Friday, March 12, 2010

Never Dead

If you've been following our Twitter (which you should if you don't!) or keep track with us on Facebook, you know that we've been having some equipment issues in our warehouse all this week. Before L&O, there was Glad Rags Ink which we run out of the same warehouse. GRink is a company that offers a screen printing service to anyone that needs it and it has been our bread and butter for over 4 years now. Every now and then, GRink experiences technical difficulties and everyone has to scramble to try and fix the problem while still getting work done, meeting deadlines, keeping clients happy, and hopefully pushing forward with L&O. Unfortunately, this was one of those weeks.


Just as we were about to begin Spring 10 production for L&O, one of the motors in our auto press gave out and ended up snapping off of its own brackets.








For us, this was like our Achilles heel and crippled our work flow throughout the week. We had to try and catch up with work using only our manual press, just like the old days! Fortunately the manufacturer Brown MFG has been very helpful throughout this whole ordeal and we look to finally clean this mess up today. A wise man once said, "The only thing that overcomes hard luck is hard work." Another wise man also said, "If you're going through hell, keep going." Just another week at the GRink / L&O office. Shooting trouble since '07.

Amidst the everyday struggles, we try to channel that energy into our branding in hopes that anyone can find inspiration to carry on through their own hardships. Our good friend Eric wanted to show us a little bit of his own L&O spirit.










NEVER DEAD.

- Vince