the first custom children's book
Everyone has their first love. I have my first book.
Back when I was in college, my aunt commissioned me to write a custom book for her friend and their new baby. I had so much fun and the mom loved the results.
On a whim, I listed a custom children's book in my lonely little Etsy shop. I then proceeded to move to Italy after graduation to work at a study abroad center. While working there, a sweet gal from Nova Scotia gave me my first sale, a fully custom children's book! I had never sold anything to someone I didn't know, let alone someone halfway across the world.
Then came the challenge of shopping for bookmaking supplies...in Italy. Then shipping the book to Nova Scotia...in Italian. It was an ordeal but that book was the catalyst of my business, and continues to be one of my favorites to this day.
Now back in California (most of the time), my Etsy shop has grown to meet all sorts of challenges. A bride looking for matching watercolored photo albums for her parents and future in-laws. A mom who wants to send her daughter off to New York with a special book to keep her sketches and travels. A fiance who wants to surprise his future bride with an album commemorating how they met and their honeymoon.
I love to collaborate and bring impossible ideas to life. If you have a unique project in mind, send it my way! I'd love to help make you a one-of-a-kind creation that you'll treasure for years (and, hopefully, generations) to come!
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