahasa Indonesia, hasil yang keluar jelas akan beda. Karena peristiwa jet sream ini banyaknya terjadi di lintang tinggi yang didominasi oleh negara-negara berbahasa Inggris, pastinya hasil pencarian dengan bahasa Inggris akan memberikan kita sumber-sumber yang lebih ekstensif/luas/banyak, dibandingkan dengan hasil bahasa Indonesianya (ku bahkan gak yakin “jet stream” itu bahasa Indonesianya adalah “aliran jet”…) Ku aja baru tahu kalau “polar vortex” itu “pusaran kutub” gara-gara baca Kompas beberapa hari lalu.
Udah sih, apa lagi ya. Mungkin lokasi? Tapi buat ngubah ini ribet banget, harus pake VPN segala. Aku kepikiran ini soalnya kalau kalian follow aku di twitter/X, beberapa minggu lalu, karena rame disebut “hilirisasi” berkali-kali di artikel berita lah, di debat capres-cawapres, aku jadi kepo sebetulnya hilirisasi itu apa. Dan aku coba cari kan pake Bahasa Indonesia, keluarnya semua artikel berita Bahasa Indonesia (iya lah Non). Terus tapi aku pengen baca negara mana yang udah menerapkan sistem ini juga. Terus ku gak berhasil menemukan padanan kata hilirisasi di Bahasa Inggris??? Kalau aku googling “downstreaming” dari sini (UK), bakal keluar definisi downstreaming itu berhubungan dengan biological technique buat ekstraksi DNA gitu Tapi apparently, kalau di-googling dari Indonesia, search result yang keluar adalah artikel-artikel Bahasa Inggris yang ngomongin hilirisasi Indonesia??? Jadi, geographical location juga played roles in determining what will show up in your google search results.
(Btw fyi aja, jadinya hilirisasi itu kalau di South Africa disebutnya beneficiation, dikasih tahu salah satu mutual twitterku – this is why I LOVE TWITTER SO MUCH, I LEARN SO MUCH FROM MY TIMELINE).
Untuk penutup section ini, mungkin jawabannya juga adalah: cara setiap orang googling akan berbeda banget sesuai kebutuhan. Kalau orang yang ngoding misalnya, pasti akan punya habit/kebiasaan atau trick sendiri untuk cari coding line yang mereka butuhkan. Atau biasanya mereka pasti suka googling error kan. Error ini tuh apa, cara fixingnya gimana.
Kalau aku lagi kerja sebagai anak phd/researcher biasanya yang kuketik “nama belakang tahun kata yang kumau cari” misal “Liu 2023 mercury” buat nyari papernya si Liu et al.
Jadi… memang akan sangat customized dan personalized juga cara googling efektif ini…
TLDR; berdasarkan pengalaman saya, cara googling yang efektif itu: masukkan kata yang spesifik dan banyak, pikirin pertanyaan yang mau dijawab, bahasa, lokasi.
Menarik banget deh pertanyaannya pas kupikir-pikir lagi, makasih ya @purplishgraypeony udah membuatku berpikir HUHU. Harusnya ada sih paper/buku yang bahas ini, karena sebetulnya bisa kita kerjain sensitivity analysis juga, parameter mana yang paling berpengaruh misalnya ke search results. Dan ini tuh emang ada bidangnya sendiri kan: Search Engine Optimisation. Kalau dari tadi ku bacot dari perspective user, SEO ini bahas gimana kalau kita jualan/punya brand terus mau produk/brand/website kita muncul paling atas kalau orang search keyword tertentu. Tanyanya sama anak-anak bisnis lah ya kalau ini.
Dah sepertinya itu dulu. Maaf panjang huhu semoga ku menjawab pertanyaan yaa.
Mari lanjut kerja hiyattt.
