NEW SHOP {coming late March}

If you follow me on Instagram (@koriclark), then you probably aren’t surprised by this announcement, as I have mentioned it there a few times…. but I have a new shop I am opening at the end of March! To be real with you all, I have done a lot of “soul searching” over the last year about the direction I would like to be moving in. We are all moving constantly, changing, evolving, and hopefully moving our lives in a positive, forward motion and trying to line ourselves up to be as successful in life as we can. I don’t mean the success measured in a bank account, I mean the success measured in the quality and joy of life. My passion is art and it’s something I do in my free “me” time whether I get paid or not. I love paper. I love stationery. I love celebrations and parties. All of these things came together seamlessly to create Paper & Pigtails. It’s been a true blessing and brought joy to my life in so many ways I couldn’t have ever anticipated. Over a year ago I began researching getting into a “printed line” of stationery products to expand my printable business. It was fun, and very enlightening. I learned something y’all…I learned it’s not really for me. And that’s ok. Maybe things will be different one day, but for now, it just didn’t line up with my priorities, loves, and brand. You see, my favorite part of my career is in actually creating artwork, the digital and hand illustrations. Straight out of college I worked for a company that created large format graphics for RVs, and I would spend days drawing bears, cougars, mountains, and covered bridges that would later be plastered across the back of some RVs on the road (you may have even passed some of them over the years!). I think this is when my love of illustration really sunk in…you see we also had to draw all of those swirls, swooshes, etc that you see on the sides. I found myself always rushing through the swooshes so I could draw more cougars and mountains. This is why I adore creating printables so much, I really get to focus on the “meat” of what I love. Sometime last fall as I was looking at a font designers site, I realized I wanted something like that…but for graphics. A place to sell my digital and hand illustrations. You see, even thought it’s MY favorite part…it isn’t that way for everyone. Some designers really love the page layout aspect of stationery, some love combining colors, fonts, and graphics in unique way, and some simply love the production and packaging part of it all. To me it makes sense that I should focus on what I REALLY LOVE and let others focus on what THEY REALLY LOVE! It also opens up my designs to be used by other creatives in digital scrapbooking, stationery, blog and web design, and even photography story boards and cards. There are plenty of Clip-Art sites out there, and I am working hard so that this is something a little different…more of a boutique style illustration and graphic site. Paper & Pigtails will remain the blog and the printable side of the business, but the new graphics shop will be Kori Clark  {koriclark.com}. It is still “under construction” and I have a lot of work to do to finish it. This may mean that you see a little less of me in other places, or the printables shop may be on vacation a little bit more over the next month and a half until it’s wrapped up, but it’s a labor of love…which honestly doesn’t feel much like labor at all!

To leave you with a little sneak peek…I want to share the branding board of the new site. I will give you little sneak peeks of parts of it as it comes together, but I have to tell you…I am absolutely nervous to the core to spend so much time and investment on expanding my business and at the same time I am elated to be following through on a dream and passion to bring my business somewhere that fits perfectly into my life and loves. Alright guys… heart on my sleeve.