Thanks to etsysuccess on Instagram for featuring the pic of my stenciling process from my Etsy About page. Love Etsy’s new look especially the way it highlights your “about” process. 

My story begins… I started stenciling with my mom as a kid one summer (making happy face shirts in the 90s) and fell in love with it! Many special requests later I had a business (started on the dining room table of my first apartment) and Etsy helped me bring that to the world! 

So excited for Etsy’s new re-brand of the shops I just couldn’t wait for the rollout to show you. Here’s a sneak peak of the new header design. I think it’s great we get such a large amount of space to show off our branding now. Way to go Etsy!

One of the perks of marrying a talented graphic designer! It’s been about 3 years and it’s time for an update. Thanks to WordPress we got pretty much the whole re-design done in one night!

For the branding, I decided to do custom hand-drawn type. You can check out my sketches above. I’ve been digging more vintage type and have been trying to incorporate it into some of my tees and projects. I definitely take inspiration from one of my favorite books “Custom Lettering of the 60s and 70s” by Rian Hughes. I also illustrated a hand logo but not sure where I’ll be using it yet. It might make a cool tee though!