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Hey all,

I have some news. It's good, and rather exciting. I recieved a letter today, that confirms that BOONDOOGLE has been confirmed as being in the final 100 businesses for the HSBC Unipreneurs 2008 awards. A ceremony that celebrates innovative start up businesses by uni versity students or new graduates. We have been selected from all that applied, and we now face rigorous tests and stuff, to see if we make the grade for the final cut.

Rather proud of this, as in a few days BOONDOOGLE will be about.... 3 months old.



Adam

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Hey pawb,

Newyddion go cyffrous - mae BOONDOOGLE wedi cael ei gynnwys yn y top 100 o fusnesau i Gowbrau Unipreneur yr HSBC. Mae'n gwobr sydd yn dathlu llwyddiant busnses a syniadau go gyfer busnesau newydd, sydd a gwobr o £20,000. Felly dros y misoedd nesaf mi fyddwn ni'n gorfod mynd trwy profion etc... er mwyn gwneud yn siwr bod ni'n digon dda i fod yn y rownd terfynol.

Eitha prowd i dweud y lleiaf... gan (mewn ychydig dyddiau) fydd Boondoogle yn dathlu ei benblwydd yn 3 mis oed!



Adam

Next Step... Vogue!

Hey all. First post for a while. Hopefully this part of things won't be neglected so much over the next few weeks. We'll be keeping you bang up to date. It's a very exciting time for us.

Anyway.

Boondoogle are in this months edition of Golwg, so go grab a copy or check out the online edition (we're on page 14). A big thanks to Llinos Dafydd for contacting us and putting in all the hard work to get this beatiful spread accros two pages. DIOLCH I TI!

As my title suggests, hopefully this won't be the last of glossy pages for Boondoogle. Next step... Vogue!

Keep up the festive spirit.

Adam and Bud.

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Hey pawb.

Dyma'r tro gyntaf i mi postio rhywbeth fan hyn ers sbel. Gobeithio fydd y blog yn derbyn bach mwy o sylw dros yr wythnosau nesaf ma - gyda'r newyddion diweddaraf. Mae'n adeg diddorol iawn i ni.

Fodd bynnag

Mae erthygl amdanom ni yn y Golwg newydd sydd ar werth nawr! Prynnwch gopi neu cewch pip ar ei wefan nhw (sydd eitha snazzy) ar tudalen 14. Diolch o galon i Llinos Dafydd am gysylltu a ni yn y lle gyntaf ac hefyd am gwneud yr holl waith caled i gael y spread gwych ma dros dwy dudalen. Diolch x 1000!

Fel mae'n teitl i'n argymell... Gobeithio nid hyn fydd y tro dwethaf i dillad Boondoogle gweld tudalenau glossy. Next Step... Vogue!

Nadolig Llawen.

Adam a Bud.

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For those in Cardiff / I'r rheini sydd o Caerdydd.

If you are interested in grabbing a Boondoogle tee, and you live, work, visit, pass through Cardiff - Oyster Clothing are now stocking our shizzle!

Os oes gennyt ti diddordeb mewn cael gafael ar crys Boondoogle, a dy fod ti'n byw, gweithio, mynd heibio, passo trwyddo Caerdydd cyn hir - mae Oyster Clothing yn gwerthu ein stwff ni!

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BOONDOOGLE - With a magic number / Magic Number gyda BOONDOOGLE.

No - It's not the name of our new tee shirt design. We actually got sent this really cool photo. A mutual friend of ours wearing BOONDOOGLE.... papped, with one of the Magic Numbers! WOOHOO! Go Gwyl Macs. We will be there next year too. Supporting local people attempting big things. We like guys with a bit of ambition.

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Na - Dim enw ein crys t newydd yw hwn. Wnaethon ni derbyn y ffoto reali cwl ma. Ffrind i fi a Buddug - yn gwisgo BOONDOOGLE... wedi ei dal gyda un o'r Magic Numbers! WHOOP! Byddwn ni yno yn Gwyl Macs blwyddyn nesaf eto, yn cefnogi pobl lleol sy'n ceisio gwneud pethau mawr. Dwi'n joio gweld pobl gyda bach o uchelgais.