16:22 31/01/2024 30.18 dept earthsci oxford (tulisan ini ditulis dalam 3 periode& hari yang berbeda btw)
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I get a lot of startup founders wanting to make custom t-shirts. And when I suggest they go the organic cotton t-shirt wholesale route, so they can buy t-shirt blanks for a fraction of the price it would cost to develop them from scratch… their answer is usually, “Absolutely not.” “My brand is special,” they say. “My brand needs a custom fit and will have only premium fabrics. No one will take my brand seriously if I use pre-made shirts.” But as someone who has been in this industry for well over a decade, I can tell you that this mindset is so, so wrong. Learning how to understand the world of t-shirt blanks could be the difference between a brand that launches and is successful for years to come, and a brand that fizzles out before they get their first sale. So, if you have been thinking about starting a sustainable t-shirt brand, this post will cover everything you are going to need to know. BUT BEFORE WE GET STARTED... I love helping startup brand founders succeed, so I created a bunch of free guides that will help you with your business. They won’t be free forever, so make sure to grab them while you can. What You’ll Learn: My inspiration for this post (because I know some of you like hearing the tea before I get into the fashion details) What are blanks, and how are they used in the industry The pros of using blanks The cons of using blanks Looking for blanks? – here is who I recommend NO TIME TO READ? CHECK OUT THIS 60 SECOND RECAP... I DIDN’T REALIZE I WAS ON THIS T-SHIRT SUPPLIER’S RADAR . . . Oh, little old me? Even though I should kind of be used to it by now, I still get surprised when people know who I am. A little bit ago, I even got stopped on my run because someone recognized me. Anyway. I get so many spammy emails from brands asking me to feature them on the blog. And I rarely respond. I just delete them. Because, honestly, they are a bunch of buzzwords and greenwashing. You know the type – we invented the most sustainable hoodie ever, and our clothes empower women . . . buzzword, buzzword, buzzword. But the other day, I got excited when I recognized the brand on the other end of the email for once – Original Favorites. Because, for years, I have recommended that my clients and students check out Original Favorites for organic cotton blanks. SO, WHAT ARE T-SHIRT BLANKS? Blanks are pretty much what they sound like. Blank garments that are ready for customizations like screen printing and or dying - they are literally a blank canvas. It’s kind of like buying a 5-pack of Hanes Deep V-necks (literally my uniform in college, along with some Hard Tail leggings and Ugg boots). Except it’s on a bigger scale, A LOT cheaper, and blanks are intended for brands to purchase and customize. How it all works is that a company, like Original Favorites, puts in a huge order for a few styles of t-shirt blanks. Because their order is so big, they get really good prices on the shirts throughout the entire supply chain. From fabric to sewing to shipping – the bigger the order, the better the prices. So, they take advantage of that. They then pass on those giant bulk order savings to you and take a small cut. So instead of you having to order tens or hundreds of thousands of the same shirt to get a good price, you can order just a few – like 10, and still get a much lower price than you would ever be able to get trying to produce 10 t-shirts on your own (I’ll break down the math in just a minute). Blanks are made to be customized. So, you can add your own designs and even labels. And the cool thing is, blanks aren’t just for t-shirts. You can buy blanks in almost any type of garment. Scarves, dresses, skirts, sweatpants, hoodies, polo shirts, tote bags – the options are limitless. 4 PROS OF USING T-SHIRT BLANKS 1. NO DEVELOPMENT COSTS A lot goes into developing a single t-shirt. And if everything is custom, there isn’t much you can do to cut development corners. You need to source everything, have patterns made and graded, and have various samples made to check the fit. Then, you need to make sure there are no issues for your customer. This gets pretty expensive, especially when you are making garments domestically. In the United States or Europe, this will all cost anywhere from about $400 - $1,000 just for a t-shirt. And developing more technical items could cost up to $3,000, depending on who you work with and how complex the garment is. The other thing worth mentioning is that development costs are fixed. So it costs the same whether you develop 100 shirts or 10,000 shirts. Here is how the development costs of a shirt break down... For example, say it costs you $500 to do all the development work and perfect your t-shirt and you only want to make 50 pieces. And in production, each piece is $10. Well, on top of the $10 production price, you would need to add in your development cost. So, $500 divided by 50 is $10. That means the real cost of each production piece is $10 plus $10 for development = $20 total. Now, if you are making 1,000 pieces, we would take the $500 divided by 1,000 pieces, and the development cost per piece would be just 50 cents. So, your total unit cost would be $10 plus $0.50, which is a total of $10.50 per piece. To be clear, I would never recommend a new startup brand buy 1,000 units on their first order. But hopefully, you get the point I am trying to make . . . development costs are costs that effect your bottom line, and they are expensive! So, by using blanks, new brands can completely cut out that development cost, lower the overall cost of their product, and still get low MOQs (minimum order quantities). 