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Art by Alyssa Hand Painted Patriots Ornament - $10 (Beverly)
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My name is Alyssa, pronounced uh-LEE-suh. I started Art by Alyssa in 2010 on the North Shore of Massachusetts. After graduating with a degree in illustration from Montserrat College of Art in 2007, I managed a stationery gift shop in Hamilton, MA. The owner of the shop encouraged me to hang my paintings for sale, which was unknowingly the catalyst of my company. Having worked in small brick-and-mortar gift shops from the age of 16, I gained a natural interest in gift products and began experimenting with reproducing my oil paintings on different items that I could sell. Starting with cards, prints and calendars, I began selling my products at work as well as attending local craft fairs. Customers were enjoying what I was creating and before I knew it, I was busy working every second that I wasn’t running the shop, trying to keep up with the demand. By January of 2011, I made the decision to leave my day job and pursue Art by Alyssa full time, and have been doing so ever since.