designing apparel for the first time!! (10/3/24)

and launching my first ever kickstarter!! yay!!!

no way it's a beanie baby on a beanie >:0!!!!!!

I've been wanting to make apparel for a really long time, and just recently I've decided to take that leap and get a sample made!! Making apparel can get complicated and expensive fast, so I've decided to start with a beanie!! I wanted to make something simple, but also still cute, colorful, silly. AND something that can be a great add-on for a super colorful outfit!! As well as something very wormy, that too. We love inch the inchworm we love inch the inchworm!!!!!!!

I was really inspired by Decora fashion while making this. And the reason why I wanted to design a beanie as a start is because 1. I wanted to stick with something more simple and straight to the point since I'm just starting 2. It's heading to the colder seasons so I feel like selling beanies would be a good time and 3. YOU CAN DECORATE THE HECK OUT OF YOUR BEANIE WITH PINS AND OTHER COLORFUL TRINKETS!!!! Yea, it's already a very colorful beanie, but there's NEVER too much color. I've decided to host a Kickstarter for this since the production cost is still quite pricey, and I won't be able to cover the costs on my own...I'm crossing my fingers and hoping it gets fully funded cause I absolutely wanna sell these beanies!!! I'm super happy with how they came out and I'd be super ecstatic to see how people would style this!! If you're interested, I included the link to the Kickstarter twice (three times if you're counting this one) and I'll be forever grateful for your support if you choose to make a pledge. :,,3 It's currently still on prelaunch right now, but I plan to launch it on the 5th!

I really enjoy running this small business - making things that I love and sharing them with the world brings me so much joy and purpose... Knowing that there's literally people out there all over the world who have my art on a keychain or something is still so crazy to me and makes me indescribingly (is that a word?) happy!!! I'm definitely hoping that I'll be able to branch off to apparel in the future!!! And maaaybe be able to do this for a living!?!?! I think that would be really cool.... :,)

If all goes well, I wanna work with more types of clothes, like t-shirts and sweaters. ...Maybe even cardigans, too... There's some days where I'd just spend hours researching manufacturers and coming up with design ideas so hopefully one day there'll come a time where I'll be able to bring more of my designs to life!!!