#2399 - TBT: Hand Lettered Wedding Invites Are Here to Stay
Side Hustle School
Chris Guillebeau
4.7 • 3.3K Ratings
🗓️ 27 July 2023
⏱️ 6 minutes
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In this week’s “Throwback Thursday / Where are they now?” segment, we hear from a retail associate who uses her calligraphy skill to start a side hustle offering hand-lettered wedding invitations.
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Side Hustle School features a new episode EVERY DAY, featuring detailed case studies of people who earn extra money without quitting their job. This year, the show includes free guided lessons and listener Q&A several days each week.
Show notes: SideHustleSchool.com
Email: team@sidehustleschool.com
Be on the show: SideHustleSchool.com/questions
Connect on Instagram: @193countries
Visit Chris's main site: ChrisGuillebeau.com
Read A Year of Mental Health: yearofmentalhealth.com
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| 0:00.0 | These hand-lettered wedding invites are here to stay. |
| 0:14.0 | Hey friends, hey listeners, what's up? Welcome to Side Usual School. |
| 0:18.0 | We're going to do a throwback Thursday episode today. It's also known as where they know. |
| 0:22.0 | When I first came up with this segment years ago, I liked both names and never really could decide. |
| 0:27.0 | It's mostly throwback Thursday, but from time to time I'm like, oh yeah, I was going to call it where they know. |
| 0:32.0 | Basically, same difference. We take an in-depth look at someone whose story has evolved since we first featured them. |
| 0:38.0 | Throughout the years we've had all kinds of different people, all kinds of different stories on the podcast. |
| 0:42.0 | It's nice to get a little update. Sometimes there's some transition or evolution. |
| 0:45.0 | Other times people are just continuing to grow their business and that's great too. |
| 0:50.0 | Let's see here. By the way, this is episode 2,399. |
| 0:55.0 | I just noticed that we are coming up on 2400. In fact, we are basically at 2400's door. |
| 1:00.0 | Thank you so much for being out there. By the way, whether you are new to the podcast or you've been listening for years, |
| 1:06.0 | just so awesome to be able to make this for you. In this segment, we heard last week from a reseller who specializes in retro electronics. |
| 1:14.0 | That was the retro reseller selling vintage game consoles and typewriters. |
| 1:19.0 | Today in our latest feature, we'll hear from a retail associate who used her calligraphy skill to start a side hustle offering hand-lettered wedding invitations. |
| 1:28.0 | Her name is Celia. Let's hear what's happened since that origin. And I'll be back at the end with a little quick wrap up. |
| 1:42.0 | Three years ago, I was just another retail associate shuffling between Isles. |
| 1:47.0 | Living for the joy of neatly stacked shelves and perfect price tags. At home though, I was something entirely different. |
| 1:53.0 | I was an artist. Armed with a set of calligraphy pens and blank papers, I created art with words. |
| 1:59.0 | Little did I know that this art of hand lettering would pave the way for an exciting side hustle. |
| 2:04.0 | The idea sparked when a colleague approached me to design her wedding invitations. Until then, my art was only seeing the pages of my sketchbook or adoring the walls of my apartment. |
| 2:13.0 | This was a chance to display my craft and I jumped at the opportunity. |
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