February’s highlights included announcing a new lettering course, taking two trips to sunny Florida, working on some kidney-centric designs, and partnering with AMIDST Creatives…

January’s highlights included bringing back Self-Made Artist Academy, seeing my stickers at the Chicago History Museum, reflecting on 2021, hosting the first Friendly Artist Hangout, and enjoying Chicago despite the cold…

It’s finally time to say goodbye to 2021 - a year that much too closely resembled 2020. I am very grateful that I took the time on a weekly and monthly basis to reflect on the small wins and lessons learned…

December’s highlights included launching Mental Health Matters, delivering 10,000 stickers to the Field Museum, revealing the new branding for Radish Kitchen, and joining the Museum Store Association…

November’s highlights included becoming a certified ACDBE/DBE business, creating a new passion project around mental health, taking a trip to Peoria, and putting new stickers into production for the Field Museum…

The warm-up to play volleyball in my high school gym class was one minute of push-ups followed by one minute of sit-ups. There was a strict rule that if any individual student stopped or wasn’t fully participating, everyone in the entire class had to start over…

October’s highlights included celebrating turning 28, adding some new retailers, and continuing work on some fun projects behind the scenes…

September’s highlights included seeing more friends than I can count, adding some exciting new retailers to my list, reading a dozen books, and launching the new branding for Doughnut Gallery…

August’s highlights included seeing my work at the Field Museum, pitching to my first mass retailer, working hard behind the scenes, and enjoying summer in Chicago (and Milwaukee)…

July’s highlights included graduating from the Top Shelf Retail program, designing some new collections, reading more than usual, and seeing wholesale orders begin to pick back up…