sherletters

I shared meaningful words through hand lettering on Instagram and did freelance work in hand lettering and graphic design.

For about 4 years, I hand lettered under the brand, sherletters. What started out as a simple post to Instagram turned into a full side hustle that allowed me to grow and learn so much about what it means to create opportunities for myself.

Timeline: 2016 - 2019 (4 years)
Role: Hand lettering artist, freelancer

key accomplishments

I learned to be ambitious and fell in love with the power of words

sherletters gave me the creative outlet to share words that were encouraging and thought provoking. It also taught me to create my own opportunities and be ambitious for my own personal growth.

Accomplishments in numbers

• Built a community of 2000+ from around the world on Instagram at its height
• Designed and released 4 sticker designs
• Sold 120+ stickers, earning 580% profit
• Taught a Skillshare class with over 14,000+ minutes watched and 460+ students
• Individually lettered and watercolored a total of 250+ name cards for 3 weddings
• Completed 8 orders of custom hand lettered wall prints

my takeaways

sherletters gave me so much

sherletters means so much to me because it gave me the platform to express myself creatively (yes, hand lettering is art!) and I was able to share so many words that inspired myself. The name "sherletters" may have originated from my name, but it really became a way for me to "share letters".

Words are powerful, and as I grew with sherletters, I started to use it as a platform to share my Asian American experience as well as to share all of the cool things I was learning in my Asian American Studies classes. I may not be posting regularly on sherletters anymore, but it's given me the foundation to continue being ambitious and to create my own opportunities!

samples of my work

Here are some of my favorite pieces and projects