March’s highlights included beginning to celebrate 10 years in business, updating my Chicago souvenirs marketing materials, working on custom designs for museums, creating a new Avondale design, installing more wooden signs, and planning a quick trip to Peoria…

2026 marks 10 years of Lettering Works and we are celebrating with a $10 course sale! You can enroll in Learn Lettering with Chelsie Tamms, The Power of Passion Projects, or Are You on Brand? for only $10 for a limited time. We’ve also got a special for our signature course, Self-Made Artist Academy…

February’s highlights included a week in beautiful Guadalajara, Mexico, joining Choose Chicago as a partner, submitting my artwork to multiple calls, adding a few new stickers, working on multiple projects and trades, adding a new museum client, and taking down my first solo art show in Chicago…

January’s highlights included lots of sketching and iPad drawing, participating in the Faire Winter Market, writing a new blog post, working with Adobe, reflecting on 2016, attending a conference, and celebrating my dad’s birthday…

Whether you are a brand new business and want to build initial awareness, you’ve been in business for a while and have countless adoring fans, or you’re somewhere in between, adding custom merchandise can be a great opportunity for growth…

As we say goodbye to 2025, I am taking some time to round up highlights from the year and appreciate the life that I’ve been building for myself…

December’s highlights included a successful artist reception, trip to Florida, mentee sessions, a podcast interview, and lots of reflection, end-of-year wrapping up, and planning for 2026…

A look into the 24 layered, wooden signs on display in Logan Square and how the art show came to be…

November’s highlights included fulfilling a large order for the Field Museum, installing my art show at Logan Square Pilates and Core, working on some client projects, starting to work with a new mentee, and visiting our friends in San Francisco…

October’s highlights included attending Adobe MAX, working more on my wooden signs, visiting a friend in Portland, OR, and fulfilling wholesale orders in addition to being recognized in the Bradley Alumni Art Show…