Serendib Sprout

Sneak peek — coasters, bookmarks, pendants, serving board, fidget spinners. Placing the flowers takes a long time, and my resin was starting to harden, so I decided to just go ahead and do some simple opalescent glitter pieces too. They’re quick, so I can price them a bit lower, more in the range that teens

Okay, I am clearly obsessed with making these white ornaments out of resincrete, but no one has bought any yet, so maybe it’s just me. (In fairness, they’ve only been in the store for a few days.) I think I’m going to add a bit of gilding to the animals in fancy costumes to bring

Sneak peek. I was talking to a visitor to the shop yesterday, who would love to spend her days doing this kind of thing. I’ve been thinking a lot about what makes small-scale crafting viable as a business. A few notes: a) Many of the folks who seem to do a lot of business are

Looking for something fun to do with kids on Sunday 10/27? We’re having a Halloween event at the Berwyn Shops tomorrow, 11 – 5. We’re planning on screening spooky movies, host a face painter, and if we can get the mic situation figured out today (wish us luck!), I’ll be reading spooky stories a few

Short day in the shop today — we opened at 11, but around 3, Kevin came and took over for me, so I could drive Kavi to the airport; my sister is taking her to see Taylor Swift in New Orleans. Fingers crossed it all goes smoothly — we got a text from the airline

Sneak peek. I’ll drop some of the coasters at Sprout and bring some to the Shops tomorrow.

These I’m not sure what I think of — they need some finishing work because they were a challenge to make neatly, but also, I’m not sure if the concept really worked? It’s resincrete for the base (a ceramic sort of effect), with gold flake embedded in a thin layer of resin. Hmm…