Hey, I’m Jess Sea. A semi-creative, paint-covered human with PMDD and ADHD who’s spent years attempting to chase calm through color, carefully curated chaos, and heavy doses of self sabotage. 💙
I suppose my entrepreneurial journey started somewhere between a moment of PMDD despair and a long list of beefs that I had with various paint brands. Mostly driven by the impatience of ADHD. You see, It wasn't the brands that I had beef with so to speak. It was the product. And it wasn't so much that I hated the other paints as it was that...they just took entirely too long to dry.
In my attempt to find my perfect craft paint, I'd tried far too many and as a result, jars and jars of paint were startling to pile up. They were either too smelly, too plastic like, too gritty, or too hard to work with. Or they gave me migraines from the pits of hell. But all of them had one thing in common across the board - they took absolutely too long to dry. suppose it was always too something for me. One could say, I was insatiable. And they have, just ask my ex. I could never be satisfied.
This insatiableness led to me experimenting with my own paint recipes, which ultimately lead to me building a tiny teal empire right from my kitchen table.
It wasn't long before I hired a crew to help me, including my husband who had previously been welding at Nasa.
How SeaPaints Actually Started
It wasn’t glamorous.
It wasn’t strategic.
It wasn’t me staring into the horizon dreaming of becoming the next paint vendor.
It was me, in full ADHD chaos mode, irritated that every paint I bought failed my expectations.
I never created SeaPaints to sell them. If I'm honest, they were born out of pure selfishness.
Just because I was annoyed.
But then I met a bunch of crafty women on the internet that started to ask me a lot of questions about how I was getting so much done, in such a short period of time.
So I shared my paint with a few of my closest, crafty friends. Ones that I'd met where I meet nearly all of my favorite people....on the internet.
Months later, one of those friends told me that I should sell my paints.
That crafters would love it.
I didn't have much faith in the idea of it all, but I decided, why not?
It never hurts to try.
So I did.
The next few years would take me on an unforgettable journey, touring the nation, that would lead me to meeting so many wonderful people along the way.
I'm so grateful where this journey has taken me and for everyone that it has brought across my path.
After a wild, entrepreneurial whirlwind that lead to selling over a million jars, I'm taking a break over the next couple years to focus on my family and helping those with PMDD.
In my spare time, you can find me reading, researching, painting, petting cats, talking to my plants, chatting with members of my patreon, writing short stories, dancing, playing the piano, writing rap songs I'll never release, and getting lost in nature- all while sipping copious amounts of caffeine.
Thank You for Being Part of This Chaos
Whether you’re here because of PMDD, ADHD, crafting, color therapy, or my dramatic life stories… I’m grateful that you're here.
Today, the majority of my time, is spent writing books and blogs about the chaos that shaped me and helping others survive PMDD.
Starting in 2026, I'll be planning SeaPaints return.
Well semi- return.
SeaPaints will no longer be open full time. Instead, we're open 4 days a year. 1 day, each season.
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before you go
SeaPaints isn’t just my business.
it’s my nervous system regulation, my creative outlet, my little teal universe, and the place where love, creative chaos, and crafty calm collide.
Welcome to the madness.
Grab a brush.
Let’s make something pretty.
