Here are my small business purchases from January, February and March 2026. I am a little behind (12 days) and I didn’t get every seller’s name this time around either. Silly me for thinking my early onset dementia will get better as the months of this waking nightmare continue! I did change backgrounds from the usual fluffy white shag carpet I’ve had for years, so these photos are hideously inconsistent, which I shall try to remedy next time. Anyway, let’s get to it!
All of my purchases from 2 days of Sprinkle Trinkle Town 5.0 in January. This was another fun event with my friends from out of town, with a very cute “maid cafe” theme and of course, trading cards from each artist and other businesses. I bought a lot each day to help with stamp rallies (3 successful, 1 unsuccessful because they ran out of the prize) and there were a handful of booths with stamps, so I stamped a stamp book I bought too lol. I was happy to buy from artists I didn’t get to see often in this area, plus made a purchase at Magic Heart and Lucky Bunny (the sponsor shops in the mall) which are in the top of the top photo, plus merch from previous Sprinkle Trinkle towns such as a trading card album. From this point on, I will try to list all artists with their main social media handle, usually instagram name, and if they changed their name, it’s in parentheses, and if they are on Etsy I will mention their shop name.
Day 1: Pemprika, Kuru131, yaois, daifei (_huiguorou)
Day 2: Milkinis, MochironStore, SailorHG, kaiami, rolilomi, mr_nkoll, knivesmeow (Radhia), Ekuboart (Erin), Tncts, goyangii, MeganWangArt, EJnoodles, thanksxsu
I also went to an Animeuwu market in January, which was at the same time as a promotion in Kpop Bestie and their kpop market, and also another retro game market in a different area in the mall. Sadly I don’t remember the artists for the Apothecary Diaries sticker sheet or the My Melody bracelet who were at the game market, if you see this, please let me know your names! The artist for the Oneus notepad and shaker charm is tomoonbackco. The artist for the Alucard print and pokemon stickers is cressacore_. Obviously the bottom 2 items are official Twice and Oneus albums I bought at Kpop Bestie, not a small business indie artist.
I preordered this southern United States lolita zine last year and I just got it in January, called Bonnets and Sweet Tea. The zine came with street snaps, recipes, reviews and interviews, plus a paper sewing pattern, a postcard and sticker. I will make an official review of this zine later!
Purchases from Daeyumi Arts on Etsy because I needed more Castlevania Alucard merch for my PC setup for winter. I also got a Dungeon Meshi sticker sheet because it was such a cute idea.
Purchases from Shimmering Willow on Etsy, gotta have a Castlevania Dracula gold foil acrylic charm! I also bought these sparkly Animal Crossing lolita stickers and a Vincent Valentine sticker.
I went back to Kpop bestie to see if I won a raffle for Twice (I didn’t), but I got this adorable bunny PC card holder from ribbunnz, a freebie heart ring, and some deco letter stickers and a pink phone charm for my Twice lightstick from TinyTaro_studios at another Kpop market.
I saw this artist randomly on my feed so went ahead and made a purchase from alicenpai on Instagram. Most of these are for my best friend who is into Metal Gear Solid lol, the Final Fantasy and OC stickers are for me.
I went back to buy Transformers merch from Godliath on Etsy, especially since they drew my blorbo Ramjet, and of course had to get Starscream sticker sheet to match the Seekers sheet. I also got a Orion and D-16 postcard and received a freebie Megop card to go with it!
Maobabie is a staple artist around here so of course I got some of their best and funniest sticker sheets to journal with, except I haven’t yet lol.
I ordered from Yurtboy on Etsy, because one cannot pass over a Steve Buscemi Starscream postcard, especially a sexy Christmas one. I did get a Starscream sticker and these freebie fellas came with him!
I made a huge order from snowii.arts who is an international Transformers artist and loves Starscream, see a theme here? Since shipping bulky items can be a pain, I just bought everything I could ever want, including three sticker sheets, 2 prints, a ceramic coaster of the Elite Trine seekers, a ticket glitter charm, a keychain charm of Steve Buscemi Starscream, a clear acrylic card of Megatron x Starscream (not sure what it’s for) and a Starscream rubber stamp that is also a mini standee! And a digital download of their zine. I looooove everything here, such a cute gummy art style and unique merch.
Last purchase of the month, I joined a new patreon/ko-fi monthly mail club, which has a cozy letter theme including prints, a tarot card and mini stickers from SouleArts on Etsy. I thought it was fun to get a letter (not personalized though) and a bunch of Transformers merch for my birthday while supporting a small artist.
Anyway, let me know if you want me to actually link the artist each time, or if you’re okay with searching their names on social media. I know the user-friendly action is linking each business so the viewer can just click one time to visit a site with minimal effort, but our brains are rotted and our muscles are weakened so actually, I’m making you work harder for your own health, you’re welcome. Stay tuned for more purchases in the second quarter! In the meantime, I am gracious and will link all of my previous purchase posts from now on as a footer.
Purchases History from Small Businesses and Indie Artists
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