hello it's that time again it's been it's been a bit of a
while can you tell welcome to another studio vlog I'm Alice if you don't know
you might have forgot Who I am it's fine I feel like not many people noticed I
wasn't here but I haven't uploaded for the last like maybe 3 weeks 2 to 3 weeks
I don't know but I basically overworked myself which happens quite a lot I need
to learn my lesson but I decided to take some time off I think over like
Christmas vlogmas time that's when I usually get the least views because
there's just that much content going up everyone's busy living their lives being
festive and I kind of lost my mojo a little bit so I was like I'm gonna make
the most of a quiet time of year and take the time off so I'm feeling it much
better and I've got a lot of plans coming in the new year I actually have a
very exciting delivery coming soon which I will tell you about in a little bit
but I thought I would kind of catch you up I guess
and I've got a delivery I thought I'd show you just to chatty studio vlog you
know something I actually decided whilst why is my chair in the middle okay
something I decided in my little absence was that I thought I would go back to
vlogging just random stuff I think I put a lot of pressure on myself to do just
graphic design content but that's not just my life like graphic design is my
job obviously YouTube is my job so there are the two things I talk about the most
but my life is kind of what this channel is all about and it's always been about
I've always kind of showed little random bits of stuff so um the studio vlogs are
gonna be just me living my life it'll be like two days in the life of
a graphic designer sometimes I'll be going out to events or whatever so yeah
just look forward to some random vlogs but I have some packages I have a little
tiny Amazon package and then this big boy that is actually really heavy
because I have an issue with Amazon Prime
I order too many things I'm here I think I am one of the main people that
keeps Amazon Prime in business so yeah I thought I'd open these cuz these are all
kind of work you related I need some scissors also I feel like I'm gonna get
asked I will link this jumper in the description box I got it off asos it
was on sale and it was a bit Spenny but I just loved it so much and so I will
link that down below for you guys if you would like it I can't remember where it was
from and I bought it along with a few other sales purchases it's just a box in
a box some cork coasters that is to do with the exciting delivery that
I will be getting soon so I will I will explain these but these are for work
this is also for work it is a very heavy lil box and I didn't actually realize
that Amazon did these these are just part of the Amazon basics range and they
were actually such a good price so they are just little a5 sized do not bend
envelopes because I have a full ones I have hundreds of a4 ones but I don't
have a5 and because I'm starting to do little greetings cards
I needed something smaller just in case people only ordered a greetings card
jobs a good en' they stink tho let me show you my face like this and
this angle is not the one tho is it right then this little beauty so
oh I can't show this because that is a Christmas present not Christmas
present birthday you know when you get those like add-on items on Amazon and you
have to spend 20 pounds for it to work that's what happened I wasn't gonna buy
all this yesterday but I did because I needed these
for said exciting delivery then I got this which probably won't find as fun as I do
but I think it's pretty cool so it's a little phone holder for my
tripod so currently you're on a tripod but this like screws into the normal
part of a tripod and then this is where you can fit your phone I do have a phone
however so that I can do like more little Instagram lives or like IG TV oh
why's my phone so fat so you just unscrew this it fits your phone only
trouble is having a pop sock it's so inconvenient when you've got to fasten
your phone to things and then you tighten it like that and then have a
phone that won't fall off which I thought was really, here is me, which
I thought was really good and handy and it was really cheap too so yeah I'll
link everything I bought on Amazon in the description I've just been taking
some Instagram photos with my mum one including this amazing jumper I just
can't go over it I love it a lot it's my new favorite thing and I need to edit
all them photos if you don't follow me on Instagram
please go over and follow me I'm trying so hard to like work on it and make it
more sort of consistent and fun and the kind of content I like to look at I want
my instagram to be that it was kind of it kinda used to be a second second thought
like kind of a background thing but I've really gotten into it recently so if you
want to go and check out my new improved Instagram or at least I hope it looks
improved imagine if everyone's like it looks the same Alice and yeah go over
come over there and give that a like follow you know what to do so I'm gonna
edit them photos first I think the main thing is this delivery so I'm gonna keep
