About A Jar of Pickles by Kirstie

We create playful products to celebrate Asian appetites.

Hi, I'm Kirstie

I started A Jar of Pickles as a side hobby in college, and somehow it’s grown beyond my wildest dreams into a tiny team of AAPI women who are always inspired by the foods and moments that shaped us.

From our Bay Area studio, we design for the little joys: the spontaneous “treat yourself”s, the niche gift that just hits, the things that make your day feel a bit more you.

We're here to help you hold onto comfort, culture, and cute stuff through little things you smile at again and again.

Our Story

2012

Opened my Etsy shop as a college hobby. A friend was my first sale, but my first “real” sale came months later.

2015

Expanded revenue streams outside of Etsy to include wholesale, craft fairs, and my own e-commerce website.

2018

Very focused on my corporate career— transitioned from UX Designer to Brand Marketing. Pickles was just coasting.

2020

Took a 3 month corporate career break, converted garage into studio, expanded product lines, saw 1088% YOY growth.

2022

Finally felt like time to leave my corporate job and take Pickles full-time. Hired a Order Fulfillment Specialist & Studio Manager— officially began a team.

About Team Pickles

Our small team is proudly made of AAPI women who design, source, and package all our products in-house. We love creating exceptional products and joyful customer connections.

Senior Studio Manager

Find Shayna in charge of all things studio. She's usually coordinating our never-ending inventory, supervising product operations, or helping answer questions from our customers.

Order Fulfillment Associate

99% of our orders (both retail and wholesale) are personally packaged in the studio by Jenny's careful hands. She also oversees local pickup orders and packaged products on our shelves.

Studio Dog

Fred's role includes keeping us company while we work, snatching stuff off the shelves sometimes to keep us on our toes, and demanding lots of pets which reminds us to take breaks.

Studio Landlords

Kirstie's parents cleared out the front half of their house so we could rent it for our studio space. Mom sneaks cut fruit to us when we're working, dad lends us his tools, and they take out our order packages for pickup.

Studio Interns

Ellie and Audrey help studio operations run smoothly with tasks such as organizing our product boxes, order boxes, and supply boxes (we have a lot of boxes!) or distributing and fluffing plushies.