Mildly Happy

Mildly Happy Mildly Happy is a small fashion and design shop based in Memphis and New York City.

Our focus is on ecologically minded design and fabrication of one of a kind and limited edition fashion and homewares that combine quirky joy with abstract elegance.

Hello Memphis friends! I’m teaching a two day workshop on basic electronics for artists at The Brooks Museum. Come learn...
12/30/2025

Hello Memphis friends! I’m teaching a two day workshop on basic electronics for artists at The Brooks Museum. Come learn a little bit about how any artist (sound / movement / visual / text / ?!?) can start using electricity, sensors, actuators, microcontrollers (like the Arduino) and other tools and techniques in their work. No experience needed, just curiosity.

An electronics starter kit is included in the price of the class. Let’s have some fun!

January 17 - 18, 2026
Noon-3pm
Memphis Brooks Museum of Art
1934 Poplar Avenue
Memphis, Tennessee 38104

I’m not at all happy about the sudden news last week that Arrow Creative is closing. I’ve spent nearly 3 years here, mak...
12/13/2024

I’m not at all happy about the sudden news last week that Arrow Creative is closing. I’ve spent nearly 3 years here, making friends, becoming part of the community, helping out where I could, spending countless hours trying to build the labs into a meaningful community resource. And now it’s going away. Unfortunately, it’s a familiar scenario for most people who have spent their lives in the arts. Uff.

ANYWHO… so much love to the friends I’ve made here in the last few years, all the people who have come by my shop, everyone who has supported me in so many ways.

Thankfully, Arrow was just one piece in the giant messy beautiful puzzle of creative communities in Memphis. We’re all still here, tryna figure it out!

Mildly happy will continue doing local markets, and I’m gonna try to figure out how to move more stuff online. It’s hard selling weird, affordable upcycled clothing when people can’t try it on and everyone wants free shipping and returns. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ We’ll figure it out together.

XOXOXOXOXO
Douglas

(sorry if I left you off, so many great people!!!)




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Hope to see you tomorrow for Small Business Saturday !
11/30/2024

Hope to see you tomorrow for Small Business Saturday !

See you tonight! I’ll be in the printmaking studio helping people crank out goofy letterpress holiday cards. Amy will be...
11/14/2024

See you tonight! I’ll be in the printmaking studio helping people crank out goofy letterpress holiday cards. Amy will be in the Mildly Happy shop helping to find new homes for our upcycled designs. My wonderful studio artist friends will be in their spots, and there are lots of activities, music, food, and of course, holiday shopping. It’s always a fun time.

It feels hard to be hopeful right now, but being an active part of local communities is one of the most powerful things you can do.

Let’s goooooo Memphis! Mildly Happy is all set up at the at market across from Crosstown along with a whole street full...
11/09/2024

Let’s goooooo Memphis! Mildly Happy is all set up at the at market across from Crosstown along with a whole street full of vintage vendors!

Plus a changing booth, photo booth, and my pal set up inside for on the spot alterations. Oh yeah, and Crafts and Drafts is across the street inside the concourse…

We have to keep striving to create the world we want. xoxo

Some last minute upcycling embroidery for the market on Saturday here in Memphis. Caring for the world and our communit...
11/07/2024

Some last minute upcycling embroidery for the market on Saturday here in Memphis.

Caring for the world and our communities in whatever ways we can, large and small.

(Sorry Phillies fans!)

xoxoxo

All set up! Memphis friends, come on over to the Art Walk from 11am-5pm today, Saturday 02 Nov 2024. It’s going to be s...
11/02/2024

All set up! Memphis friends, come on over to the Art Walk from 11am-5pm today, Saturday 02 Nov 2024. It’s going to be such a nice fall day!

MOAR LIPSSee you Saturday! 11am-5pmBroad AveMemphis
10/29/2024

MOAR LIPS

See you Saturday!
11am-5pm
Broad Ave
Memphis

You know who you are! Come visit this lovely shirt and many others at the Broad Avenue Art Walk this Saturday from 11am-...
10/28/2024

You know who you are! Come visit this lovely shirt and many others at the Broad Avenue Art Walk this Saturday from 11am-5pm.

Sure to be a hit this holiday season — NYC fire hydrants on upcycled t-shirts! cled
10/23/2024

Sure to be a hit this holiday season — NYC fire hydrants on upcycled t-shirts!

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Hello! In addition to having a shop and studio at Arrow Creative, I’m also the facilitator in the printmaking lab. We’re...
10/23/2024

Hello! In addition to having a shop and studio at Arrow Creative, I’m also the facilitator in the printmaking lab. We’re just about ready to open up for memberships, so we’re having a series of open houses to introduce ourselves.

Please come say hello and get a sense of what’s possible in our printmaking studio!

Oct 26 1-2pm (this Saturday!)
Nov 8 6-7pm
Dec 7 1-2pm

You can RSVP on the website.

— Douglas / Mildly Happy

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245 N Auburndale Street
Memphis, TN
38112

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