What if your Procreate art didn’t get stuck… as Procreate art?
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This tool I made turns your drawings into fully editable vector files in just a few clicks.
Meaning:
you can change colors, resize infinitely, and prep for products WAY easier.
I wish I had this years ago.
This is the exact tool I built for my own team, and now it’s inside Make Your Art.
Now I can take my artwork, click a button, and suddenly:
 - colors are editable
 - elements are separated
 - it’s ready for products
No complicated software.
Comment “HAPPY” and I’ll send you more info ✨
Mary Shelley wrote Frankenstein when she was 18. Nineteen when she finished it. She didn’t wait until she was ready.
I think about that a lot when artists tell me they’re waiting — for the right skills, the right moment, the right audience.
The fearless move is always the next one. Not the perfect one.
Big news! My book The Artist’s Side Hustle is available for preorder.
Preorder today and unlock these bonuses:
🗓️ The Five-Hour Framework Planner: Create your first weekly plan for working on your art business
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🔢 Pricing Calculator Bundle: Know exactly what to charge for your art with plug-and-play tools
Bonuses vanish Nov 17, grab your copy today!
Preorder link in bio or comment BONUS and we’ll DM you the link.
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I used to think there would be a moment where I finally felt like a “real artist.”
Maybe a big company would license my work.
Maybe a store would place a giant order.
Maybe someone important would tap me on the shoulder and say, “Congratulations, Stacie. You may now stop questioning every decision you make.”
Shockingly, that did not happen.
What actually happened was much less glamorous.
I kept going.
I made the art.
I listed the thing.
I sent the email.
I tried the product.
I heard no.
I tried again.
I made a sale.
I had a flop.
I learned what people responded to.
I slowly became harder to knock over.
And somewhere in all of that, the business started to take root.
Not overnight.
Not magically.
Not because I had perfect confidence.
Because I kept showing up in the quiet part.
That’s the part I wish more artists knew how to stay through.
And it’s a big reason I wrote The Artist’s Side Hustle - for the artist who is building in the margins and needs a real path forward.
Not a pep talk.
A path.
Comment LINK and I’ll send you the free book offer. You just cover shipping.
BUSINESS BIRTHDAY! 17 years ago, Stacie Bloomfield, our founder and creator, started Gingiber. This is her story.
“I like to share this story every year. I hope it encourages you: When I started Gingiber 17 years ago, my husband was a grad student. My daughter was only a few months old, & I was working as a coffee shop manager.
I drew some animals for my kid’s nursery, then I got really brave and decided to put them on Etsy. I purchased a $600 archival printer. It was a huge amount of $ for our family. I was terrified, but we gathered up enough money to make it happen.
That printer made thousands of art prints, & those prints led to landing licensing deals with Moda Fabrics, Crate & Kids, West Elm, & dozens of other brands. I’ve sold my work at craft & trade shows, illustrated books, & wholesaled my products.
What would have happened 13 years ago if I hadn’t taken those risks? What if I hadn’t spent the money on a printer?
What if I hadn’t pitched my artwork to my dream company, even though my portfolio wasn’t “perfect” yet?
Bet on yourself. You can create a career from your art. AND if you work strategically, you can take your artwork & leverage it into several income streams, which creates stability in your business. Your artwork can go further than you realize.”
Please join us in celebrating and wish Stacie a Happy 17th Gingiber-versary! 🎉
I was able to retire my momma from work! For almost 20 years, I’ve had a goal:
Not the kind I talked about in business plans.
Not the kind I put on a vision board with sparkly stickers.
A quieter one.
I wanted to be able to help my mom stop working.
My mom turns 75 this year.
For the last almost 20 years, she has supported herself. No college degree. No long professional resume. No big cushion underneath her.
She had been a stay-at-home mom my whole life.
And then life changed.
Life thrust her into a position where she had to figure out how to take care of herself.
So she did.
She worked hard.
Backbreaking hours in a preschool.
On her feet. Pouring herself into little kids. Coming home exhausted. Doing what needed to be done because that is what she had to do.
