Since 2007
Stuck with Pins is a San Diego, California-based design studio helping badass creatives turn their weird ideas into iconic brands worthy of a cult following.
Hey hi, I’m Corinne Alexandra — the designer, photographer, illustrator, and creative-of-many-talents behind this one-woman show. I’ve been an artist my entire life. From the moment I could pick up a pencil, I was constantly drawing, painting, writing stories, making MS Paint masterpieces, and exploring every creative outlet I could get my grubby little kid hands on. At just 16-years-old, after mastering the family point-&-shoot camera and dabbling in Myspace web design, I stumbled my way into freelancing professionally, transforming my early self-taught explorations of photography and graphic design into a booming business for all kinds of creative clients. And I haven’t looked back since!
Over the last 18+ years, I’ve had the privilege of collaborating with hundreds of artists, entrepreneurs, small businesses, and other talented people worldwide, helping make their own creative dreams a reality.
Specialties
Brand Identity
Web Design & Development (Squarespace, Shopify, Wordpress)
Packaging Design
Hand-drawn Illustration
Photography
Copywriting
Being a Creative Know-It-All
Fun Facts
INTJ, Enneagram 4w3, Pisces sun, Sagittarius moon & rising, Slytherin
Connoisseur of 80s/90s horror movies (Evil Dead, The Thing, Frankenhooker, Lost Boys, Return of the Living Dead, etc).
Chronic collector of vintage taxidermy, antique oddities, physical media, & Other old stuff.
When I’m not designing, you can probably find me off on a side quest:
thrifting, playing D&D, bowling, redecorating, cuddling my cattle dog, saving Hyrule, traveling the world, catching Pokémon, finding the best carne asada fries, Ren faireing, stick-n-poke tattooing, Disneylanding, aligning with the moon & manifesting my dream life.
Magic Maker
A lot of my clients swear I’m a psychic or a magician, but truthfully I’m just a really good listener. Diving deep and getting to know you and the heart behind your business is my secret sauce for building badass brands — I dig into allllll the details: what inspires you, what your wildest dreams are, what weird quirks set you apart from the rest. I take all those floaty pieces in your head and turn them into something cohesive and magical that actually feels unmistakably YOU.
My designs aren’t for everyone, and that’s exactly why they work so damn well. I live for strictly attracting audiences who are gonna fall head over heels for your brand, and unapologetically repelling the ones who don’t. Because when you stop chasing the latest trends and trying to appeal to everyone, that’s when the real magic happens — and that’s how cult brands are born.
