Steph’s Originals is spreading positivity one screen print at a time
I wrote this profile for Rrampt on Stephanie LeBlanc, founder of Steph's Originals, a hand screen-printed apparel brand she and her husband run out of their Owen Sound home. LeBlanc never set out to be an entrepreneur — she started sewing at her kitchen table during a pregnancy leave, almost as a way to stay busy, and built it into a five-year-old business known for its bold, positive-affirmation designs.
The piece traces her path from teenage single motherhood to small-batch screen printing, and how she's learned to hold onto kindness as a brand value even while fielding the occasional online troll. It's a story about resilience and creative reinvention as much as it is about a clothing line.
