Serendib Sprout

The holiday season is overwhelming for small crafting businesses. There’s at least a sense (accurate or not?) that these two months are your best chance to make sales that will carry your business through leaner months to come, so October / November / December can become a frenzy of production, inventorying, marketing, and actual selling. […]

TODAY! Free Greeting Card and Bookmark Making Demo / Workshop, Friday 11/24, 3-6 p.m. Learn how to make beautiful handmade cards and bookmarks, using pressed flowers and colorful stamps; you can also enter a free raffle for a hardcover copy of A Feast of Serendib: A Sri Lankan Cookbook. (Or Vegan Serendib, if you prefer!)

More to do, but it’s a good start on the autumn to winter transition at the shop!

Resin pens! Part of the new focus on stationery / book-related objects. These have a steep learning curve – I’ve had to throw out half of the ones I’ve made so far, mostly because I didn’t manage to fill the tip of the molds properly. And they’re not refillable, so you can’t sell them for

Wolfberry scones (didn’t come out how I wanted, so going to try again, but still tasty), resin botanical bookmarks (in shop!), chocolate-rose tea (for the treat boxes), autumn polymer clay transfer earrings (in shop! unique! perfect for Thanksgiving dinner!), resin to be embedded in a book cover. – Berwyn Sprout Small Business Incubator 7129 Cermak

(Last one in November, though I might be teaching a free bookmark / card-making workshop the Friday after Thanksgiving, and I might come hang out in the store some for Small Business Saturday). Someone bought my mushroom scarf. Also a purple poppy mallow greeting card, paired with a candle-trimming set (from Dive Bar Soap Company,

since it’s only 2.5 weeks until I take autumn down and set up winter holidays. But on the other hand, I love the effect of having autumn really stretching across all the shop windows, with the clings joining the paper leaf mobiles and Our Lady of Falling Leaves. – Berwyn Sprout Small Business Incubator 7129

Berwyn Sprout Small Business Incubator 7129 Cermak Rd, Berwyn Tuesday – Saturday from 10am-8pm Sunday from 10am-5pm

and wax seals! (NOTE: These won’t be in the shop until after Thanksgiving. I’m holding the line, folks.) – Berwyn Sprout Small Business Incubator 7129 Cermak Rd, Berwyn Tuesday – Saturday from 10am-8pm Sunday from 10am-5pm

(Karina) – Berwyn Sprout Small Business Incubator 7129 Cermak Rd, Berwyn Tuesday – Saturday from 10am-8pm Sunday from 10am-5pm