2. NO SURPRISES Even if you work with the best factories, I can promise you that things will not be perfect. In your sample and development process, there will always be small things you need to tweak or reevaluate. And that is exactly why you must have a development and sampling stage and can’t skip it. One of the most disheartening things for new brands is when they finally open their box of samples after months of work and feel like everything is wrong. Us industry pros know that it’s all part of the garment game – alterations need to be made and new samples need to be submitted for approval. But for newbies, it is sometimes so disheartening (and expensive) that they give up completely. The other scary thing that sometimes happens is brands will think they have a perfect sample, place their production order, and then realize something is wrong after they receive their bulk order. Now, they have hundreds of defective t-shirts to deal with. When you are buying t-shirt blanks, you know exactly what you are getting. You can buy a few (like 1 or 2), make sure you absolutely love them, and then buy larger quantities. And the best part? Every time you reorder, you have the assurance that you are getting the exact same item because someone else is taking care of all the quality assurance for you. 3. THE BEST PRICING ON SMALL ORDERS I already told you about how much money you can save in the development process by using t-shirt blanks. Now, let’s talk about how much more money you can save on production. Here is the reality of fashion and the secret behind why fast fashion and other big brands can offer such low prices. The more you buy, the more you save. That is for a few reasons. Let’s start with the fabric. When you give a fabric mill a huge fabric order, they can program the machines once and let them run day and night (new fabric orders require cleaning the machine, re-programming the machine, and in general, a lot of downtime). It is extremely efficient to run just one fabric for a long time for big orders. And the more efficient you can be, the faster things can get made, and the more money you can save. People become more efficient too Garment sewing at a factory becomes more efficient with larger orders as well. Factories like big orders because it gives their workers time to get good at making your product. If you only want 50 pieces, by the time the workers find their groove, the order is done. But with an order of 10,000 pieces, every day, the workers get better and better at making the product from all of the repetition. They also get quicker, so you get a lower price. Factory workers can go from making 15 pieces daily to 30 just by repetition and getting to know the product inside and out. On large orders, when workers become masters at making your product, the work becomes almost mindless for them. They can laugh, joke, and listen to podcasts while working. So, when you order blanks, you get a product that’s been replicated many times and produced more cheaply, thereby cutting production costs for you and your customer. Versus placing a small custom order with a factory, which means garment sewing will take longer and production costs will be higher. 4. GREAT FOR RE-ORDERS Worried about selling out fast and running out of product? When you have a custom order and want to order more, it can take quite a bit of time. You first need to re-order the fabric, which can take anywhere from a month to 3 months. Then, the shirts need to be sewn, which could take another month or two. With blanks, they are usually always in stock. So as soon as you need more, you can order them and get them immediately. This can be great for customer retention because, the longer customers have to wait for a product on backorder, the less likely they are to place their order. It’s also great for your cash flow because it allows you to get product out quickly and not tie it up while waiting for new items to be made. 2 MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT USING T-SHIRT BLANKS 1. “NO CUSTOM FITS OR FABRICS MEANS MY CUSTOMER WON’T GET WHAT THEY NEED” “But Melanie, I have done all the research, and know that the exact shirt I want to develop isn’t out there right now. There is a need for my custom design.” Here is a hard dose of reality. I need you to check your ego and listen up. I get that you want to make the same shirt you have in your closet, but you want the sleeves 1 inch longer, the body 2 inches shorter, and the fabric just slightly heavier. Because, then, it will fit you perfectly. But here’s the thing. Most people who are buying your shirt do not have your exact measurements. When you make those