you hang in unless I put it in the description and the title I'm gonna talk
a lot in this video apologies in advance but it's just been
so long I feel like I've not spoke to you guys for ages let's have a chat in
the comments actually let me know what your highlight has been over the past
two weeks so obviously it's been like Christmas and
new year it doesn't necessarily have to be festive it could literally be you sitting in in
your bed eating your Christmas chocolates what was your highlight for
me I don't know if it was a highlight but
it definitely sticks in my head I watched cats with my boyfriend's family
on Boxing Day and let me tell you the weirdest film I've ever watched I don't
recommend so there's no describing it just weird and what else
best memory I really liked okay I thought when my parents went away for
the weekend so me my boyfriend had the house to ourselves and we literally laid
on the living-room floor and made Lego 24 going on four right let's set you
down here and I'm going to edit some photos and hopefully I'll be able to
find some good photos out of the hundreds we took we took a lot
don't know if this is interesting but this is my little packaging drawer
one day in the future I would like to have shelves and have all my stuff out
but because my office is the spare room there's a bed so hopefully one day I
want to have my own place I can make like a proper little office for the shop
but this is all like the packaging stuff that I use regularly so there the a4
do not Bend cards and then I have these little CD sized ones for said secret
package that I've not told you about yet and and then I have obviously the new
ones damn it I have the new ones that present was there and so yeah I am gonna
put this box in this drawer I just wanted to show you a little hack which I
did with these ones this is the box they came in and I kind of DIY did it so it
fit in what kind of organizes it too so this box came like that is the top of
the box obviously I've laid it down and I'm gonna like cut the edges out don't
know if this is really clever of me or it's something that everyone does but I
basically like chop it up and then I'm gonna chop these off oh for goodness sake
what am i doing chop these bits off then take this
flappy bit down use your foot as a prop appreciate the groovy chick socks and
where's my tape
so now I have all the things and all I need to do is like pull one out of the
front and then they'll all stay stacked up if we put it in the draw
there we go so now I have all my envelope selections I do have some spare
boxes over there when it's a bigger package so I have all my envelopes I can
get to them easy and the postcards so everything ships with one of these
little postcards which I really love some spare envelopes spare like old
merch all the tape in the world this is like the craft tape that I use it's
recyclable and actually get asked a lot of questions about this I'll link it in
the description if you're in the market for some tape that's recyclable
basically like you leave it on the box the cardboard box it can all go in the
recycle bin and all gets recycled together so I thought that was handy
then the little sticker rolls I have for sticking on packages and then I have
like the biodegradable films that I put the prints in tissue paper and then
white tissue paper so yeah that's my very full packaging drawer and my merch
drawer is actually so empty right now it's got some spare rolls of paper and
stuff that I use for like Instagram props because I need to find a new home
for them but I have all my prints stacked up here which I want a new
method to stack I'm going to buy some little drawers I think that will fit in
this drawer hopefully another reason I need shelves and then all my prints are
in this stack they're divided up by like these bits of card so I can get to the
next style print it's not very practical it's a bit annoying when I have to
package them up but yeah they're all there I have a few desk planners left
and just single desk planners as opposed to like the full set so I'll put them up
on my website at some point this needs posting that was an order
that was made over Christmas but yeah that is my packaging drawer I have seven
seven yes seven new products project products yeah products coming out very
soon so watch this space very excited I'll let you know a release Day as and
when I've worked it out because it takes a lot of preparation as you can imagine
but I will show you that process as and when I start prepping them properly one
of which is getting delivered today so I'm just gonna mention that once more to
keep annoying you I'm in a weird mood can you tell I'm really
excited to be back okay I've taken my hoodie off not my hoodie the jumpers my
colourful jumper I've been working and the door has just gone dad this is the
exciting parcel yeah, do you wanna see what it is, course i do
dad doesn't even know, if it's an exciting parcel you've got to show me it
you'll realise what it is, or you won't if you don't listen to
me my pins did you don't know rubbish ah look all right I got way too excited in
that last clip I've just been sat editing the photos
changed my jumper like I briefly said and the pins are here probably should wait
