It’s really hard for me to have a definite date of the beginning of A Jar of Pickles. My Etsy was a random thing I started in college because I was making fliers/logos etc for student groups on campus, and my roommates suggested I should put stuff up for fun. It was a very passive project; I’d j...

I have been thinking about making letterpress cards for YEARS. Inspired after I went to a letterpress workshop, I reached out to a bunch of letterpress printers in 2015.Every year I consider it, and every year I chicken out. I am very risk adverse and rarely will take any kind of financial risks ...

Office:A) Sideboard: product packaging materials: boxed sets, unfolded cards, envelopes, product packaging stickers, etcBought usedB) Cabinet: mailers, samples from vendors, old designs for references, etc From IkeaC) Shelf: all products, (mostly) ready to ship. Card boxes can hold ~200 cards, I ...

Last week in San Diego, I tried to sit down and finally tackle gift wrap, something that's been on my list for years! The goal was to convert our very popular holiday card, Fleece Navidad, onto gift wrap.The easiest option was to tile the card design, which I knew wouldn't look great but I just w...

Pulled up data to compare this year and last year's sales: 2018 sale was 5 days, 30% off everything 2019 sale was 7 days, with a tiered discount:15% off all custom 25% off all pins, notepads, prints, totes etc35% off all cards General numbers comparing 2019 to 2018 (normalized over 7 days):  A...