About

Hi, I’m Jake. I jumped out of a strategy career at an ad agency with no parachute and it seems I have landed here.

For years, I simply psyched myself into holding out for "one more payday." But in the fall of 2022, I reached ultimate burnout. Counting the days until payday just wasn't worth it anymore. I felt arcanely uncool and unhappy in the work-life I had been leading. I wasn't sharing my passions with anyone around me.

The first day my typical direct deposit did NOT hit, I had a powerful shower thought. To beat my personal payday psychosis, I needed to make money. As in, making physical items with my own hands that would be felt (no pun intended) and seen, instead of withering away in a document or email thread. "Payday Pennant Co." was born!

(I had never seen or held a pennant in my life at that point.)

Since that revelation, I taught myself to sew and screen print, and slowly transformed my Kansas City home into a workplace I always wanted. The goal was always to express the things I enjoyed the most during times when I wasn't stressing about work or counting down 'til payday.

I still like to think that my handmade creations pay tribute to the little things that bring us all joy, and echo the sentiments of the overworked, the underpaid, and the downright deserving of a proverbial (or literal) payday.

I hope you'll take a look around and consider showing your walls some love with a carefully handmade creation from Payday Pennant Co.