For photographers, creative entrepreneurs, and the beverage goblins keeping the whole operation running. Books to spill over. Sweats to edit in. Plans big enough to put on the wall.
We’re building the next chapter of After Dark: things to sip, wear, carry, write in, and make a life with. Vote for the first drop—or bring your talent and build it with us.
Books, beverages, cozy layers, camera gear, paper plans, and conversations that go deeper. Help decide what drops first. Product details and release dates will be shared as each project develops.
For the nights that deserve a better drink and a worse story.
Episode-inspired cocktails, equal-billing mocktails, batch pours, snack pairings, and the stories behind the names.
Recipe testing, original drink photography, and a sample chapter.
What would you name a drink after your most chaotic client email?
Vote for this drop →Set the table. Lower the lights. Raise a few eyebrows.
Low-pressure dinner parties, creative gatherings, menus, mood-setting, conversation cards, and making people feel invited—not impressed into silence.
Test gatherings, menus, original table photography, and a sample spread.
What is your most unhinged dinner-party rule?
Vote for this drop →For the first edit and the last good idea.
A signature coffee roast for slow mornings, studio days, and the ritual before the inbox. Roaster collaborations and flavor direction are on the table.
Find the right roasting partner, taste samples, and decide roast, grind, bag size, and fulfillment.
Whole bean or ground—and what is your forever coffee order?
Vote for this drop →Your wedding-day bag called. It wants better drink options.
Portable drink mixes with flavors worth reaching for between shoots, travel days, and editing sessions. Tell us what belongs in your rotation.
Work with an experienced formulation and manufacturing partner on ingredients, labeling, taste testing, and packaging.
What flavor would you carry everywhere? Any ingredients you prefer to skip?
Vote for this drop →Small talk has had enough airtime.
Prompts for dinner parties, creative meetups, guest conversations, and the question everyone wanted to ask.
Write and test prompts, shape the decks, and invite contributor pitches.
What question instantly gets your table talking?
Vote for this drop →Hydrated. Caffeinated. Mildly overcommitted.
A reusable tumbler for editing marathons, wedding days, and the car cup holder that has seen things. Color, capacity, and final design are still open.
Explore a drinkware collaboration, then test samples. No partner is confirmed.
Handle, straw, leak resistance, or cup-holder fit—what is nonnegotiable?
Vote for this drop →Big edits. Soft pants. Absolutely no unpaid revisions.
Soft sweatshirts, coordinated sweats, and cozy layers for editing nights and off-duty mornings. Help shape the fits, fabrics, inclusive sizing, and little embroidered truths.
Fit and fabric samples, size-range decisions, and wear testing before any drop.
Tiny embroidered confession or a statement across the back?
Vote for this drop →Your camera works hard. Your shoulders have notes.
Camera harnesses and holders built around access, comfort, and long working days. Makers and working photographers: help shape the details.
Explore a gear-making partner, attachment compatibility, materials, load testing, and real-shoot trials.
Single or dual camera—and what makes your current harness annoying?
Vote for this drop →For batteries, boundaries, and emergency snacks.
Camera bags, belt bags, and fanny packs with useful pockets, comfortable carry, and space for the things photographers actually reach for.
Develop pocket layouts, size options, material samples, and field tests with photographers.
What needs its own pocket in your perfect shoot-day bag?
Vote for this drop →A place for the big idea—and the invoice you keep avoiding.
An undated planner for bookings, editing queues, launches, money check-ins, weekly priorities, and actual days off.
Prototype the pages and test them with creative entrepreneurs.
What does every planner get wrong about your work?
Vote for this drop →See the whole year before you say yes to another thing.
An at-a-glance calendar for shoot dates, delivery windows, launches, travel, family time, and deliberately empty space.
Test dimensions, readability, date formats, and shipping options.
A year at a glance or generous monthly writing space?
Vote for this drop →Three months. A few priorities. Room to change your mind.
A reusable 90-day planning board for revenue goals, client delivery, content, and the one project that deserves your attention.
Test erasability, layout, mounting, and packaging with real working weeks.
What would earn a permanent spot on your 90-day board?
Vote for this drop →Pen to paper. Chaos into something you can use.
Physical workbooks and generous writing pages for brain dumps, project planning, boundaries, creative resets, and figuring out the next right move.
Draft pages, test paper and binding, and invite feedback on real writing habits.
Guided prompts, blank space, or a very satisfying mix of both?
Vote for this drop →There is a whole life outside the frame.
Jessica’s personal book project about building a creative life, changing chapters, and the parts that never made the portfolio. The title and story boundaries will take shape as she writes.
Shape the outline, choose what to share, and explore editorial and publishing collaborators.
What would you want to ask the person behind the portfolio?
Vote for this drop →Ambition deserves somewhere soft to land.
Reflections and practical prompts on creative identity, boundaries, reinvention, and building a business alongside an actual life.
Develop the outline and sample chapter, then invite thoughtful editorial feedback.
Which chapter are you living: starting, stretching, pausing, or rebuilding?
Vote for this drop →Bring the messy middle. We’ll start there.
Personal conversations with Jessica about creative direction, portfolio clarity, multi-brand life, and next steps. Help shape the sessions you would find most useful.
Define session formats, scope, pricing, and availability before bookings open.
What would you bring to a one-on-one conversation?
Vote for this drop →Come back for first looks, samples, and stories from the making. Orders and bookings will open with final details; any early product mockups will be labeled as previews.
This is more than a merch shelf. It’s an open invitation into the books, drinks, gear, cozy things, and conversations growing around the show.
Your vote helps Jessica see what this community is ready to wear, sip, carry, write in, or give as a gift.
Cast your vote →The best After Dark ideas start with the things creative people are already whispering about in group chats.
Pitch a contribution →Printers, publishers, roasters, makers, designers, gear brands, and fulfillment partners are invited to reach out.
Explore collaboration →First looks, behind-the-scenes updates, and release details will be shared as each drop takes shape.
Vote for a drop. Pitch a phrase. Tell us what your current planner gets wrong. Or hand Jessica the topic your group chat cannot stop arguing about.
Votes and pitches go directly to Jessica’s private review dashboard. Leave your email if you would like a conversation.
Have a story for the show instead? →Coffee roasters, drinkware brands, beverage makers, cozy apparel labels, camera-gear makers, and stationery studios: let’s create something our community will actually use.
Pitch a partnership →Writers, recipe developers, hosts, illustrators, designers, photographers, and creative entrepreneurs: bring your point of view. Pitch a recipe, a story, a chapter, or a conversation.
Pitch your contribution →Publishers, printers, sample makers, production studios, and shipping or fulfillment partners: tell us what you make possible. Scope, credit, compensation, and usage will be agreed before work begins.
Talk production + fulfillment →Interested in one-on-one mentoring, speaking, or a creative collaboration? Tell Jessica where you are and what you’re working toward.
Start the conversation →Collaboration inquiries are open. Individual partners will be announced when confirmed.