sleeves 1 inch shorter, even though they’ll fit YOU perfectly, they might be way too short for someone else (read, a paying customer). The truth is, blank companies have done all the research. They are so confident in their research that they’re ordering probably millions of units of the same style. They know what sells. Lean into that expertise. “From operating their clothing brand, our founders realized the perennial items that sold-out every season were t-shirts and hoodies. They're the most accessible styles for any demographic and often the most-worn and loved by customers. We expanded our fleece styles from there but never ventured too far away from the classics and never changed our silhouette.” Rachel, Original Favorties What that means is that based on tons of sales data from their past and current businesses Orignal Favorites was able to assess what customer really want and make that. 2. “PEOPLE WILL THINK I'M NOT A ‘REAL’ BRAND” Yes, you will. Period. Full stop. If you are making printed t-shirts, all people really care about is the print or the logo. That is what they are buying. I have one student in LMCL who started her business using a print-on-demand service (basically, a company that will print your designs on blanks). And, IMO, it was the smart thing to do. While others were struggling with their first patterns, she was already testing product. And when her cohorts were finally just launching, she was already scaling and hiring her first employee. The bottom line. Using this method allowed this student to launch and scale quickly, and her customers didn’t even know she was cutting design corners. Think about it. The last time you bought a shirt with a cute design on it, did you email the brand to confirm they paid for the development and design of the shirt? No. Because that would be bananas. So, if you don’t shop that way, why do you think your customers would? I’m telling you, top brands do this to make their lives easier - and you should be considering it too! The other cool thing with blanks is that with a lot of them, their labels are meant to be ripped out, so you can sew in your own brand label. If you sew in your own label, this gives the final product a more branded and polished look. MY FAVORITE T-SHIRT BLANK SUPPLIERS Okay, now that you know all of the pros and cons of using shirt blanks and why I love them, here are a few of my favorites (move over Gildan and Bella Canvas) for women, men, unisex,and even kids! But one last tip before I go. With blanks fiber content is important for the type of printing you plan to use. If you want sublimation printing for vivid colors and detailed photoreal designs, you will probably need to use 100% polyester. So, if an eco product is what you’re after, screen prints, and some types of digital prints can be done on blends and pure cotton. ORIGINAL FAVORITES Organic cotton and Supima blank options at competitive prices. And, with this brand, you don't have to stress about your supply chain practices because you know you are getting sustainable t-shirt blanks! Bonus, they have pre-vetted resources to help you customize your blank apparel, like printers, dyers, and more! PS - Did you like the blanks in the pictures on this post? They are all from Orginal Favorties! HEA NOW Because they work with Chetna farms (which I love), these blanks are made using Indian Chetna 100% cotton, which is not just organic but also biodynamic! And, they even come in different colors to choose from, so you can skip the garment dying and print right on top CREATE FASHION BRAND For my European readers. These are some of the best quality blanks you can get in Portugal. They are known for their heavy cotton jersey fabric options. And as an added bonus, they even do low MOQ custom orders! DHARMA TRADING For everything blanks and wholesale clothing, not just short sleeve t-shirts – I’m talking dresses, scarves, tank tops, etc. So much blank variety on this site! WHAT DO YOU THINK? Are you going to give blanks a try for your startup clothing brand? Let me know in the comments! Source link
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Day 22, write about today
30 days writing challenge
Today is Wednesday.. Wednesday is our favourite Netflix series (but im so into Enid anyway) dan Wednesday adalah hari lahir aku dan suamiku (penting wkwk). Masih terlalu pagi untuk menuliskan tentang hari ini apa aja yang aku jalani. Well, karena kegiatanku sebagai ibu rumah tangga bisa dibilang boring ya cuma bisa ceritain seputar dirumah lagi dirumah lagi hehe.. Ya tapi yaudah kita ceritain aja~
Hari ini seperti biasa bangun untuk solat subuh range jam 5 - 5.30 (terlalu siang yak?) bangunin suami buat solat berjamaah setelah itu suami katanya pgn tidur lagi bentar krn kurang enak badan mau izin dateng agak siangan. Sementara aku scroll2, retweet2 sebentar di twitter, memantau apa aja yg terjadi wkwk lebih apdet daripada lamtur loh monmaap! Kemudian mulai nguprek di dapur nyiapin bekal suami yg simple2 aja dan sesuai bahan masakan yg ada di kulkas, biasanya aku siapin 2 bekal utk sarapan dan makan siang, tp ya lagi2 menyesuaikan bahan masakan kadang maksi doang atau bahkan ngga bekelin samsek, suamiku chill n no prob lah..
