May’s highlights included designing and revealing a new logo, launching a new LGBTQ+ collection of stickers, seeing a spike in wholesale orders, and settling into a new apartment…

April’s highlights included launching a new candy collection, celebrating six years in business, enjoying our neighborhood and preparing to move apartments…

20 Avondale staples and recommendations for a perfect bar crawl in Avondale…

March’s highlights included launching a new lettering course, attending the grand opening of Radish Kitchen, and celebrating World Kidney Day…

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…