Bailey, founder of Pablo's Prints
The story

Hi, I'm Bailey

I'm the one behind Pablo's Prints. I never got on with school. I was smart enough but I was always more hands on, and I was always selling something.

This is how a kid selling sweets in the corridor ended up running a print shop on the high street.

How it started

01
Loom bands

It started in primary school making a few quid selling loom bands.

02
Where Pablo came from

In high school I sold sweets and drinks in Years 8 and 9. That earned me the nickname Pablo, after Pablo Escobar. The empire came crashing down when the head teacher caught me, so I needed something new to sell.

03
The t-shirt that started it

Around the same time I bought a t-shirt on Depop and the quality was poor. I thought I could do better myself. I looked up how to make one on YouTube, got a plain tee and some printer paper and made my own.

The first tee Bailey made
The first tee I made.
04
The first orders

I wore it to school and people asked where it was from. When I said I made it they wanted one too and were happy to pay. Then my mates outside school asked the same. So I made more, put them on Depop and they sold.

05
Leaving school

Halfway through Year 10 I left. Depop was keeping me too busy and I could make more outside school than in it.

06
Growing

T-shirts turned into hoodies. Then I got a vinyl cutter for stickers and text on clothing, and opened an Etsy shop. It all ran from my mum's dining room and spare room.

Early stock in the spare roomBlank tees and boxes of stockThe first heat pressThe first vinyl cutter
07
The yard

Then I outgrew my mum's house and moved into a container in my dad's yard. We did it up and it became the new home of Pablo's Prints.

Doing up the containerPrinted hoodies boxed upBoxes of blank stock in the yard
08
The high street

When the shop next door to my mum's hairdressers came up for rent I took it on. For two years I ran Pablo's Prints on the high street, online and on Etsy.

The Pablo's Prints shopfront on the high streetInside the Pablo's Prints shop
09
Travelling

Then I got the itch to travel. I closed the shop, saved up and spent the last two years going all around the world. Plenty of good stories and adventures.

SEE WHERE I WENT
10
Back at it

Now it's time to reopen Pablo's Prints and get back at it.

The story is still being written. Follow us on Instagram to be part of what comes next.

@pablosprints_uk

Where I've been

Two years of travelling. Tap a pin to see the photo.

What we do

Custom stickers

Handle stickers in chrome and holographic, plus one colour vinyl in 13 colours. Sizes from 4 to 24 inches.

Custom clothing

Tees and hoodies with your own design on the front, the back or both.

Signs and vans

Signwriting, van graphics and shop windows for businesses across North Wales.

Bulk orders

Workwear and group orders for businesses, teams, gyms and stag and hen dos.