Serendib

I’m feeling more time-pressed than I think I actually am; trying to be reasonable about it. When the Berwyn village folks approached me about the pop-up at the Berwyn Shops, they’d said Oct-Dec. And I’d always thought I might expand to the Shops at some point, so having a chance to try it out in […]

Making more stock for the new Berwyn Shops store. Greeting cards today.

So, I’ve agreed to do a three-month pop-up at the Berwyn Shops. A little more than three months, actually — they asked if I could start sooner, and I said yes, so I’ll actually be opening a week from today, on Friday. (This is all not entirely final — we’ll be signing the paperwork on

New soaps: “Telling Stories to the Bees” (shea butter in honey and wild orange). A small square one will be included in each treat box.

I’m going to be participating in the Southtown Oak Park fall fest in a few weeks (Sat Oct 5, 12-4), and I said I’d contribute some pumpkins to the handmade pumpkin patch. I’m not sure if pumpkin bowls would count — I have to ask Maia Stern? So this will either be there or at

This vase is pretty adorable. Fun in resin, I’m also planning to try it in resincrete and concrete.

Hm. I’m not sure about this new mold — it looks more like an ashtray than I’d expected. I think it may be more appealing to me in resincrete or concrete — I’ll try one of those next. I was aiming towards a succulent planter, but it just doesn’t read that way to me in

This was a commissioned set of bookends — the client requested reds and purples. Hope she likes it! Primarily hellebore & phlox, with a bit of carnation.