About Coffee and a Catfish

Hi there! I'm Mae: the founder, planner, designer, printer, quality checker, gift wrapper, social media manager, accountant and everything else here at Coffee and a Catfish. I've been creating cute greeting cards, prints and stationery since 2021; My happy little gifting business is my escapism from the world - and let me tell you why.. ​ In 2020, I began my own recovery journey from mental illness. Although professional help was great at treating my conditions long term, I couldn't help but notice that a lot of the resources that allowed me to manage the intense emotions I was feeling were very clinical, impersonal and, well.. boring! ​If I'm supposed to be shifting my mindset in a positive direction, reading walls of text isn't going to motivate me. Instead of leaflets outlining the prolonged risk of cortisol, give me fidget toys I can squeeze during a panic attack. Swap diagrams of the human brain for playful prints reminding me how to dissipate the pent up anger that accompanies my depression. Fast forward to now, I'm doing much better. But I still love to doodle greeting card designs that I would have benefited from receiving when I was poorly, plus fun wall art designs and stationery to brighten up living spaces and brains! Everything here at Coffee and a Catfish is designed and created by me, and I'm really proud of it!Read their story