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Hairy Camels

Sunday, June 1st, 2008

These Mongolian Bactrian Camels (with their two humps) happily endure temperatures as low as -80°C, because of their warm hair and their hairiness.
‘Wherever is this blog entry going?’ you’re probably thinking.
Well, I wanted to mention these hairy friends as we’ve just received some Camel Hair sock samples from Mongolia and we’re very excited. The socks [...]

Barefoot Business

Tuesday, May 20th, 2008

Our development trip to India in December really helped us explore the array of opportunities to do ‘barefoot business’.
Yes. You did read that right: we’re a sock company…..interested in all things ‘barefoot’!
Thanks to EXDL’s contacts and organisational skills we were able to experience just how holistic and beneficial production and commerce can be.
We [...]

Marvellous memories made making magic missions

Friday, May 16th, 2008

For being ‘creative’s’ we don’t half love the paper work….or should I say white board, flip chart, skype and beer mat work!
Creating the Visions and Missions that are at the heart of Socks for Happy People has been a very real process that is now starting to bear fruit.
We’ve been fortunate enough to have [...]

Building a Happy Business

Thursday, April 24th, 2008

Julia designed this here blog for us over at Glorious Creative HQ, but was she happy?

Having just been flicking through ‘Building a Happiness-Centred Business’ (by Paddi Lund) when she sent through the initial visuals I thought I’d pop her the question right there and then: On a scale of 1-10 (with 10 being really happy) [...]

The Wonder of Socks!

Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008

Yes! Today is the perfect day to write the first entry on our blog.

There I was, sat on the tube in London, trying to work out whether or not my friend is right for not holding onto the escalator handrails in tube stations for hygiene reasons (I mull this over every time I’m in London) [...]