About Us

Originally from Lyme, NH, Jill grew up hanging out in her family’s hardware store. The store was a hub for the Lyme community replete with electrical and plumbing supplies as well as an old fashioned lunch counter. Customers could plop down onto spinning red barstools and enjoy a cup of coffee or breakfast while having a quick chat with neighbors before work. Jill’s grandmother was a kindred creative person who baked fresh pies daily for customers to enjoy (she made a darned good pie). Her grandfather was a through-and-through entrepreneur. Values of honestly and hard work were engrained in Jill from a young age. She graduated Hanover High School in 1992, played varsity basketball all four years of high school and participated in track and field in the spring. She attended the University of Vermont as a Diatetics major and In her 20s she worked in the Upper Valley at places like Duke’s Art & Frame supplies, Lou’s Restaurant & Bakery and Patrick Henry’s Restaurant.

After 3.5 years at the University of Vermont Jill pivoted and moved to Portland, OR where she stayed for 7+ years. This was an adventure of a lifetime, initially knowing no-one, and coming to love Portland down to the marrow of her bones. She worked as a hostess at Jake’s in downtown Portland and then as a managing supervisor at Red Star Tavern and Roast House under Michelin Star winning Executive Chef Mauro Pando. She was accepted to the Pacific Northwest College of Art and graduated Magna Cum Laude with a focus in oil painting in 2003. It is at PNCA as well as the Oregon College of Art and Craft that she learned sculpting, printmaking, photography and graphic arts as well as fabric dyeing and printing. Her first employment upon graduating was with Michael Curry Designs in Scappoose, Oregon where she worked as an artist to create and repair puppets such as those featured in the Lion King on Broadway and the Opening Olympic Ceremonies in Atlanta, Georgia.

As a new mom Jill returned to NH after an unexpected death in the family. For several years she was a dedicated at-home mom and at-home creative baker and hobbyist. Eventually she returned to work creating her own screen printing business “from scratch.”

Jill is married with two sons and lives and works in what was once her grandparents home in Lyme. She enjoys animals, road and mountain biking, pilates and perennial gardening.

While working with the staple t-shirt, Jill brings a wealth capability and experience to every project.