Making a Stationery Set 📓✏️ brainstorming to sketches: sticker sheets, washi, post its, & more

Okay, let's pack a bag. Very cute. They're still very small. Hello, I'm Tiffany. I'm an artist and a small business owner. I thought I would design some fun stuff today, and I wanted to bring you guys along for the process. But before we start, this is the fit. I got the second hand off of Depop, this little sweater vest, inside Uniqlo, skirt Uniqlo, bunny socks, my friend got from Japan. On my chest, I have these two necklaces. So this is from Bittersweet New York. And then on the top one, this one is from Olive, and the chain is from my mom. And then earrings, I have this pair on from July Rose Jewelry. Bag from Lava Catagrassa. I got in Italy last year. This little coffee dog, perfect for today because we're going to the cafe. And then a bunch of just like miscellaneous keychains. I made this one in Italy. I made this one at home. It's a Chinese knot. This one I had since I was in high school. And a random necklace from Madewell. And that's the fit. I'm going to bring my iPad, my trusty traveler's notebook, pouch of miscellaneous, purple wallet, the best mint on the planet, little SD card moment, my headphones. This is the sound of my breath. We're going to design some stickers. And I'm in a cafe. And I'm scared to talk too loud. So I hope you can hear me. ASMR over. Hello, I came out here because I was way too intimidated talking there. It's so quiet. It feels like a cafe library. But anyways, I'm currently working on designing some new stickers for my November Patreon page. I'm going to make miniature journaling stickers. Just like clear, really really teeny tiny ones. I've been wanting to try harder with just like playing with the material more and just like making different types of stickers because I feel like a lot of my stickers are pretty similar. It's like the same die cut stickers. And I don't know. I just want to keep it a little bit more interesting. What's going on with my hair? What is this? Where's this piece? Anyways, so I've been getting into just like being more playful with my journaling again. And getting more interested in like washi tapes and like cute journaling stickers. Sticky pads and stuff like that. I think it's about time for me to start designing some new ones to, you know, revamp up the shop a little bit. I kind of want to approach it in like maybe a new direction. So I do need to experiment more and also like just like gather more reference photos of things that I'm drawn to because I think as I shift and grow, my style is also going to shift and grow. And so it's always nice to have some photos to look at of things I like so that I can kind of hone in on what that feels like. But before we start, let's plan everything out. Sometimes when I get an idea my brain looks like this but also like this and it could even look like this. My brain typically thinks in a stream that doesn't like to be disrupted or I lose my train of thought. And that's why Milanote has been such a good way for me to organize all of my initial thoughts for a creative project. Thank you Milanote for sponsoring this video. Since Milanote is an unstructured workspace, it lets your ideas grow in whichever way works for you. But if you also don't know where to start, Milanote offers more than a hundred built-in templates to make it easier for you to get going, get cracking on that creative work. And as usual, whenever I add something new into my workflow, I always try to find something that creates the least resistance. Milanote was so easy to just open up and start creating. I've been working on a new stationary line with a million ideas of what it could be, so I created this board to help me out put those ideas down. Just brain dump it all down first and sort it out later. I added a rough timeline with the table feature to keep myself accountable, and because I made stationary in the past, I wanted to reference some of my favorite ones. The stuff I like is a bit different now, like in terms of the aesthetic, color palette, etc. So I put down the vibe that I would like to bring to the new collection. And to make it even easier to get things down fast, they have a tool called their web clipper that lets you add reference images to your board directly without having to screenshot anything. And I was even able to put in color swatches that even tell you the exact hex code. Lastly, sketches are so important, and I like that as I grow the board, I can add more and more here later on. And in this corner, I added another board that connects to my content ideas for my stationary project. As someone that juggles all aspects of the business, I also have to think about marketing. If you'd like to start organizing on Milanote, you can use my link in the description to try it out for free! Okay, I'm gonna go back in and work now, but we're gonna color in the sticker sheet. Hello, Nasally Tiffany here. I'm now digitizing- Oh my gosh, it's so hard to talk when I'm nasally. I'm now digitizing my sketches in Procreate. I started off with a color palette this time just because I wanna give, like, a different feel compared to my past work, but I know it literally looks pretty similar to what my usual work looks like. But I think it takes a long time to shift the vibe of your work. And so by, like, choosing the color palette beforehand, it's helping me stick with this new palette that I'm uncomfortable with and that I'm trying out. And I turned out to really like this color palette. I chose this one because I wanted one that was still fun, but also had some muted colors in it. Um, I've definitely mastered the full saturation, vibrant look. If you scroll down into my Instagram, you'll see, like, all the full saturation drawings I've ever done. Um, and I'm ready to, like, tone some colors down, find a good balance in highlighting one very powerful