The Boondoogle train keeps on rolling! / Bant a'r cart Boondoogle!

HEY HEY

Much has happened since the last time I managed to get around to blogging. For example - Gwyl Macs has past, we have sold the first of Boondoogle(1)'s collection and the website has gone live.

A lot is ready to be served up in the Boondoogle canteen, It's ready to be cooked. But first, we need to clear up the starters. If you haven't checked out our website yet, then please do on www.boondoogle.co.uk. We need to sell quite a few more of our 'Boon meet Doogle' and 'Just a Tee Shirt' tees, before we can get around to ordering our next batch of designs.

If you buy at the moment, you will recieve...

1. Your lovely, super soft, uber comfy, antibacterial, eco friendly tee shirt; lovingly wrapped in brown paper tied up with string.
2. A free pack of 4 BOONDOOGLE Badges.
3. Free Delivery to anywhere in the UK.
4. A voucher entitling you to 10% off your next order.
and
5. A small amount of Llandysul air trapped inside the package. (Someone would pay a fortune for this stuff on ebay, surely!?)

So, there's never been a better time to buy. Please tell all you friends, or how about grabbing one for someone for christmas? (It's never too early to be organised)!

On top of this, we are currently looking for ways that we can improve our website. We have a new web geek on board to revamp our shop and hopefully make it more user friendly. If you have any ideas / hints / tips / suggestions on how we could do this, then please let me know on adam@boondoogle.co.uk

Much appreciated. Enjoy the last of the summer sun Boondooglers.

Adam x

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HEY HEY

Ma llawer wedi digwydd ers i fi cael amser i bloggo diwethaf. Er enghraifft - mae Gwyl Macs wedi gwibio heibio, ni wedi gwerthu'r cyntaf o'n casgliad 'Boondoogle(1)' ac mae'r wefan wedi mynd yn fyw!

Mae llawer iawn o bethau'n barod i'w weini yn nghegin Boondoogle, mae'n barod i'w choginio. Ond yn gyntaf, mae angen iddom ni glirio'r cwrs gyntaf. Os nad ydych chi wedi gweld y wefan eto, yna cewch i www.boondoogle.co.uk. Mae eisiau i ni gwerthu tipyn yn fwy o'n crysau 'Boon meet Doogle' a 'Just a Teeshirt', cyn bod ni'n gallu mynd ati i archebu ein ail llwyth o gynlluniau.

Os prynnwch chi ar hyn o bryd, mi gewch chi...

1. Eich crys t biwtifwl, go esmwyth, cysur, gwrth facteria sy'n gyfeillgar i'r amgylchedd; wedi ei lapio mewn papur brown wedi'i chlymu gan gorden.
2. Pecyn o 4 Bathodyn BOONDOOGLE, am ddim.
3. Cludiant am ddim i unrhyw fan yn y DU.
4. Tocyn yn rhoi 10% i ffwrdd o'ch archeb nesaf
a
5. Ychydig o aer Llandysul wedi ei dal yng nghanol y pecyn. (Dwi'n siŵr fydd rhywun yn fodlon talu ffortiwn am hyn ar ebay!?)

Felly, nid oes amser well wedi fod i brynnu. Dywedwch wrth eich ffrindiau, neu beth am prynnu un ar gyfer presant nadolig? (Dyw hi byth yn rhy gynnar i fod yn drefnus)!

Ar ben hyn, rydyn ni ar hyn o bryd yn edrych am ffyrdd i wella ein safle we. Mae gennym ni web geek newydd i helpu ailwampio'r siop a gobeithio ei wneud yn fwy 'user friendly'. Os oes gennych chi syniadau / awgrymiadau ar sut gallwn ni wneud hyn, yna rhowch gwybod i fi ar adam@boondoogle.co.uk

Diolch. Mwynhewch diwedd haul yr haf!

