My love for selling online started in 2006 when I created breast cancer t-shirts to sell for my mom's fundraiser. I sold them locally & also on Ebay. Then my mom & I began sewing baby blankets, bibs, diaper organizers, etc.. & sold them on my website I built called TigerAngel Gifts in 2006 / 2007. It was hard getting my own storefront name exposed on the net & although I had sales, it was not at the volume I had hoped. My mom's cancer battle was also draining a lot of her energy & she wasn't able to continue with me; she battled from May 2005 & lost in June 2009. ♥ My love for owls came in 2007- my baby goods label was named after my mom & first born son, "Elizabeth Austin Baby" & I needed an animal to represent her. I chose an owl b/c she was wise & worked nights as a Registered Nurse. She was my best friend & inspiration...I love & miss her much.♥ My mom & dad were both creative- my mom sewed, hand-crafted wood decor and created cook books & my dad was musically talented. They both could draw, but didn't do it much. My dad is currently living with Moderate Alzheimer's in a nursing home. I am thankful I still have him in my life!! ♥

As a kid, I always enjoyed making holiday cards by hand for my mommy and daddy & buying stationery always made me smile. When I learned how to make cards on the computer in the 90's, I made cards for everyone! It was so awesome to personalize a card & then print out my design!

Between 2000-2006, my mom & I had dabbled with personalized calendar making & she had taken an online graphic class. She taught me the basics of how to create a graphic & I took off from there.

I started my Etsy shop in August 2008, 6 days before my 2nd son was born. I found Etsy while searching for cute things for my soon to be born baby boy & decided to become a seller myself! Originally when I opened, I was selling birth announcements & Christmas photo cards. I often looked on Etsy to see what products were selling & saw a market for personalized address labels & stationery. So, in 2009, I began creating personalized address labels/stickers. I have since expanded my product list to include note cards, name banners, party favors, wall art, & custom business requests. In addition, I still offer photo birth announcements & Christmas cards. I have a lot of ideas in mind for future products, it's just a matter of having time to create them!
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Grew up playing barefoot in my backyard, swimming in the river, falling asleep listening to my daddy play his piano or guitar, eating mama's delicious homemade meals which often included my dad's commercially caught seafood, cheerleading, loving babies, singin' in church, riding my 4 wheeler, dreaming of becoming a mommy / wife...

Thanks for reading my story & checking out my shop!