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« Previous EntriesDo you have £1,250 and want to invest in SFHP?
Friday, January 29th, 2010With the socks being shipped over right now it’s time to promote the 3 micro-investment opportunities we have left. For £1,250 you can become a shareholder in Socks for Happy People and amongst other things receive 10 pairs of our socks a year for life!
People have been so enthusiastic and supportive while we’ve been [...]
Affirmation Sock preview – 1 of 3 Launch collection designs
Monday, January 25th, 2010Would you want to start your day the right way by pulling on a pair of our Affirmation Socks? Do you think they’d have an effect on your mood during the day? What do you think of our first affirmation? Do drop us your comments below, we’d love to know what you think…
Lights…Camera…Sock Action!
Friday, January 22nd, 2010We all like a break from our computers, especially when it involves leap-frogging and piggy backs.
This image was one of many taken on a recent test shoot we did to try out a few ideas for our forthcoming collection shoot (using imperfect samples). And try as she might, for a while Rebecca just couldn’t [...]
Socks for Happy People: Now arriving in February!
Thursday, December 10th, 2009Question: When is a ‘final sample’ not a final sample?
Answer: When four of our colours aren’t right!
This was the disappointing truth we had to face as we observed what were supposed to be our ‘final’ samples. After all, production was scheduled to start last week and the first order of socks was due to arrive [...]
You buy one pair, and you give another pair for free!
Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009We’re very proud to announce Socks for Happy People’s ‘Buy One Give One Free!’ initiative. The scheme ensures we all make a genuine difference to others with every pair of Socks for Happy People we get our feet into!
It’s really simple. Whenever you buy a pair of our Socks for Happy People, you also buy [...]
Revealed!! Our colour palette for the launch collection!
Monday, September 28th, 2009Behold! Fresh from the dye house in India, here (above) is the official palette of dyed azo-free colours that will be used to make our launch collection!
Watch the short vid below to find out more…
So, bearing in mind a few of the colours need tweaking at the dye house, and your screen resolution will be [...]
Oh sweet taste of sustainable progress (or is it muffins?)
Friday, September 25th, 2009The sun did shine and the technical specialists did talk and a great days work fed into the report we’re making to ensure our socks leave less of an environmental footprint with every step we take as a company.
What do you think? Would you want to see bits of the report when it’s finished? Don’t [...]
It pays to Innovate!
Wednesday, February 18th, 2009Just a note to let you know we’ve been awarded some Innovation (gift!) Vouchers from the good people at the North West Development Agency. They think our carefully crafted plans to research new innovative materials, technologies and opportunities is definitely worth backing. And we heartily agree!
This will help us take more of our first steps [...]
Socks to get the kids talking
Monday, December 15th, 2008The times are a’changing, just listen to the kids!
I was huddled round a fire at a party recently and heard a mother discussing how close her daughter is getting to catching her out as the ‘toothfairy’. But toothfaireis aside, the part of the story I like best was the bit that highlighted just how our [...]
Easy on the plastic now
Saturday, August 2nd, 2008Life without plastic pretty is hard to imagine now. Well, thanks to BBC journalist Christine Jeavans it’s about to get a little easier as she’s given up buying or accepting anything which contains or is packaged in plastic for the month of august.
It’s an interesting and important idea, and one that’s close to our hearts. [...]