Our holiday collection is coming tomorrow! We will be open tomorrow with our new hours - 12 - 5 pm - come visit and see all the beautiful things for the holidays! The collection will also go online tomorrow - if you would like to receive an email when it goes live, you can sign up for our mailing list in the footer of our website. We are very excited about the collection this year! There are so many ornaments and decorations to make the holidays festive and sweet!
We were so happy to visit the Astier de Villatte workshop again this September during our most recent trip to Paris. It is a space that feels magical... industrious and full of imagination. We love so much what Astier makes because undeniably the finished pieces are incredibly beautiful... and also because the whole project is a genuine endeavor created and recreated time after time by two artists and their beautiful team. What a wonderful story - as students studying sculpture at Les Beaux Arts, Benoit Astier de Villatte and Ivan Pericoli met and started making ceramics with the black clay from the outskirts of Paris that they were using in their sculpture classes. They created a ceramics company and from there their creative projects have since continually blossomed with such a beautiful combination of curiosity, openness, inventiveness and care. There is a wide breadth of articles/interviews about/with AdV and the founders themselves, so we don't want to be repetitive... but just thought to share our love for who they are and what they make. You can always tell when a business is run by artists - it feels different, it feels exciting and genuine. One of the best things about every beautiful piece they make is tracing it back to the spark that commenced its making and the trail it then followed to end up as a piece in your hands. A piece you can use, and one that brings a certain beauty to your environment. Whether it's a cup you drink out of every morning or a platter you serve special meals on. Or perhaps a set of plates you use daily that make you happy. That's what it's all about.... joy in the making of it all, and joy in the use of finished pieces. A big thank you to Astier for having us (And so sweetly Lucien as well - he was very moved and impressed!).
Fun new socks <3 Wonderful as gifts, for yourself or someone you love!
And a note on shop hours -
This week we are open our usual Wednesday through Sunday, 12 - 4 pm.
Next week - starting Tuesday, November 1 - we will be opening 7 days a week. Monday through Friday, 12 - 5, Saturday & Sunday, 12 - 4. This schedule will run to the end of December and from there we will keep you updated.
Tuesday, November 1 marks the debut of our holiday shop - both online and in the store. We will send out an email once it is live online, and if in Tucson come visit. As mentioned above, the shop will be open that day from 12 - 5.
Shipping - We are shipping daily and have extra help for the holidays to stay on top of getting packages out daily. Orders go out the same day or next day from the time they are placed.
We are excited to share our holiday collection with you! If you would like to know when it is live online, you can sign up for our email list in the footer of our website.
Thank you so much for all your continued support <3 We love this time of year, we love wrapping your presents, we love the buzziness, busy-ness, the festive feel, and we love seeing everyone!
XOXO Bonnie and Crystal
Our wardrobe section has been updated with new arrivals <3 There are beautiful new pieces by Manuelle Guibal, some shown above. We love the soft blues and navy's... everything interchanges beautifully with different pieces. You can see it all now online and at the shop tomorrow once we open for the week :) This is the last week of our regular schedule - Wednesday through Sunday, 12 pm - 4 pm. Holiday hours thereafter. We will share soon!
New, inspiring publications have been added to our desk section! They include the new issue of Out of Eden's, the wonderful new Maira Kalman book - Women Holding Things, a favorite Frida book full of her personal photos, and the John Derian Sticker Book! These all make great gifts, for yourself or for a loved one. Now in our desk section online <3