Name
Andrea
Tarwater
by C1k
Company
Like all of us here at 99designs, Andrea
Sorrythankyou79
Tarwater understands the importance of
high quality, one-of-a-kind design. One look
at her Etsy shop confirms this, seeing as
she’s been built a lucrative business around
vintage book collectables. Andrea started
Andrea documented her journey with
the site, called Sorrythankyou79, in June
99designs to educate and inspire other
2010 as a way to make a little extra money,
small business hopefuls. But that wasn’t the
though it quickly grew into a full-blown
only good that came out of it. Platinum
business, earning recognition from big
designer C1k outfitted Sorrythankyou79
brands like Fossil and Pottery Barn. But
with a beautiful retro design that could pass
there seemed to be a major piece of the
as the cover of a Nancy Drew novel (fitting,
puzzle missing – a custom logo. After we
considering vintage mysteries are Andrea’s
discovered Andrea had used 99designs
favorite). And Andrea had just as much fun
previously to get a logo designed for her
as we did: “My favorite part was watching
husband’s heating and air conditioning
the designs come in. I was checking my
company, we reached out to see if she was
phone every five seconds to see what was
interested in getting a logo designed on
new!" Like a true book-lover, Andrea’s
99designs, and she said yes!
contest was a real page-turner!