Adam x

More Tee shirts, Late Nights, Harsh Lights, Festival. / Rhaogr o crysau t, Nosweithiau hwyr, goleaudau llachar a'r gwyl. - ADAM

Hey hey all.

Wow.. It's 1:17 on saturday morning... And possibly for the first time in over 3 weeks, my brain and surroundings are compeltely blank. Work overhaul. Yet I'm so excited - as I will be packing my car to meet Bud in the macs festival in something like 5 hours. Btw - I will be teaching Bud how to blog soon, so you can read something different to my overlong blabber. Since my last posting, me and Bud have shared many a late night getting ready for the festival, and our websites launch (www.boondoogle.co.uk). Which has finally come together. 9am in't morning till 2 the following morning have been our average working hours, and now all is set on the big weekend.

Our second teeshirts arrived! WAHH.. Exctiement. And posted below is some of the images from the shoot. Thanks to Catrin and Alex for volunteering their beautiful selves and whoring about on Cwmtydu beach in front of a Canoe crowd.

For now though, the teeshirts are packed, the badges are here, the '10% off next purchase' vouchers are printed, we have polaroid and digital, a few thousand flyers, staff members and a huge multicolour banner. It's time the Boondoogle wagon rolled into Gwyl Macs. Hope to see you there. Enjoy, Soak up the sun (fingers crossed) catch up with old friends and make some new ones.

All the best....

Adam

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Hey hey pawb

Wow.. Mae'n 1:29 ar bore Sadwrn.... Ac (o bosib) am y tro gyntaf mewn tair wythnos, mae fy mhen a popeth o amgylch fi'n hollol blanc. Gor-weithio glei! Ond eto - dwi mor excited - oherwydd byddai'n paco'r car i cwrdd a Bud i mynd i'r wyl ymhen 5 awr. Gyda llaw - Byddai'n dysgu Bud sut i bloggo cyn bo hir, i chi gael bach o newid i iaith bach fi. Ers i fi posto tro dwethaf, rydw i a Bud wedi hala nifer o nosweithiau hwyr da'n gilydd i ceisio fod yn barod erbyn yr wyl a lawnsiad y wefan (www.boondoogle.co.uk), sydd wedi dod at ei gilydd o'r diwedd. o 9yb tan 2y bore wedyn fydd ein oriau weithio cyffredin wythnos ma, ac nawr mae popeth yn pwyso ar y penwythnos yma.

Mae ein ail batch o crysau t wedi cyrraedd! WAHHHH - Mor excited! Ac isod mae rhai o'r delweddau o'r 'photoshoot'. Diolch i Catrin ac i Alex am cynnig ei hunain a puteinio'i hunain o flaen criw canwio!

Ond am nawr, mae'r crysau t wedi'i phacio, mae'r bathodynnau ma, mae'r tocynau '10% off eich archeb nesaf' wedi'i phrintio, ma da ni Camera Polaroid a Digidol, 5,000 o flyers, aelodau staff a banner mawr lliwgar... gadewch i'r wagon Boondoogle rowlio i mewn i Gwyl Macs. Gobeithio eich gweld chi na. Mwynhewch, joiwch yr haul (PLIIIIIIIIIIIIS) dalwch lan da hen ffrindiau a wnewch rhai newydd.

Pob hwyl...

Adam

BOONDOOGLE PHOTOSHOOT / FFOTOS BOONDOOGLE - ADAM

Hey hey.

Monday saw the arrival of our first photoshoot, for the flyers and website (which is speedily on it's way). We ate plenty of Pizza, went through a lot of hairspray and got to see the BOONDOOGLE army of teeshirts take form. Good fun was had by all. A huge extra special thanks to both Gabi and Sion for stepping in for us at the last minute and a thank you also to Dwynwen for just being there! One big thanks to Rhys Thomas - who has the hair credits for all these images... Not forgetting Emma and Edd for lending a helping hand. Here's a sneek peek at some of the pics.

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Hey na.

