Apparently one full-time creative career wasn’t enough.
In 2022, I launched Bug & Bird as a side hustle—a kids hat and apparel brand that I built from the ground up. I wore every hat, literally and figuratively. I designed every detail of each item, created one-of-a-kind patterns, designed and built the website, created all the social media content, managed manufacturing communications, packed and shipped every order, and handled all the less-glamorous stuff that comes with turning an idea into an actual business.
Bug & Bird gave me the chance to take everything I knew about product development, design, and brand building and put it to the ultimate test: building a brand of my own.
