The Humans Behind Our Transactions

The Humans Behind Our Transactions

Every since I was small, among all the many things, I loved two in particular:

1. Writing letters
2. Personalized things

I value uniqueness and the distinctiveness of humans. Even though my name is in the 99th percentile, (meaning that nearly 0% of all the first names are more common), I have always loved it. Whenever I meet another, I feel a kinship. Since I love my name, I've loved it on basically anything. I've had some version of it on many items: Notebooks, clothing, jewelry. Someone even once had straws in my name.

I have always loved to write letters. I love the whole process. The supplies, the meditative experience of slowing down, producing words and dedicating to them to a person is highly rewarding.

Letter-writing is personal business. I want to know who the person is behind the purchase so I can dedicate each item to fit you as uniquely as I can so you might feel some contact, directed at and designed specifically for you. To feel like it's being received by a real person and not just going out to the abyss. Isn't that what we all want? To make contact amidst the abyss? :)

When I write letters to people, I don't want it to be just another mass-produced mail subscription or copy of a thing. I want it to feel like it's from a real human and that it was made for you specifically. To say "I'm here and so are you." So I care about your name just as much. Receiving mail meant for us is such a joy and a dying art I am determined to keep alive in whatever way I can.

Human connection is a basic need and my shop is a mutually beneficial symbiosis. All human interaction is personal. By sharing parts of ourselves, at least for a short moment in time, I hope to produce something that makes contact in a way that supersedes the transaction, to remind us both of our shared humanity.