Udah jadi, wktnya bangunin suami dan anak, biasanya anakku bangun setelah ayahnya pergi kerja. Sekitar jam 7-7.30 (kalo udah sekolah mesti lebih pagi lg nak!) suamiku berangkat kerja sekitar 6.20-6.30 tapi tadi berangkat jam 7 lebihan (setelah kita sun tangan, lalu peluk cium anak istri tentunya dong) Anak bangun lalu sarapan (kadang sereal, pancake, oatmeal) nanti snacking dia roti selai coklat kacang fav dia bgt, kalo ada minipao vanilla, kentang goreng, keripik2 (lg membiasakan mengurangi makan manis).
Sambil anak sarapan sendiri, aku ya nulis ini haha.. Biasanya abis itu baru sarapan light meal dan kopi spesial (1,5 sdt gula, nescafe sachet, susu uht) bisa lah sambil Netflix-an sekejap. Walaupun kegiatan setelah ini belom kujalani tp sudah terprediksi yakan, sekitar jam 10 anak mandi, lalu ibu mandi habis tu skincare-an (facewash, toner, serum vit c/serum exfo, moisturizer, sunscreen! Wlpn gakemana mana harus pake sunscreen. Lipbalm kalo kering bibirnya) auto glowing~ lalu sambil main sama anak, kadang dokter2an, salon2an (pake kutek peel off), pemadam kebakaran, koki2an atau coloring.. Krn akupun punya coloring book for adult buat healing dari suamiku.
Makan siang sekitar jam 12.30-13.00 sambil screen time boleh youtube atau netflix for kids selama makan, abistu aku makan lalu solat dzuhur. Sekitar 13.30 atau 14.00 tidur siang, aku bisa ikut tidur siang (disuruh suami tidur siang mulu) atau ya Netflix-an dgn tenang sampe ketiduran haha. Anakku bangun sekitar 16.30 atau jam 17.00 sambil nunggu ayah nya pulang. Kalo ngga sibuk suamiku plg sblm magrib kalo agak hectic setelah magrib. Kalo istrinya lg puasa suka beliin cemilan fav kaya cilok goreng pajajaran, gorengan, gehu pedas.. Kalo ngga puasa biasanya plus eskupi makmur.
Selepas magrib berjamaah ini kadang anak ikut solat kadang engga gmn mood dia aja. Waktunya anak main sama ayahnya biasanya lempar2 bola (ini kaya utang yg harus dibayar kalo ngga main sama ayah auto pundung), ibunya mau chill dulu lah atau kena lemparan bolanya hadeh ttp risih. Trus makan malem deh sekitar jam 8 atau 8.30 malem. Anak tidur sekitar 9.30 malem sebelum rutin sikat gigi sama ayahnya. Lalu kami solat isya berjamaah trus skincare-an malem (facewash, toner hydrating/exfo, AHA/BHA atau retinol atau serum niacinamide, moisturizer, lipbalm). Akhirnya anak tidur sambil aku pukpuk-in.. Aku sama suami bebasssss waktunyaaa~ ngapain yah wkwkwk.. Kadang pillowtalk sambil cuddling berakhir you know lah (apasih ya~), kadang nobar Netflix-an yg kuat cm 1-2ep doang trus ngantuk. Tidak lupa ttp sebelum tidur di pukpuk dulu sama suamiku tercinta @sagarmatha13 dan bersiap untuk hari esok
Yaampun si Lamya nyeritain sehari yg katanya boring aja panjang gitu ya hemm
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