color, like the red, and have some desaturated but still cute colors, and also working in some neutrals. Like, even with the red, I'm going with like a more orange-toned red um, just because I usually lean more towards the cool-toned reds, but like, by just shifting it a slight bit, I don't even know, like, can you notice a difference? I don't- I don't even know if I noticed a difference, but it gives, like, a different feel, you know? Anyways, enough rambling about colors. This is a side mission of what I'm doing. Hi, good morning. It's Halloween today. The past few days have just been a ton of admin work. Sometimes, I wonder where does all this admin work come from? And do I actually need to do it? But at the end of the day, I know it's just because I pushed it all off, and so that's why I have to do it all at once. And so it seems like a lot. This has been my favorite spot, and the gardeners just came, so it's nice and clean. But also they took away my favorite bush. They did leave one flower on it, though, so that's very nice. Hey, hey, hey. I have some real cat hair on this little fluffy thing. So right now, we're going to work on stickers more. In the cafe, I worked on the sticker sheet. Very cute. I think, in real life, I want them to be, like, like, mini, mini stickers. Like, that big in real life. Like, small enough where you can put it on your nail. Not that you're going to put them on your nail. You could put them on your nail. It could be a little nail accent if you do your nails, but I want them to be, like, super, super small. I definitely have to go in and, like, put in cut lines for that later. And also ask Sticker App if that is something that they can do, because sometimes when it's too small, it might be an issue. But we also have this sticker that I'm planning on making. I want to figure out a way to make it more interesting. But for right now, I want the heart to be, like, a metallic color. Almost like a mirror effect. So it's, like, holding up a little mirror. And then it might say, like, you are cute. Or something. And then it's going to be persimmon. Guys, I'm in full gremlin mode. It's so hard to concentrate. Probably because I had the most relaxing weekend. Besides doing, like, four loads of laundry that I pushed off for way too long. But anyways, today, I'm doing a lot of just ideation and brainstorming. I have all the bits and pieces it takes, and now it's just the design process. So gremlin mode it is. I think I do my best work when I'm the most gremlin. So yeah, right now, I'm just sketching in my sketchbook. Trying to figure out some ideas. I can't wait to show these to my patrons. Because they're the ones that are gonna choose the final one that I make. But I'm working on brass metal bookmarks right now. Still trying to figure out what I want to make out of it. So I'm just, like, freehanding, doodling a bunch of different ones. And then we'll just see which one sticks. My brain's still a little sleepy. I have to make an afternoon matcha to keep myself awake. Oh, when'd you get here? I have an audience. My cat's been watching me the whole time. Bruh, my leather, your nail. Let's get working, Percy. Don't distract me. I also started using Pomodoro again, because accountability. Yeah. It works well. Hi. I've been sketching up a storm. And the more I sketch, the more ideas I have. And it's kind of hard to stop. Like, I'm very ambitious with this set. I... I don't know. So, I want to make metal bookmarks. I want to make stamps. I want to make sticker sheets. I want to make washi tape. I want to make, like, steel clips. I want to make post-it notes. I love the ideation phase and the sketching phase. Like, this is, like, the part where I feel the most hyped. But then I realize I cannot simply make every single thing that I want to make. At least, not all at once, because then... I think it would take forever before I can release any of this. I don't know. I'm trying to figure out what I want to make and how many I want to make of each. So, for the metal bookmarks, it's like... I feel like this could be pretty straightforward. I could knock this out pretty fast. I think my main issue is probably going to be the sticker sheets, because each sticker sheet has so many different designs on it that that one will take a lot longer. Stamps will be fine. I don't know. I don't know! But anyways, here. Let me update you on what I've been making. This is the metal bookmarks that I have so far. Here are some of the stamps. And then I still have yet to draw in the washi tape, the post-it notes, the sticker sheets. And I'm also feeling a little lost, because I don't really have a specific theme for this stationery set, other than a vibe. And even with the vibe, I feel like I'm just gravitating towards how I usually draw anyways, so I need to figure out how I can implement that vibe back in. You know? So, over here, I was trying very hard to make a more refined drawing from my really small thumbnail sketches. And I always, always have this issue, but every single time, I always end up liking my initial thumbnail teeny-tiny rough sketches, because there's a looseness to it that I cannot replicate for the life of me when I try to refine it more. And so, this is my attempt of literally just sizing it up and trying to make it look better. But ultimately, I wasn't too happy with the way it was looking. And so, when I did go in to refine it, I ended up preferring just taking a photo of the initial rough sketch and tracing it on my iPad instead of starting over traditionally in my sketchbook. And it always ends up this way. I always feel like maybe it will work out differently this time. But I'm kind of glad I went back to those sketches, because the final, more refined drawing of it is something that I like a lot better. And yeah, I put it into Illustrator and tried on a brass little image behind my sketches to give the feel