Love Through Letterpress

Market season is here with summer in full swing, and I’m reminded of my first market last year at at - I think the best compliment I received that weekend from a fellow vendor was that it didn’t seem like it was my first show! I am grateful for all those years of attending shows and working them for friends really prepared me for what was to come. Making my fixtures and thinking about all the little details was an amazing challenge and adventure. Thankful to wonderful friends for their constant support and help each time!

My next market will be later in August, details coming soon … and lots of fun new products debuting at that show! Hope you all are having a good Monday!

Thank you to all who entered our giveaway! The winners are and Please DM me to claim your prize!

And for all of those who did not win, you can use our special code to purchase one set and get another set half off - just visit www.bettyboba.com and use code LTLAAPI until the end of June when you check out with two boba sets. We hope you will enjoy your boba with a friend in ’s reusable boba tumbler and

Thanks all!

As a reminder, you have until 5pm PST TODAY, to enter our giveaway and win a boba set, a set of LTL cards, the Stop Hate With Love sticker and enamel pin, two gold foiled “place boba here” coasters from , and a Boba Kit from

We created this giveaway to celebrate our heritage, connect with others in this difficult time, and to thank YOU all of our followers old and new. And it is my joy to lift up fellow AAPI entrepreneurs and what they are creating! We can’t wait to see who wins these products we’ve made.

Hello All! Here is my long awaited announcement - An Instagram Giveaway! A few weeks ago I wanted to have a giveaway in honor of AAPI Heritage Month, but due to the heartbreaking events that occurred, my heart felt it wasn’t right to celebrate in the midst of so much grief and pain. Even now as we still grieve the loss of others lives, I wasn’t sure how to posture this. My hope is that this can bring life and joy to us even as we experience collective pain and sadness, to

I have partnered with another AAPI woman-owned business that pays homage to how our culture thrives with its delicious love of food and drink. Food binds our communities together - often being central to how we gather and the way that affection is shown. Food helps us to relate with one another and care for each other. Which is why I am beginning to create more cards that speak to this connection - the first one being my “Let’s Get Boba Together Soon” card. Grabbing a pearl milk tea with a friend is a way that we use food to connect with each other. I hope that with this giveaway that you will be able to connect with someone soon too.

With that, I am excited to introduce a new friend - Betty from ! Betty started her business to enjoy boba drinks in a more earth-friendly and stylish way with a beautifully designed all-glass jar, ceramic and silicone lid, and a pointed glass straw. Betty was kind enough to give away three of her boba sets, and with it, we will include my new Boba card, the Stop Hate with Love pin and sticker, and some coasters from our friends or a boba kit from ! Betty has also generously provided a discount code to buy one boba set and receive another one half off with code LTLAAPI on her website www.bettyboba.com, good through June 30th.

Here are the terms of the giveaway and how you can enter:

How to enter:
• (1 entry) Follow and (if you aren't already) and ❤️ this post, then tag at least 3 people that you would love to connect with soon!
• (1 entry) Repost this post on your story and tag so I get notified
• (3 entries) Sign up for my email newsletter and DM me a screenshot after you've signed up.

• That’s 5 possible entries! You have until Friday (6/10) 5PM PST to enter, and THREE lucky winners will be announced on Monday (6/13).

With all that has been going on in the last few weeks … this is the message in my heart more than ever. May we be able to push back these dark acts with the light of love … hope you are all doing okay out there. ❤️❤️❤️

I’m very into purples right now, and this beautiful sunset palette has got me totally 😍! Each of these purple products has a message to and remind them of who they were made to be. Sometimes we need a bit of reminding that we are loved beyond measure and that someone cares for us.

A little back story about the lavender enamel pin in particular - I was at a breakfast conference in Hawaii last year, and during the time a sweet lady passed out red paper hearts to all the people at the tables surrounding hers. On each heart she had written words in a beautifully simple script. My heart said “cherished” on it … and I was so touched to have been given that particular word. It was a reminder of the identity I sometimes forget. So when I set out to make pins, I wanted each of them to either affirm who we are, or to encourage us to take action to remind others of who they are.

I hope you’ll consider showing someone appreciation and love today with some kind words, a few-seconds-longer-than-normal hug, or even a texted display of affection. Keep giving of your heart, just like that dear sweet lady.
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These letterpressed mailer cards represent a new chapter of Love Through Letterpress … entering the wholesale game! Next week I will be attending as my debut show to the trade! I’m so excited and also can’t believe I’m here after two years of progress. Sometimes it felt like I was never going to get to this point … but I just knew I had to keep pushing despite the doubts in my mind. Here’s to all that the show may bring!

Thankful to all my business friends and colleagues for their collaboration, wisdom and support in all of it!

Ready for that life again! I’ve been off social media for a while, with the exception of the occasional creep on for a peek at how friends are doing, but mostly trying to stay off and find my creative rhythms again.

My whole family got waylaid back in January with post-holiday break Covid for all of us, quarantining us for almost 12 days … and I had a big flare up of my eczema too. What an interruption to our daily lives! After it was over I was so grateful just to connect with others again, see their smiles and hear their laughter in person. It really makes me thankful for the opportunities that we have to be in community together now.

I’m so grateful that postponed from early February to next week (3/12-3/13) to make sure cases were on the downturn. It’s going to be a fun event and I’d love to see you all there!

It kicks off on Saturday night from 5-10pm with fun mall type throwback portraits, friendship bracelet making, and on site t-shirt screen printing with our friend . Not to mention all the food and drinks you could want! Come on Sunday from 11am-4pm if you can’t make Saturday evening.

Featured here is a card from our Friendship category, which is for the person you know who always puts others before themselves and needs permission to think about the state of their own hearts for a little while. Do you know someone like that?

Well, grab your bestie and come out and see me! My friends will be manning the booth on Saturday night, but I’ll be there on Sunday! Can’t wait to connect soon! All the ❤️❤️❤️!

Here are some other friends that’ll be there:


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Come this weekend right in my very own backyard! I will be at the Santa Clara Convention Center on 11/26-11/28 for the San José Craft Holiday Fair with my dear and over 300 other makers and small businesses selling their products.

This indoor market by is FREE to attend and starts on Black Friday and continues through the weekend - there will be jewelry, leather goods, candles, chocolate and so much more to browse and shop! And be on the lookout as we will have a special holiday giveaway at the show as a thank you to all of our supporters new and old! Hope to see you there!

Friday, 11/26 12pm-6pm
Saturday, 11/27 11am-6pm
Sunday, 11/28, 11am-5pm