My name is Austin Gleason, but most people know me as AG (that’s a story for another time). I’m the owner and designer of Tipsy Threads, a brand born from creativity, change, and a leap of faith.

I graduated from The University of Alabama in 2020, and like many graduates at the time, my path was anything but traditional. I went from waiting tables in Tuscaloosa to selling clothing in Athens, Georgia from August 2020 to May 2022. Eventually, I moved to Fairhope, Alabama to help open that company’s fourth store—where I unexpectedly fell in love with fashion and the creative process behind it.

While I loved the industry, I reached a point where I wasn’t happy with my life or where I was headed. Everything changed after buying a hat in Turks & Caicos and realizing I could make something better—something more me. That spark turned into Tipsy Threads.

I moved back home to my parents’ second house on Lake Martin, sewing hats on the couch and selling just a few at a time. What started as a creative outlet quickly turned into a brand, and that passion project has grown into what Tipsy Threads is today.

I’m excited to keep sharing this journey and creating pieces that are fun, thoughtful, and made with intention.

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Jennifer L. Scott is the New York Times bestselling author of Lessons from Madame Chic, At Home with Madame Chic and Polish Your Poise with Madame Chic, Mademoiselle Chic, and Connoisseur Kids. She is also the creator of the YouTube channel, The Daily Connoisseur, where she explores the fine art of living. Jennifer has been featured on CNN, BBC, CBS News, and in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Epoch Times, Vanity Fair, USA Today, Newsweek, and The Daily Mail. She and her family live in Southern California and the English countryside. Her latest book, The Daily Connoisseur’s Guide to Living Well at Home is out now.

Learn more at www.jenniferlscott.com

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Blue Canary Canvas is a needlepoint product and canvas design company, focused on innovating stitchable products for needlepointers, carrying exclusive canvases, and offering unique accessories. Home of theNDLPThat™ and theNDLPTbag™, Blue Canary offers a stitcher the ability to start a needlepoint project with a beautiful end product, and let the stitching make it one of a kind.

What started as a brand new account on Instagram in October 2023 with zero social media presence, became in two years a headquarters for stitchable products and innovative self finishing ideas with 16,000 followers and over a million views. A self-described impatient needlepointer, owner and designer Sheila Salvitti couldn’t understand why people were willing to wait 6, 9, even 12 months for a project to come back from a finisher, so she created her own finished products, but made them stitchable and easily accessible for stitchers of all levels.

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