Dydd Llun oedd 'photoshoot' gyntaf Boondoogle, i'r taflenni hyrwyddol a'r wefan (sydd ar ei ffordd yn fuan). Bwyto'n ni llawer o Pizza, aethon ni trwyddo llawer o hairspray a gaethon ni weld byddin o pobl mewn crysau t ni yn cymryd siap! Gaeth pawb amser da, er oedd digon o waith i wneud. Diolch mawr iawn i Gabi a Sion am dod i helpu mas ar y funud olaf a diolch hefyd i Dwynwen am jyst fod na! Un diolch mawr i Rhys Thomas - sydd i'w ddiolch am yr holl steiliau gwallt yn y delweddau yma.... Heb anghofio Emma a Edd am estyn llaw o gymorth. Dyma cip olwg ar rhai o'r lluniau.

All the Boondoogle Shizzle. Popeth digwyddiadol Boondoogle - ADAM

Hey all.

I had my first blast of a 2007 summer festival yesterday in the form of Cardiff Metro weekender. Good stuff. Bud got to play around with the new polaroid camera we got for Gwyl Macs which is in one weeks time... We're running a competition - If we see anyone wearing our teeshirt - We snap them with the polaroid and they get entered into a prize draw to win some stuff. So come on everyone - grab a tee!

Living and working in Cardiff is interesting to say the least... There's so much to do apart from work. So after a fun (and late night) last night, I'm gonna be doing some work... There's so much to do! Bud's out getting her mac fixed while I'm here doing some promo and other stuff.

Our first tee shirts will be arriving shortly, which is mega exciting for us....

We'll keep you posted...

In the mean time here's some rather nice pictures of the sun soaked fun we had... Fingers crossed that the weather stays put for Macs.

Boo yah!

Adam


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Hey pawb

Ges i blas gyntaf fi o gwyl haf 2007 ddoe... Penwythnos Metro Caerdydd. Gwd thing. Gaeth Bud y cyfle i chwarae gyda'r Camera Polaroid prynnon ni i Gwyl Macs (mae'n dechrau Dydd Sadwrn!)... Byddwn ni'n rhedeg cystadleuaeth - Os byddwn ni'n gweld unrhywun yn gwisgo un o'n crysau ni a'n bod ni'n cael llun polaroid ohonyn nhw - byddwn ni'n rhoi nhw mewn i cystadeluaeth i ennill lot o stwff cwl.

Mae byw a gweithio yn Nghaerdydd yn diddorol i dweud y lleiaf - o'i gymharu a Llandysul bach fi. Felly ar ol llawer o hwyl neithwr yn Oceana gyda rhai ffrindiau... dwi nol wrth y desg yn gwneud gwaith - Mae GYMAINT i wneud! Ma Bud wedi mynd i fixo Mac hi - wrth i fi wneud stwff promo a pethau eraill.

Bydd ein crysau t gyntaf yn dod cyn hir.... excitement mawr!!

Byddwn ni'n rhoi gwybod i chi am hwnna...

Yn y cyfamser mae na rhai lluniau fan hyn o'r hwyl gaethon ni dros y penwythnos... Gobeithio bydd yr haul yn aros i Gwyl Macs!!

Trosodd....

Adamx





BTW - I've truly tested our teeshirts to the limit. I danced for hours to some hardcore dance (not usually my scene but hey!) and sweated A LOT... I also slept in the same Boondoogle teeshirt last night- and yet my teeshirt did not smell AT ALL this morning... That's the antibacterial quality of the bamboo working for you. Are you sold yet?

Gyda llaw - Bues i mas yn dawnsio am opriau ac oriau i cerdderoiaeth dawns hardcore neithwr - ac oeddwn i'n chwysu bwcedi - wnes i hefyd cysgu yn yr un crys T Boondoogle neithwr - a bore ma oedd y crys ddim yn arogli o GWBWL.... Na'r elfen antibacterial o'r crys yn gweithio i chi... TICK. Moyn un eto?

