03/09/2024
MMTM2024 Day 8 | My Brand
Tibbin Designs is pragmatically optimistic. I can be cheerful and will always try to look on the bright side of many situations (in spite of or maybe because of my chronic depression), but I also know when to pump the brakes and be realistic about a s**t scenario. It can’t always be sunshine and roses, but I sure as hell am gonna give it my best when appropriate. I like to think this translates into my work as well.
Tibbin Designs is approachably weird. Yeah, I’ve got some basic run-of-the-mill stuff in my catalog, but I can’t even begin to count how many times folks have been lured to my booth by the giant cicadas and just couldn’t stop themselves from giving those bugs a closer look. Or maybe it’s the snakes, or the scrying pendulum necklace, or a Halloween pin in April. My table certainly gives off a certain ✨energy✨, but that doesn’t stop me or my Booth Babe from welcoming our fellow Black Sheep with the warmth of an old friend.
Tibbin Designs is about seeking beauty in the unexpected. Celebrating bugs in all their glittering, creeping wonder; honoring death in pins and stickers not because it’s macabre but as a reminder to live life; combining simple or overlooked metal elements in complex and curious ways; even the choice to use brass because of how elegantly it patinas with age and how much abuse it can withstand—so much of what I do is in the pursuit of revealing beauty or kindness where it might otherwise be unseen, sometimes in ways that surprise and delight even me!
May this brand continue to be these and so much more as it marches on. 💕
