How a Packaging Problem Became a Printing Business
I started printing tissue paper because I couldn’t find *anywhere* that could print my designs for the packaging of my TechPerch iPad stands. So naturally, I did the sensible thing… and built my own printing system.
I already had the equipment — I just had to work out the “how.”
Four weeks, many experiments, and a heroic amount of persistence later, I cracked it. The result? A printing setup that can happily produce **one sheet or five hundred**, without breaking a sweat (even if I did).
What makes my printing different is simple:
I print **every single sheet individually, one at a time**. No bulk shortcuts here. I can print in full colour in a single pass, and yes — if you only want one sheet, I’ll print one sheet. No judgement.
These days I print for small businesses, events, and corporates. I’ve worked with some of the biggest names in sport, retail, film, and Silicon Valley — but I don’t name-drop. My clients trust me with their ideas, and I like to keep it that way.
When I’m not printing, I’m a commissioned artist painting animals for their humans and sending artwork all over the world. Design is my happy place, which explains why I genuinely love when customers send me their artwork and say, “Can you make this work on tissue?” (Short answer: yes. Long answer: also yes, but beautifully.)
When you contact TechPerch, you deal with **one person from start to finish** — me.
I design, I print, I pack, I run to the post office, make the coffee, and sweep up afterwards. This business is my baby, and I’m fiercely proud of it.
Lockdown was a turning point. While most places that printed custom tissue were closed, I was rushed off my feet — working 15–18 hour days for months. When I finally decided to treat myself, I bought a wide-format printer… because obviously the correct reward for overworking is *more work*.
That’s how wrapping paper happened.
I launched with a dragon design and koi carp, then added a new design every week — and just kept going. I design what I love, and judging by the lovely feedback, that feeling seems to be mutual.
Thanks for supporting a small business where everything is made with care, curiosity, and just a touch of stubborn determination.
— Anne @ TechPerch