Welcome / Croeso - ADAM

Hi there earth warriors, fans, websearchers, artists and clothing wearers, here's the 'speel' if you ain't heard of us....

About us

Dillad BOONDOOGLE Clothing was founded during the summer of 2007 by us two like minded students, with the aim to provide what we felt was not being provided by the current clothing market. We wanted to make clothes that we would like to wear – not what we could choose to wear.

First and foremost, BOONDOOGLE’S clothing is Organic. We are extremely aware of man’s impact on our planet and the possible side effects of wearing chemically enhanced fibres against our skins. Through purchasing fairly traded and organic cotton/bamboo fibre teeshirts and combining it with interesting, new, quirky and often thought provoking print in eco-friendly inks - we aim to provide the alternative to what has become the ‘mindless clothing market for the masses’.

One of our promises – you will find no random number emblazoned on the chest of one of our tees.

We aim to spread hope filled ethos where Recycling, Reusing, Cutting down and simply not making it in the first place unless it is needed - are our foundation blocks.

So, we have Organic clothing, fairly traded and printed with high-quality eco-friendly inks – and yet our prices are still affordable (unlike most of our competitors who will herewith go un-named). Above all else, BOONDOOGLE believes that Organic living should be for all, not just those that can afford it.

Here’s to the earth warriors, the recyclers, the people who are doing it and to those who merely thinking about it.

As we ourselves are learning, from small acorns, big things….

Adam and Bud (Co-founders)

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Shwmae. Croeso rhyfelwyr y byd, crwydwyr y we, artistiaid a'r rheini o chi sydd mond yn gwisgo'r dillad, co bach o 'speel' amdanom ni....

Amdanom ni

Darganfuwyd Dillad BOONDOOGLE Clothing yn ystod Haf 2007, gennym ni, dau stiwdent o’r un feddwl, gyda’r bwriad i ddarparu beth roeddwn ni’n teimlo oedd ddim yn cael ei darparu gan y farchnad dillad ar y pryd. Roeddwn ni am wneud dillad roeddwn ni am ei wisgo - dim beth roeddwn ni’n gallu ei wisgo.

Yn gyntaf, ond yn bennaf mae dillad BOONDOOGLE yn Organig. Rydyn ni’n ymwybodol iawn o drawiad dyn ar ein planed, a sgil effeithiau posib o wisgo ffibrau sydd wedi ei ‘thrin’ yn erbyn ein croen. Trwy brynu crysau t cotwm/ffeibrau bambŵ organig, masnach deg a’i chyfuno gyda phrint diddorol, newydd, rhyfedd ac yn aml yn pryfocio meddyliau mewn inc sy’n gyfeillgar i’r amgylchedd - rydym yn bwriadu darparu’r dewis arall i beth sydd wedi troi’n ‘marchnad dillad difeddwl i’r torfeydd’.

Un o’n addewidion – ni fyddwch chi byth yn gweld rhif ‘random’ wedi ei thaflu ar un o’n crysau-t.

Rydym yn bwriadu lledaenu ethos gobeithiol lle mae ailgylchu, ailddefnyddio, torri lawr ac yn syml iawn ei beidio creu yn y lle gyntaf - yn sylfaen i’n gwaith.

Felly, mai gennym ni dillad organig, wedi ei fasnachu’n deg a’i phrintio gydag inciau sy’n gyfeillgar i’r amgylchedd - ond eto mae ein prisiau dal yn fforddiadwy (yn annhebyg i’n cystadleuaeth fydd o hyn ymlaen yn mynd yn ddienw). Uwchben popeth arall, mae BOONDOOGLE yn credu dylai bywoliaeth Organig fod i bawb, nid yn unig y rheini sydd yn gallu fforddio gwneud hynny.

Felly dyma nod i ryfelwyr y byd, yr ailgylchwyr, y bobl sydd yn gwneud pethau ac i’r rheini sydd wedi dechrau meddwl am wneud rhywbeth.

Fel rydym ni ein hunain yn dysgu, o acorns bach mae pethau mawr….