It’s time for another Meet & Greet, a blog feature that highlights one of our partners and gives you a closer look at the business and the people behind it! Today we’re putting the spotlight on Pink & Main, and the wonderful products that owner Michelle Currie is creating for us! Let’s learn a bit more about this brand that we love!
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Tell us your history, Michelle! How did Pink & Main begin and how did you get to where you are now?
I started Pink and Main in March of 2014 with a handful of clear stamps. I had done a variety of things in the papercrafting industry after leaving my 11 year career as a medical technologist in 2007. I owned a scrapbook store, sold premade scrapbook layouts online, and designed and sold digital cutting files. Stamping and cardmaking have been my favorite pastimes since the late nineties, so I emptied my savings account to manufacture my first stamp sets. It wasn’t long before we added more products to our line including dies, patterned paper pads, and more.
Today we have grown to have over 1000 items in our line! Though running a business comes with lots of hard work, late nights, weekends, and challenges, I love every minute of what I do each day. I feel grateful and blessed to be a part of this industry and have met some of the most wonderful and kind people.
Tell us a little about your team!
We have a small but mighty team! Taylor, Margaret, Ellie, Linda, and Denise (my mom) keep everything moving. They package products, pull and pack orders to ship, put our subscription kits together, run our small retail shop,and do other warehouse duties. I couldn’t do this without them and feel blessed each day I get to work with them. We work hard every day to bring you the best in papercrafting supplies, and love every minute of it!
What product in your shop best represents your brand?
We strive to have a little something for everyone, whether it be some lovely florals, whimsical and cute critters, or trending designs. The product that represents us best is our Monthly Subscription Kits. I put my heart and soul into designing and creating a beautifully coordinating kit of supplies each month at a great value to our customers. We pay attention to every detail to make sure when you open your kit you have a huge smile on your face.
What can we expect to see coming in 2022 that you are excited about?
Each month we release awesome goodies, and it’s hard to not get excited about them all! We just started to release our own line of 100lb. cardstock this year, and I am super excited to share that we will have matching ink pads coming soon! It may not be well known that it can take a year or more to research, source, develop, and manufacture new products, and this makes it very exciting when we are ready to share our work with the community!
If someone has never heard of Pink & Main before, what is the one takeaway you’d like to give them, aka your ‘elevator speech’ or mission statement!
Our saying is to ‘Live the creative life!’, and that can mean so many things. We each have our own thoughts, abilities, skills, and preferences that guide our lives. Here at Pink and Main we produce high quality papercrafting supplies to inspire the creativity inside you. We love to see what you are making with our products and how each project created has its own individual and unique look. We also hope that when you use one of our products, that it brings a smile to your face and joy to your heart.
Any Pink & Main secrets you’d like to share?
When I started Pink and Main I illustrated the first stamp sets for a couple of years and then began to work with a few artists for designs as well. Most of the stamps I illustrated were previously digital cutting files I sold for electronic cutting machines. Even though most of my first stamp designs have been retired, they are available elsewhere as cutting files!
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How fun to learn about Pink & Main’s beginnings and what we can expect to find from them this year! Don’t forget to follow Pink & Main at all of the links below so that you don’t miss out on any of their new products or amazing inspiration that they share with us! Now it’s your turn to “greet” our friends at Pink & Main! Leave them a comment on this post to let them know what Pink & Main products you use and love creating with!
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They have awesome embellishments….love Pink and Main!
The monthly kit subscription is awesome, I love all of pieces, such a great set of coordinating stamps, dies, embossing folder, stencil and goodies. It’s also packaged in a zipper pouch that holds everything together in between crafting sessions. This subscription has earn the delivery setting to automatic! Love the kit, so inspiring!!
I have never used any of your products, but hear wonderful things about them. Looking forward to your new items! I wish you many more years of creating and bringing new products to the market.
So many beautiful stamps and examples from this company!
Love this company so much! Best subscription box EVER and Michelle has the best Customer Service!
Love this story and all your beautiful products. How exciting that cardstock and coordinating inks are on the way.
These cards are lovely. I especially like the sunflowers.
Very inspiring! What cute cards!