It all started in the late summer of 2023. One of my closest friends had gotten herself a new Bible on a trip we had taken together, and I wanted to get her a gift. I remember scrolling through Etsy, trying to find her Bible tabs that matched her new Bible. I found the cutest set and ordered it, and even installed it on her Bible for her. But I remember thinking that there weren’t very many custom or uniquely colored options out there. I always seemed to find the same pinks, neutrals, and a handful of green-themed designs. Nothing that felt truly colorful or one-of-a-kind.
One of my “toxic” traits is a strong tendency to think, “I can totally make this myself, how hard can it be?” So I began exploring how to make Bible tabs on my own. My first designs were actually pretty good, and I started making tabs for friends at my church. From August 2023 until about December 2025, I designed tabs off and on, but more than anything, it planted a seed in me. It helped me put words to something I had been feeling for a while: a deep desire to create Bible study products that would encourage women to actually dive into their Bibles, to study on a deeper level, and to grow in their faith.
One theological idea I hold onto firmly is that God cares about beauty. If He didn’t, why would He put so much intricate detail into the world? God is a God of Order and Beauty, and that truth is woven throughout all of Scripture.
From the very first pages of Genesis, we see God bring order out of chaos. The earth begins “formless and void” (Genesis 1:2), and through His spoken word, God structures and fills it, day by day, with purpose and intention. And at the end of it all, He looks at everything He has made and calls it very good (Genesis 1:31). That declaration isn’t just a stamp of approval. It’s a reflection of His wisdom, His intentionality, and His love for beauty.
The psalmists understood this. Psalm 19:1-2 tells us that “the heavens declare the glory of God” that creation itself is constantly speaking, constantly revealing the craftsmanship of its Maker. And in Proverbs 3:19-20, we’re reminded that God founded the earth by wisdom that the order we observe in the natural world is a direct reflection of divine intelligence.
This same love of beauty shows up in how God instructed His people to worship Him. In Exodus 25-31, He gives Moses incredibly detailed instructions for the Tabernacle. The Tabernacle is not bare-bones or purely functional, but beautiful. The priestly garments were made “for glory and splendor” (Exodus 28:2). God wasn’t indifferent to aesthetics. He was intentional about them.
And Scripture promises that this beauty won’t be lost it will be perfected. In Revelation 21, John describes the New Jerusalem coming down from heaven, radiant and precisely ordered, representing the full restoration of everything God always intended His creation to be.
So when I think about all of this, it frees me. It tells me that the things I create for Bible study don’t have to choose between being beautiful and being theologically rich. They can be both. They can be pink and still point women to the deep things of God, far beyond a surface-level devotional experience. If you’re curious about why that matters so much to me, I wrote about it in my very first blog post Why Women Need to Study Theology and it really is the heartbeat behind everything I create.
Every new year, I love to make a Pinterest board and a little vision board for myself. I’m not trying to manifest anything, I’m just a very visual person, and I like to keep the things I’m dreaming about and working toward in front of me. For a while now, those boards have included a dream of shipping out Bible tabs and study products I’d created myself. This year, I finally decided to stop dreaming and take the leap: I opened my Etsy shop.
I’ll be sharing more posts soon, some of the Bible study tip-ins I’ve made, the stories behind them, and some context around the designs. One of my favorite things to create alongside Bible tabs are Bible study tip-ins. If you’ve never heard of them, a tip-in is simply an additional paper, note, map, or piece of artwork that gets secured into your Bible, usually with washi tape or adhesive along one edge creating a little hinge or flap that opens without covering the original text. Essentially, you’re adding pages to your Bible. They can hold anything: sermon notes, prayer journaling, hand-lettered verses, timelines, character studies, maps, or reflections. They’re especially wonderful for Bibles with narrow margins that don’t leave much room to write. What I love most about them is that they sit right at the intersection of creative expression and deep study; they invite you to engage with the Word, not just read it. I’ve made tip-ins that are purely functional and others that feel more like little works of art, and honestly, I think both have a place. I can’t wait to share some of mine with you.
But for now, the shop is up and running, and I could not be more excited. This isn’t really about the side income for me. It’s about learning, growing, and helping women fall in love with their Bibles and the Word of God.
I have no idea what comes next but I am so excited to keep creating and using my gifts in this way. If you’d like to check out my shop, the link is The Pink Theologian Shop. And for my blog readers, use the code PINKBLOG for 25% off your order. đŸ’•
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