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Remember Me Green

Remember Me Green

For Jillian Brown the phrase, "Look Up" is more than just a meme... it's how she discovered her calling. In 2012, while navigating her way to work though the streets of NYC, the marketing from up above caught Jillian's eye. But it wasn't the advertising that intrigued her, it was the thought "what happens to the billboards after the campaign ends??" After finding out those great durable billboards were discarded to landfills, the passionate environmentalist in her took over.Jillian soon took sewing classes and immersed herself in the world of stitch. At first, she started threading together bags from meager...

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Love Struck By Two

Love Struck By Two

"I'm still tired from this past holiday season," says Sheri-Lea Schultz. "I'd say from all of November and December I was up from 6am to 2:30am. It was absolutely crazy. I'd teach elementary school art all day and my husband worked too. We'd come home, hang out as a family, put the girls in pajamas, get them in bed and then I'd be up for another 6 hours printing shirts. I even spent Christmas Day fulfilling some orders." . Over the past year, Sheri's modest 1,000 square foot home in Center Moriches has transformed into the epicenter for some of...

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Simply Made Greetings

Simply Made Greetings

"Ideas come from all over," says Jess Miller. "My husband will say something, or a meme inspires me, or something just happens in life that needs to go on a mug. For instance, I asked my husband to change the baby and immediately he went to the bathroom. So that was a mug: 'I asked my husband to do one thing and suddenly he has to poop.' And that one did quite well." A first grade teacher by day, Jess didn't always trade in memes. Six years ago her Etsy shop exclusively sold standard (non-humorous) greeting cards/save the dates. "It...

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The Repurposed Pallet

The Repurposed Pallet

“There's just something about wood, where I'll look at it and imagine something else,” says Cathlin Hyland. “I'll see a random wood pallet on the side of the road and immediately envision it transformed into a piece of decor or a sign. It just spontaneously happens." Despite a giant handmade sign (reading: "Merry and Bright") hanging across her front porch, Cathlin hasn't always been this freely expressive. With a medical field background, she stayed at home when she had kids - her creativity confined to elaborate birthdays. There was an indoor camping party where she cleared out furniture transforming the...

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