09/04/2026
LET'S GET SOMETHING STRAIGHT & CLEAR IT UP ๐๐ also, it's gonna be long, I already know it. BUCKLE UP ๐
IโM STILL HERE and I have gone absolutely nowhere. [literally, still in my basement ๐]
Iโm still your tee girl.
Sticker girl.
โI need something funny to gift my friendโ girl.
Your sign, banner, notebook, candle, book, school-spirit, and โDo you think you could make this?โ girl.
And, of course, MY FAVORITE, your last minute girl. IYKYK. ๐
The truth is, social media and marketing suck the energy right out of me. And when they take my energy, they also take my creativity. which I can't have when Iโm quite literally in the business of being creative.
I have [extreme] ADHD. My brain never wants to stop learning, creating, hyper focusing, experimenting, or finding its next challenge. Because of that, it looks like I jump from project, product, idea, or even business [๐คhello, I'm a serial entrepreneur, nice to meet you ๐ค] to the next.
And honestly, it looks like I do, because.. I DO ๐
But it isnโt because Iโm trying to chase every possible dollar or take advantage of anyone. LBVS, neither of those things are true.
Itโs because creating new things feeds my brain. Learning new equipment excites me. Solving a customerโs oddly specific problem makes my day. And sometimes I genuinely need to follow an idea just to find out where it might lead.
I canโt make fake, perfectly polished posts just to please an algorithm. I canโt blast customers with daily promotional texts or pretend to be someone Iโm not. I donโt know how to be anyone but myself and I'm not interested in pretending otherwise.
So, yes, Thread & Ink Co. [formerly B.B. Boutique] may look a little all over the place.
Because it kind of is.
There is one person behind the scenes, and that person is also a little all over the place (okay a lot all over the place) ๐ But every piece of it is GENUINE. Every new idea, product, project, and challenge comes from something I truly wanted to learn, make, or share.
Over the last several years, Iโve learned SO much about how my brain works. If you have any kind of neurodiversity, you already know that understanding your own brain is not an overnight experience. Iโve gone to therapy, worked toward becoming the best and healthiest version of myself, encouraged everyone else to go to therapy too, [seriously, everyone, go to therapy] and slowly figured out what kind of creative life actually works for me.
One of the biggest things Iโve learned is that I donโt need to force myself into one tiny, perfectly marketable box. I couldn't even if I tried.
I love making apparel.
I love designing stickers.
I love doing your kids' birthday shirts.
I love books, candles, signs, gifts, school spirit, and trying something Iโve never done before.
I love being the person you message when you need something funny, announcing a HUGE life event [this one always makes me feel so special to be trusted with secrets ๐ฅน] unusual, merch for your small business, customized, or finished by tomorrow. ๐
Thread & Ink Co. isnโt disappearing. โฌ
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Itโs growing, experimenting, learning, evolving, and occasionally wandering a side quest.
I won't post every day. I usually go quiet while Iโm creating behind the scenes. I'll randomly show up in your feed with something completely different from what I made or started today.
But Iโm still here. Still learning, creating, taking ideas and the best one yet, still your 'I wonder if Annie can make this' girl.
& still trying to figure out where a new mystery bruise came from.
Just make sure to email or text me because Facebook doesn't show my notifications 98% of the time. ๐คฃ
And I wouldnโt want to build this business, live my life, any other way. It's only taken me 35 years to figure this out ๐คช
Here's my favorite business partner and me, driving a U-haul from Kansas City because I plan to be a U-Haul driver at some point in my life also. ๐คฃ
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