I was laid off from my job in 2010. My husband encouraged me to take some classes, and I decided to do a letterpress class with Ms. Rachelle Chuang. A friend and wedding coordinator asked me to print out some wedding invitations, and she continued asking me to work with her, and soon my work was being referred, and so I decided to start Felix Rhys Paperie, named after my son with whom I was pregnant with when I started letterpressing.