About

 

Daily Sip Studios was established in 2008 by Kimberly FitzSimons, who is the designer and letterpress printer. Her interest in the stationery business was sparked after picking up a graphic design book on Fifth Avenue in New York City while on a business trip. She started designing stationery as a creative escape from her job as a financial technology executive.

In early 2009, Kimberly opened her stationery shop, DailySip on Etsy.com and has and shipped her stationery all over the world, from Canada to Australia to France to Tokyo. In 2010, Kimberly purchased a 700-lb. Vandercook SP-15 letterpress, moved into a new studio space, and expanded the line to include letterpress stationery. In 2011, Kimberly made the full time move from the corporate world to the design business.

Daily Sip Studios is named after Kimberly’s love of wine. She once maintained a wine blog called “the daily sip,” which was eventually converted to the company name and website/blog she manages today. Kimberly and her husband (affectionately known as “Mr. Daily Sip”) developed a wine brand, “One M,” in Sonoma, California. The first vintage, a 2008 Cabernet sourced from Mt. Veeder in Napa Valley, was released in 2010. The third harvest is planned for October 2011.

Daily Sip Studios is located in Chicago, where Kimberly lives with Mr. Daily Sip and their three wine fridges. They recently welcomed Miss Baby Sip in June 2011.