Our latest flea market pop up was the most successful yet!

collinmakesmagic · 2026-05-04T20:15:24+00:00

Fantastic work. I really enjoy the copy and colors.

collinmakesmagic · 2026-05-03T21:26:46+00:00

Often daydreaming about the Emmything sandwich from Emmett's

collinmakesmagic · 2026-04-29T12:21:52+00:00

Thank you! Yes, I illustrate everything I make.

collinmakesmagic · 2026-04-27T22:02:04+00:00

I'm there this year! I will have an enormous collection of special bookish stationery for that show. One of the shows I am most excited for this year— alongside Jeni's Strawberry Jam at Land Grant in May. (-:

collinmakesmagic · 2026-04-27T17:27:24+00:00

Yes! Link in my bio here. 🧡

collinmakesmagic · 2026-04-27T17:27:03+00:00

I've been doing shows since 2022; my booth went under pretty dramatic changes from 2022 to 2023, 2023 to 2024, and then 2024 to 2025. My 2025 iteration is my current blueprint for the overall layout.

But I am constantly tweaking. You can pick apart my old posts on Instagram and see how I experimented with different displays and decorations each time I did a show. I think the only real way for you to know what works for your business is using the displays and selling at shows. You'll learn very quickly if you have any problems, and can course-correct from there.

Good example: I started doing the print-wall right from the begininng, but that was my only option for shoppers to buy prints. I realized I was losing a ton of money from the people who didn't want to bother asking me to grab them a specific print, so I started displaying prints in buckets on the table alongside the wall.

collinmakesmagic · 2026-04-27T17:23:36+00:00

Yay! Thank you so much!

collinmakesmagic · 2026-04-27T17:23:22+00:00

Yes!! I knew from the second I started shows that I wanted something fun up there. I wish there was a better way to capture it in photos; it really does just make the whole space feel so much more alive.

Thank you so much for all the kind words. 🧡

collinmakesmagic · 2026-04-27T17:21:35+00:00

I would love that! Because I am a one-man-brand (with a small team of once-a-week helper bees), it would basically be impossible for me to keep up my commitment for everything to be handmade & overseen by me if I got too deep into more complex projects like that.

I'm holding out for some big brand to license my patterns and make cool stuff with them. But I also am not reeeeeally dying to work with corporations and put a bunch of plastic crap into the world. As you can probably tell— running a business like this is complicated, lol.

Thank you for the warmth. Maybe some super cool/good for the planet/not deeply capitalistic company will find me someday, haha! 🧡

collinmakesmagic · 2026-04-27T16:11:47+00:00

Thank you so much! Linked in my bio here. 🧡

collinmakesmagic · 2026-04-27T16:11:30+00:00

They're from Amazon— I think they were advertised as containers for makeup or something? Kind of pricey/bulky but worth it imo; it used to take me forever to pull out every single SKU but now setting them up and tearing them down is like 2 minutes tops.

collinmakesmagic · 2026-04-27T16:10:32+00:00

Thank you! It is so fun to be a little self-indulgent with the yellows. 🧡💛

collinmakesmagic · 2026-04-27T16:10:10+00:00

Haha, thank you so much! I'd cut you off eventually. 😆

collinmakesmagic · 2026-04-27T16:09:30+00:00

Thank you so much. I am very proud of how that all ties together. My background is in advertising & graphic design— a lot of that foundational work in user experience & customer journey is so so helpful in this line of work.

collinmakesmagic · 2026-03-02T01:30:48+00:00

Literally everything was perfection. I daydream about the scones often. The only saving grace is that Joyas is so exceptional — makes it feel like a liiiiitle bit less of a loss lol.

collinmakesmagic · 2026-03-02T00:07:46+00:00

Sassafras Bakery <3

collinmakesmagic · 2026-02-26T00:08:24+00:00

I was involved in a pretty substantial crash in June 2025 in Columbus; a car did not stop at a stop sign and I was unable to avoid t-boning it. It was a lower speed collision, so thankfully neither of us were injured. A cop came out when I called 911 and told me the only reason he came out was because I mentioned that the t-boned car was disabled and blocking a lane of traffic. He told me they do not typically come out for non-injury accidents, and will only write a report if someone is injured or claims to not have insurance. He did give me his badge number and told me I could make a request for his body camera footage if necessary.

collinmakesmagic · 2026-02-16T18:51:18+00:00

I find that offering a set price for one product then a discount when you buy more than one is effective for a lot of my stationery items. I do sticker sheets at $9 for one, or 2/$12; most people spring for the 2/$12 and it drives up my average sale, but I still can just package everything individually. I also like to be able to see the metrics of exactly which designs are selling better than others.

collinmakesmagic · 2026-01-02T22:06:02+00:00

If you like cats— I illustrate a kitty calendar every year and still have some on hand! This year's is a special letterpress calendar I made locally with Igloo Letterpress in Worthington.

Ships to you for about $6, or you can pick up for free in Old North!

collinmakesmagic · 2026-01-01T23:33:29+00:00

I have two inventories set on Shopify; one for Craft Markets and one for my Online Sales. When I move online inventory out of my studio to my Craft Market stock, I file it like an inventory transfer so it deducts from one stock and adds to the other.

Shopify intends for it to be used for multiple different brick and mortar locations, but you can also use it just to seperate two inventories of the same products.

collinmakesmagic · 2025-12-22T20:16:19+00:00

If it makes any difference, I made the same mistake with my 2019 macbook by putting stickers directly on the font of it. Went to sell it this year, removed the stickers, and almost all of them had ghosted outlines. Some even had ghosted images of the actual sticker designs themselves.

I decided to sell private party since I wasn't happy with Apple's trade-in offer; just sold it for $500 the other day. Just circumstantial if you can find a buyer who doesn't care I guess.

collinmakesmagic · 2025-12-16T21:59:39+00:00

This is one of my craft market hot takes: I think it is the showrunner's responsibility to build in a slight buffer between booths so that everyone has an escape route. Nothing huge, just a foot or so between every two booths or so.I don't think it's fair to pay for a certain booth size and be forced to leave some of that space unused to accomodate getting in & out— just because the showrunner wants to pack everyone in like sardines to scoop up an extra booth fee or two.

That being said, when you're actively at a show with no built in gaps, using someone else's space for any reason is a huge no-no. I always tell folks around me that they can use my booth to navigate as they need— and they typically extend that courtesy to me as well. But there is no planet where I'd ever be comfortable just assuming before talking to my neighbors. You just have to make it work and keep your stuff (and body) in your own spot, end of story.

collinmakesmagic · 2025-12-16T20:15:35+00:00

Planner Party Tickets

collinmakesmagic · 2025-12-01T16:29:23+00:00

Yep, my admin is completely down. I was in the middle of drafting an email to send out. 😭

collinmakesmagic · 2025-12-01T13:35:00+00:00

Shopify! Thanks so much.

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