My sister and I always knew there would come a day when she could not keep doing it forever.
And tucked inside all the messy years of building my creative business was this one hope:
Someday, I want to be able to help her rest.
This past year, after years of building Gingiber, writing a book, teaching artists, making products, licensing artwork, and proving to myself over and over again that creativity can build a real life...
I was able to start financially supporting my mom enough that she could quit her job.
And I do not have words big enough for what that has meant.
She is like a new person.
Lighter.
Softer.
Rested.
More herself.
And watching her step out of survival mode has been one of the greatest blessings of my life.
I am sharing this with her permission.
And I am sharing it because sometimes we talk about creative businesses like they are only about sales, followers, launches, revenue goals, products, licensing deals, and spreadsheets.
And yes, those things matter.
But sometimes a creative business becomes the thing that changes the story for your family.
Sometimes it becomes the thing that lets your mom rest.
Sometimes it becomes the thing that makes a 20-year prayer real.
I will never get over that.
And I will never stop believing that art and creativity can become something so much bigger than we first imagined.
Not because it is easy.
But because it matters.
Most artists think the goal is to make better art.
But this old photo reminds me that the real shift happens when you learn what to DO with the art after you make it.
This was one of my early fabric lines for Moda. And when I look at this quilt now, I do not just see cute chickens, little houses, and a much younger version of me smiling like I had slept 9 full hours.
I see a bigger lesson.
One piece of art does not have to stay one piece of art.
It can become fabric. A tea towel. A card. A calendar. A licensing pitch. A wholesale line. A product collection. A reason for someone to find you, follow you, buy from you, and remember your name.
But most artists are stuck in the “make more art” loop.
Make the art.
Post the art.
Hope someone notices.
Feel discouraged.
Start over.
That is exhausting.
What changed my business was not just making prettier art.
It was learning how to build a system around the art I was already making.
A system for choosing what to create.
A system for turning one idea into multiple offers.
A system for sharing the work in a way people understand.
A system for building income from the same creative spark instead of constantly starting from zero.
That is how a sketch becomes a product line.
That is how a product line becomes wholesale orders.
That is how wholesale turns into licensing conversations.
That is how your art starts working harder without you needing to become a content machine.
If you are an artist with work sitting on your iPad, in your sketchbook, in your camera roll, or half-finished in your studio, I want you to hear me:
You may not need more ideas.
You may need a better system.
Comment SYSTEM and I’ll send you my free guide to help you start turning your art into something more profitable, repeatable, and real.
Here's the thing nobody warns you about...
The scariest kind of burnout doesn't show up when you're failing.
It shows up when you're "succeeding."
When the business is humming. When the accolades are rolling in. When the thing you built is finally working, and you quietly realize it might not be the thing you want to do anymore.
I sat down with @twocrankycreatives and we got into it. The existential weirdness of outgrowing your own dream. The low-key horror of becoming a prisoner of your own progress. What happens to play when every creative act gets tied to output, profit, or performance.
Planning your second (or third!) creative act isn't a failure of your first one.
It's the most honest thing you can do.
If you've been feeling cranky and conflicted about a dream that doesn't quite fit anymore, this episode will feel like a deep exhale.
🎧 Want the link?
Comment the word "CRANKY" and I'll send the episode link straight to your inbox. 🤍
Comment SYSTEM if you want to learn what is working at Gingiber, the product brand I founded, right now:
PRODUCT
Bundling.
It’s increasing our average order value, so we’re putting it front and center—on our site, in ads, and in emails.
MARKETING
More emails.
Simple, but true.
On days we send → $2–3K
On days we don’t → about half that
The shift?
Repetition + better segmentation
(not emailing everyone every time)
LICENSING
More pitching.
It’s still hit or miss… so we’re playing the volume game again.
Nothing groundbreaking.
Just doubling down on what’s already working.
We sell direct to customers online. We wholesale. We license. And we keep scaling.
Comment SYSTEM to learn about the daily rhythm you can apply to your own self made creative business.
