Hello! I’m Bena (ben-na), a graphic designer, calligrapher, and all around crafty crafter.

My origin story started at a craft store where I was a teenage retail worker, endlessly organizing the disheveled bead aisle and getting yelled at because the garlands of fake leaves were no longer on sale. Besides all that fun, I loved using my employee discount to pour all my paychecks back into the store to buy craft supplies. My love of crafts led me into the world of art, and I studied studio art and graphic design in college.

I dreamed for years about opening my own shop and selling my designs while I did super important work at my former graphic design job like resize a million stock photos and create screensavers that no one ever saw. It took leaving that job, moving away from home, and wallowing around during a pandemic to persuade me to finally take a step towards my years-long daydream.

I opened my online shop with just one sticker for sale and it blossomed into more stickers, greeting cards, sticker sheets, seasonal items, and more.

The shop

Made by Bena is a sticker and paper goods small business based in Maryland. The highlight of running my shop is hearing from delighted customers who found so much joy in treating themselves or sending gifts to their loved ones. My handmade products are packaged with care with only eco-friendly paper-based packaging.

When you purchase from, follow, like, tell your friends and family about Made by Bena, you’re supporting a woman-/minority-/military spouse-owned small business!  

Check out the shop!