05/22/2026
There’s something I’ve noticed after 15 years in this business that I can’t quite explain.
When Sandra and I touch things that have been sitting around for a while, they start selling again. We’ve talked about it. We’ve marveled at it. And this week, something happened that made me stop in my tracks.
I was cleaning out the big African basket where I keep all my bags, and I pulled out this beautiful bag I hadn’t touched in years. It’s made by a woman named Jamie Lauren . She creates them from authentic ethnic textiles and finishes them with our Indian tassels.
Two days later, she appeared in my Instagram. After seven years away from the creative space, she was coming back. And then she placed an order.
I don’t know how to explain the way we’re all connected when we work with things made by hand. When you buy something that another creative has touched with their mind, their hands, their heart, it carries something different than mass-manufactured supplies from a big box store.
Maybe it sounds a little woo woo. Maybe you get it completely.
Either way, to everyone in this magical creative space with us: we see you.
We honor you.
We thank you.
It’s a pretty special place to be.💗🫶✨