to show you these but I love it so much it's so intricate I'll obviously show
proper versions of this once I have them all photographed and stuff I'm so
excited so what I'm gonna do I have a design ready for like little cards to
put them on but you know what somewhere I have a pin the Sophie and Dave sent me
when they did those little chip pins if anyone watches Sophie and Dave you'll know
what I mean because I designed the backing card thing for them and
obviously this is what it needs a card for the packaging so I'm going to
design my own backing cards I've got them designed I'm gonna print them out on
just like normal printer paper and make sure the dimensions are all right and
then order them I didn't want to order them until these are delivered just so I
could kind of judge how big it all needed to be you know well this is the
exciting delivery I mean I feel like it's just me that's gonna be this excited but I
hope you are excited I will be putting these on my website very soon as I
mentioned earlier I just need to get you products that I'm gonna release ready
there greetings cards I've got six all together that I'm gonna release and I
love them I've test printed them out that'll be in the next vlog I'll show
you like process of that and kind of a few of the designs I guess because I've
kind of shown you a bit of a sneak peek before Christmas so yeah I am gonna sort
this little pin out I'm gonna it's got the logo on the back to look at the
quality I actually I'm obsessed it's got my soul on fire logo on the
back so you know it's legit from me but I'm gonna sort of measure where the kind
of spike part of it is so I can line it up with the design so I'm gonna go do
that I've got the photos sort of done and this hopefully makes sense now so
let me just open this so this is my pin that's what I've got it in my hand I'm
gonna keep one for myself and basically the little pin on the back
so like the sharp part I need to poke that through the business cards so let's
pretend this is the business card I'm gonna like rest it on rest the business
card on the cork so obviously I'll only need one and then line this up with it
and then press it through like that and then it's on the business card I put the
thing back on the back and then it would be on its own little packaging thing
that is the idea so that is why I ordered load of coasters that have cork
because I figured that was the easiest way and they were like one pound 20 or
something for all of them so yeah I dunno so excited so excited I love how I
went from like really dressed and nice and kind of done up lipstick all that to
this the two personalities of me this is where I put everything in black and
white and at a very weird angle so you can see what I'm doing but can't see
what I'm doing will all make sense when it's revealed I
wanted to be surprised basically so bare with bare with hopefully it'll be
worth the wait
on the reverse of this little card is the design oh my god and it finishes it
off so well I'm so happy I have the test card here what do you think grab it
try not to film it on the thing you don't want them to see what I've got in
my house no oh that's really lovely oh yeah I like the color better than the
plain yeah definitely okeydoke so I have put the pins away for now I'm
about to order the business cards but I've been doing the photos I've been editing
the photos I've just uploaded one on my Instagram and now it's of me like Lent in
my office looking cool trying to look cool I'll insert it here don't forget
to follow my Instagram
time has passed I've had my dinner and I've ordered the cards the greetings cards
and the backing cards I've got no makeup left on my mouth because I sit like this
but yeah that's all ordered the backing cards are due to arrive on Wednesday the
8th so two days after this vlog goes live I will have the pin cards to the
packaging for the pins and I will also have the greetings cards which is very
scary actually so yeah a lot of money a lot of money
and time and effort has gone into this very nervous to see how it goes but I
will do like a full-on little release day thing so far I'm thinking let me just
check the date on my phone I think I'm gonna set the release date - oh my
god it's not 9:00 p.m. it's 10:00 to 10:00 I need to get out this office if I
get them on the 8th I could say release day on Sunday the
19th of January I feel like that could be good although when's pay day I
don't know maybe I should do it like after pay day we'll see
I will Instagram about it so make sure you follow me over there turn my
notifications on and I'll make sure I keep you guys updated but yeah that is
it for today's vlog I'm very tired I'm losing my voice I need a drink I need a
shower to take the remainder of this makeup off
and refresh ready for more work tomorrow it is actually Saturday tomorrow but I
am gonna continue working because I've been off for that long and I want to
make sure this is like as perfect as possible for you guys so yeah I'm gonna
be in the office tomorrow I hope you enjoyed the vlog thanks for watching
I don't know why I'm doing this see you soon bye I have lost the plot