Uses Poetry - Orpheu Merchandise

Family business - poetry and snacks

After my wife and I went out of work with the first wave of covid-19 and with a newborn baby in our arms, we decided to combine all the savings we had and move on with our own business.
We decided to create a comfortable, familiar space that would bring the "home" environment to those who visit it. We then created an extension of our own home. The decoration was made by us, the art on the walls by Sofia, the old objects came from our grandparents' house. The books scattered everywhere are within the reach of those who want to leaf through them and can even water the plants if they want.
With all our love for Portuguese literature, in February 2021 we opened Orpheu: a space for snacks, good wines by the glass and cocktails.

Unfortunately, the second wave (and third ... and maybe fourth? We don't know what we are doing anymore!) Hindered the initial budget plans. With mandatory teleworking, there are no Portuguese people in downtown offices, tourists are scarce and bills are piling up. We are 4 living on this income: the two of us, our baby Leonardo and Sofia's mother, who meanwhile also lost her job and, obviously, helping the family will always be our priority.

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We then decided to try to find a new form of income without ever neglecting what it cost us to create. We want to create a line of minimalist merchandise with tshirts, tote bags, mugs and more. In this line there will be quotes from our beloved Fernando Pessoa, Almada Negreiros, among others.

We intend to give visibility to local artists and promote them in our space, inviting them to present their work in our space and establishing partnerships for the creation of this "Orpheu" line.

Uma das paredes onde expomos diferentes trabalhos

About the author

I, André, was born in Lisbon, in 1990. A day in a museum is a day well spent and I don't change an afternoon sunbathing with friends on a terrace for nothing in the world. I can't live without coffee and when I sing I am amazed at the evils and people around me. I love adrenaline, but I still don't balance on a bicycle.

Sofia was born in 1989 in the city "Inbicta", for which she dies of love. Educational enthusiast, with very fixed ideas, is passionate about art, dance and music. He's a bit of a geek and knows all the Disney classics by heart and sauté. It has a second stomach for desserts, which it never refuses. She is a singer behind the wheel, afraid of waves and does not go into cold water.

We met there around 2006, we met again years later in 2008 and since then we have been inseparable friends. In 2017 I got up my courage and asked her to date and a year later we got married.

After several years of working together, why not work for ourselves, on our project, in our "home"?

Always with the arts present in our lives, we decided to go ahead with merchandise linked to Portuguese poetry.

A família Orpheu

Budget and due dates

In order to put this line of merchandise into practice, we will need:

Cricut Press - 250 €

Cricut Maker - 360 €

50 sweats - € 450

50 tshirts - € 125

50 tote bags - 75 €

Adhesive vinyl (for printing) - 250 €

Labeling machine - 25 €

Personalized labels - 50 €

Plastic artist / illustrator commission: 500 €

Initial investment in digital marketing: 100 €

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Having this amount available at the end of June, we think we have everything ready to move forward with the line and launch it in October 2021.

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