This month brings with it the celebrations fo the Lunar New Year outside our studio doors in Chinatown & the Lower East Side. Flowering quince branches and bundles of colorful carnations fill the shops, as family and friends reunite for the festivities…

As I shared in a recent newsletter, I’ve felt called to spend less time in social media spaces at the moment. Definitely not swearing off of them entirely, but really wanting to put far less energy towards trying to be seen in places where the deck is very much stacked against tiny businesses like this one…

A poem for the season, a little music, and various reflections I’ve come across this month. It feels like so many of us are craving a deep sense of reconnection to the natural world, and attuning ourselves to seasonal shifts is a beautiful doorway into that practice...

February is perhaps my least favorite month. That may be why I’ve included an extra quartet of photos in this month’s post, I’ve been making an extra concerted effort to create and notice beautiful things and share them with you.

This month has been a time for restocking the studio with fresh batches of all our formulas post-holiday, as well as taking care of a few housekeeping tasks, like doing the inventory. So many tiny glass bottles full of treasure to account for!

I’ve been cultivating a fresh appreciation for the winter garden this year, visiting regularly with the intention of noticing the details.

A favorite part of the holidays at the studio (and year-round!) is relaying the sweet gift messages you all include with your orders to their recipients.

The studio is enveloped in just a touch of creative chaos this week as I work to get our packaging updates ready to go!

I'm sitting in a sunbeam in the studio this afternoon, basking in the sense of possibility that fills these end-of-winter not-quite-spring days. The shop is poised for some really lovely packaging updates…

I'm so happy to join you again here after a string of quiet days. Hope the new year is off to a wonderful start for all of you!

Just a quick note to let you know that the winter collection has arrived in the shop, including this year's winter getaway kits, winter nourishing body oil & forest facial tonic…

I've been preparing for a few days away this week, this time for our annual winter visit to M.'s grandparents on Sanibel Island, Florida. A little escape could not possibly feel more timely, as yet another snowstorm passed through here overnight.