Going to see The Eras Tour in Indianapolis this weekend? Might as well go do some shopping! 🛍️
Here are my two favorite Indianapolis women owned small businesses! And if you’re going to the Indiana state museum you might also find my stuff in the gift shop!
Remember to shop local! These businesses are community members and by supporting them you support the community that opened their bracelet stacked arms for you. Eras weekends are so hectic for the host cities but the tour brings such a beneficial economic boost. The best way to say thank you to these cities and communities is by shopping small and shopping local!
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Staaaaaahhhp. Buying from Temu and Shein and all these places hurts artists, hurts small businesses, hurts our economy, and hurts you.
And also I’m so tired of talking about them 😂
But seriously it feels like every day I’m seeing one of my peers have their designs stolen. I usually just don’t look and have knowledge that my stuff is out there without my consent and just live with it. But then I remember I owe the IRS the same amount I sold my car for and that I work a full time job and run my business full time and the rent is too darn high and I need a job to have healthcare that won’t cover my medicine and all the other exciting things about living in a post capitalist hellscape. And then I see so many shops I follow that are closing or having to go from a brick and mortar to online only or that can’t order as much as they like. Our buying decisions have actual effects on our communities. And to continue shopping on these sites is being willingly complicit to the damage they have on our economy. We can blame politicians for the economy all we want but a lot of it has to do with our choices as consumers. So stop buying cheap junk from these sites and go out and support small businesses in your community.
And shameless plug, go to my website and buy yourself some little treats 🛍️
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I’m sooooooooooooooooo done with Etsy. So so so done. Problem is, 70% of my revenue comes from Etsy. It’s great that it has a built in audience and I’m so close to reaching 30k sales on Etsy but I just can’t anymore. I understand the risk I take with the Taylor stuff which is why I’ve been introducing new designs that aren’t related to existing intellectual property. Or so I thought. It never even crossed my mind to see if “tell your dog I said hi” was trademarked because like if you’re a dog lover and you know people with awesome dogs and you probably like your friend’s dog more than your friend, saying “tell your dog I said hi” is so generic and benign.
Long story short, I just don’t even feel safe having anything on Etsy. It’s like an easy button for people trolling for designs to copy or listings to report for frivolous trademarks. Like I’d never have a use for it but apparently “boy mom” is trademarked? Which I think speaks volumes about the trademark system in the US that these benign everyday things can be trademarked.
Also, I went to get my brand name, MangoIllustrated, trademarked and my approval success is low because Illustrated is too common of a word and is generally ignored and that just leaves Mango which is already within a lot of trademarked names.
So that’s fun.
Anyways, please please please, if you like my products and the work I do, of course please shop my website, but also please sign up for the rewards system on my website and send referrals to everyone you know. If anyone purchases something with your referral link, they get $10 off and you get a $10 off coupon (cart subtotal must equal $10 after discounts and before shipping and taxes). Sharing on socials also gets you points and 100 points equals $1 off so if you accumulate 1300 points, that’s $13 off an order.
I love you all, I do not love Etsy, my website is prettier, prices are lower and international shipping is lower too!
Please please please spr
The people have spoken and I’m raffling the shirt from sticker mule with my annotations on the owner’s email on it.
$1 = 1 entry. Venmo is @ katiejeanvalentine (no space between @ and k just don’t want to accidentally tag someone) https://venmo.com/u/KatieJeanValentine
All money raised (except the shipping unless I miscalculated the stamp price and then the overage will be added) will go directly to Kamala Harris’ campaign.
If you want a Make Taylor Swift proud vote friendship bracelet sticker, add 65 cents. If you want multiple stickers, you only have to add the 65 cents once (so if you want 5 entries and 5 stickers it would be $5.65).
For shipping outside of the US, add $2.
Stickers will be sent with stamps to support the USPS which trump likes to hire people to gut it and make postal services private which is not cool.
I’m still waiting on more stickers from other vendors but currently I’m sitting on like 800 of these stickers from all the vendors I’ve received my orders from so far.
Raffle will run through Monday, August 5th!
If you chose to get stickers, DM me a screenshot of the Venmo transaction with your address.
I have my Venmo transactions set to private so people can’t see who I send to or receive from so rest assured your identity is private if you choose to enter the raffle.
Let me know if you have any questions!
Thank you in advance 🫶
Also thank you @stickermule for selling a tshirt at a loss that will now be used to raise money to make sure Trump stays out of office!
I guess I probably also need to add that this isn’t sponsored by, affiliated with, or have anything to do with Instagram or Meta.
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Before I ask stickermule to delete all my account info, I figured I’d take them up on their $4 tshirt offer. Hope they like it!
