Just about every Saturday for the past year I would go see Chad and design for hours on end. It started out small, with picking out what the logo should be, what represented A Gay Lil Galaxy and Rainbow Alien. I am gay and proud, it took me a long time to be openly gay and comfortable with that. So now that I am out and confident in who I am and who I love, I knew that I wanted to represent that in my designs. I have always loved rainbows and all the colors together so it was easy knowing that I wanted to incorporate that into the merchandise and the logos somehow. After about 4 months of designing we finally came up with the logos. A rainbow planet and bringing the rainbow alien to life. I knew no matter what we created I wanted it to feel warm, and safe, and inviting to everyone. We live in quite a big, crazy world, and I am so happy that through this amazing journey of TikTok and making merch that I have been able to meet so many amazing beautiful people. It is a happy universe with all of you here.
After designing the logos we finally got to move onto picking material and clothing. That took about another two months haha. I had piles and plies of clothes heaped around my house. It was quite funny. It was like and explosion of gay and colors everywhere. It was not easy getting clothes due to inventory and shipping delays caused by covid. So that posed quite a few hiccups and hurdles. Nonetheless, we finally got a solid group of items for the first launch! Saturday’s with Chad turned into sewing machines and press machines putting the logos onto all the clothes and hats. It was honestly a really amazing moment. And I would not be here with out all of you beautiful people and aliens. I really hope that you guys enjoy all of the products. A lot of love and detail went into them.
Thank you to my family who helped me figure out all the complicated and time consuming projects that go into making a business.
And thank you to Chad for being my apparel dealer and designer haha! Whatever we needed whether it was a beanie, or very detailed rainbow design Chad could could get it and do it. Anything we needed or wanted to try Chad got it done.
Saturday’s with Chad has become a normal routine in my life now. During this whole adventure, Chad would see something rainbow while he was out and he would get it for me. It was really sweet. I have a rainbow ornament in my room now from one of our meetings. He gets me rainbow nicknacks and I’ll bring him a new flavor of mountain dew, or specialty lemonade with aliens on it, and we get to work. It has been awesome working with you
Sincerely,
Rainbow Alien / AGLG