Hi! I'm Sydney. I've been drawing and doing arts and crafts since I could properly hold things in my hands. I quickly realized the only subject in school that was able to hold my short attention span and make me even a little bit excited was art. After getting my associates in liberal arts, I realized I didn't want to work for anyone so I started my first art print biz called Printsbysgl in 2019. It was short lived and I truly had no idea what I was doing. No small biz community to give me advice and absolutely 0 saleswomen skills.
In 2020, I started selling illustrated stickers through instagram dms and found myself opening up an Etsy shop. I went from 0 orders to 150 in about a span of a couple of days all thanks to Reddit. Out of all places, right?? From there on out, I just spent all of my time illustrating and even adding pop culture inspired cards. A year and 600+ orders later, I put my shop on a forever vacation mode to go back to a more stable income. Eventually, I made by way back to selling at markets and in 2023, I went full time and did a total of 34 markets. 44 days and 295 hours spent being a vendor and meeting so many amazing customers and developing the sweetest friendships.
Everything I make is handmade and painted by me. It brings me major joy when the work that I put into my pieces get to live another life of it's own. Getting to connect with people through my art and seeing who decides to give my work a new home is truly a feeling of happiness I hope everyone gets to experience in this lifetime. This is really the major reason why I don't do wholesale or consignment. It's probably not the smartest business move but it helps me stay true to who I am and how I want to run my business.
Although I am a one woman business, I've got to give credit to my amazing partner Genmar. A few years ago I bought him into the studio to show him the ropes and taught him everything I knew. He quickly made his way into my heart and also alongside me at markets selling his own style of work. It's been a thrill of a lifetime getting to see his progress and sharing these experiences with him. We love when customers are amazed at both of our works coexisting along side each other. I've trained him enough to the point where he could pretty much run ship without me by his side if needed. A big plus is that he helps me stay organized with google sheets and does my taxes haha.
Anyhoo, thanks for being here. I appreciate more than you'll ever know.
With much love,
Sydney :)