and vibe. And then I looked out my window, saw the most beautiful sunset, and I just had to run outside with my camera and take some photos. It's so cold. I've been pretty sick the past few days. So I've just been taking the time to rest, get better. I'm pretty sure I have the cold. Lots of congestion going on right now. But I want to start getting a little bit back into work, because there are some things that I need to get done. So, that's what this attempt is. So these are my postcards for November. I personally really love these sketchbook spread prints. There's just something about it that's just more raw. I'm not going to open now. Don't want to contaminate them with my germs. Also, I don't know if I updated you on the stickers that I was designing. So, let me show you those. So there was a little bit of back and forth with sticker art to get this done, but our first sticker design that I made was this one. The hot pink part is going to be mirror, so. I know I kind of like the hot pink, but like yeah, this will be a mirror effect, like she's holding a mirror up. And then I made this little sticker sheet. There needed to be some adjustments with the cut lines and stuff. They just started printing them. I'll probably get them in maybe next week sometime. But right now I feel like this. True what they say about the apple and the tree. Thank you! That was great, right? Low key, when I said that I'm going to start working again and get cracking, I lied. Because it's two days later, and I'm still sick, and I still feel like I can barely function. So I caved. I got some medicine. I honestly thought that I could just ride it out, but it's day seven, and I need help. I got two things that I heard are really helpful for colds. So I got some cold remedy, and I got a propolis spray. And this should help me. And if it doesn't, then we'll figure it out as we go. But I, at this point, I'm all for taking care of my body and resting to get better, but I got things to do. I also ordered hand cream, because my hands are so dry. Vegas winter. No joke. I got two different hand creams. That's so funny. There was a sale. I gave in to the sale. Okay. Every two to three hours, I'm supposed to just let it dissolve in my mouth. A little fluffy. Alright. Wish me luck. Mmm. It's elderberry flavor. Ugh. I'm checking back in. I think these are working. These right here, I edited this entire vlog. I'm not done yet, but I did a lot more than I've done in the past seven days. And I think it's because of this. I'm about to take my third one. Maximum take seven a day. Cheers. I feel alive again. Oh my gosh. I'm alive. I was on a little sketch grind, and I got a little bit more done. Sticker sheets still need a lot of work, but I got some washi tape designs out. I kind of wanted just like a more simple design. In the past, I've done designs that were a bit more not intricate, but they're like, they weren't just shapes. Like they had, I think I had a garden washi tape, and it was just gardening tools and the clouds and stuff like that. But I kind of really like the ones that are really simple and it's just more of like a symbol or a motif and something like that. So I think it would be cool if I had one that was more fun with like a caterpillar, some rocks, and clovers, and then this one will be like a star one. And then for the post-it notes, I'm really liking this one. This is just like a giant rock, and this is the part that you can write on. And then on the side, it's just clovers and grass and like little decorative foliage. Besides that, I really like this flower one and this bow tie one. And for the sticker sheets, I don't really know exactly what it's going to look like. I have some sketches of like, oh maybe one is like a calendar. So like little calendar stickers with like all the numbers. And then like one with the months of the year, and like little important bookmark stickers that you can put in your journal. And then one that's purely just illustrations on it I think will be fun. And if I have the bandwidth, a numbers and letters sticker sheet. I'm gonna eventually ask my patrons what they think and have them vote on these. And then I'm gonna work on, I guess like finalizing the products. But that'll be in a later video. My cat is chilling right here. Oh. It's like she can just like sense your presence, like you watching her. Good morning. My voice is a little weird today. But I didn't realize the stickers were also gonna show up so early. I'm kinda scared. Okay. Slight, slight differences to what I was expecting. Am I mad about it? Not really. I think they're still really cute. I think I ordered these stickers a tiny bit too big. You know how I wanted them to be like really, really small stickers? They're still very small. But they're not as small as I anticipated them to be. I think I wanted them to be like half this size, but you know this is still really cute. But yeah, these are transparent stickers so when you like put them over other stuff it'll be transparent. This is like 6x5. That's like 30 stickers on one sheet. Percy's here to explore. She loves it when I'm opening things. And also for this one, I definitely expected the heart to be like a silver mirror. I'm not mad at the pink. Honestly, after I ordered it in silver, I think I kinda regretted it because the pink looks so cute. But it's also giving Valentine's Day. It'll be Valentine's Day in November. Anyways, if you want to get these, these are November's Patreon rewards. I would definitely cop this one because I don't do this often. And this is essentially 30 stickers. Right? They should go check out Patreon for the stickers. Anyways, I'm gonna cut the vlog here so that I can continue resting. And if you haven't, please subscribe. Stay tuned because I wanna make more stationary stuff. And you can see the progress of all of that if you stick around. So... Bye! Percy! Say bye!