Back in September I wanted to find a new sticker manufacturer but because of a whole range of factors, I stuck with stickermule because their prices and shipping times worked for me with stuff I had coming up. But then yesterday they sent me a text and today they sent me an email and the fact that they’re tripling down on this delusional woe is me stance that being a trump supporter is terrifying just sent me spiraling. I spent last night ordering samples from different manufacturers, and this time I’m doing it with more intention since last time I was just ordering in a hurry and so of course I didn’t like how my designs turned out. And today when they announced this $4 tshirt, I decided to give stickermule that last $4 and ordered a tshirt of the email with some edits.
You DO NOT get to say being a trump supporter is terrifying. You DO NOT get to call yourself the victim of hate because you’re a trump supporter. Trump, his administration, and his supporters are the direct cause of the increase of hate and hate crimes since 2016. He, his administration, the lawmakers on federal state and local levels who support him, and judges he appointed are the direct cause of dangerous laws and bans that make everyday life more terrifying for Americans. It is because of those people that women and people with uteruses cannot get the care they need and cannot make decisions for their own life and body without the risk of criminal prosecution. It is because of these people that trans people cannot get the care they need to live their lives authentically and safely. It is because of these people that BIPOC still face racism, economic inequality, and barriers to education and housing and employment and healthcare and so much more. It is because of these people that billionaires and corporations wealth grew immensely during the pandemic and yet o
Meet me at the polls.
New stickers available now!
Thought it was fairly timely since the debate last week was a debacle and the Supreme Court is unhinged.
Notice they’re all blue 👀🤭
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Spend the day with me as a small business owner and artist who also has a full time day job. Spoiler alert, my dogs are always the stars of the show ✨
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Got my Florida!!! shirt in the mail and I am OBSESSED! Get yours at MangoIllustrated.com
But let’s be real… this video isn’t about the shirt. It’s about Mango and Kiwi 😂 and my awkward attempts at modeling a shirt in a video. I’m good at drawing not modeling so I’ll just give myself a gold star ⭐️ for trying
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I AM SO PRODUCTIVE!!!
Honestly I feel like I’m not productive at all and that I’m half-assing everything because I never have enough time to do everything I need to do to grow my business to the level it’s wanting to reach and can reach and I feel like I’m holding it back. But then I remember I really do a lot and that’s amazing in and of itself. I illustrate and letter all of my designs myself, I print out my art prints and cards, fold and package the cards, package the notepads and keychains and pins, pack and ship all my shop and wholesale orders, take my own product photos, built and maintain my website, do customer service, do admin stuff, do my own social media, take my fur babies on walks, and work a full time day job. And manage to rewatch the office on a minimum 12x a year basis and keep a plant alive! I do not however do my own bookkeeping because I have no brain cells left after everything else.
And like I’m a normal person not Taylor Swift so what I’m doing is enough. Like I’ve kept a plant alive for over a year, I can basically do anything and everything.
#iamsoproductive #icandoitwithabrokenheart #ttpd #ttpdtheanthology #ttpdtaylorswift #tsttpd #thetorturedpoetsdepartment #smallbizlife #smallbizstuff #womanowned #femaleownedbusiness #womenownedbusiness #fairewholesale #stickershop #stationerydesigner #greetingcarddesigner #taylorswift #taylorswiftedit #icryalotbutiamsoproductive #swifties #swiftie
Kiwi decided that she would help herself to my inventory and take a notepad to use as a chew toy. Good luck paying me back on your zero dollars a year salary plus benefits babe
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(In case anyone has concerns about her collar, she barks at every single sound in our apartment so its a bark collar that we keep on the single beep setting as part of training her to not be so reactive. I’d never do anything to harm my babies)
Let’s box up this order together! Tons of notepads, pens, and greeting cards 🤩
I have a feeling there’s gonna be a few happy gift recipients
#packingorders #explorepage #onlineshopping #smallbusiness #stationeryshop #shoplocal #shopsmall #etsy #supportsmallbusiness #etsyshop #giftideas #etsyseller #smallbusinessowner #ordernow #packaging #stationerylover #stationerydesign #stationeryfinds #stationeryhaul #taylorswift #swifties #swiftie #swiftietag #behindthescenes
It’s the end of March and stuff for my TTPD launch is arriving so it’s time to bring the Midnights chapter to a close in a very on brand true ADHD Katie way by listing stuff I’ve had sitting around for OVER A YEAR. It’s me. I am the problem. Like I still have so many stickers and other things, some of which I’ve had since like February 2023 that I haven’t listed.
Show of hands, anybody want to intern at MangoIllustrated. We do not offer college credit, we cannot give you any sort of pay, but it is a really fun work environment. Anybody? (If you know you know)
Also the Midnights chapter is never coming to a close because I will forever be a Midnights girly. I will be singing anti-hero and mastermind to my dying day
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