Spring Equinox & Ritual

Twice a year the sun crosses the celestial equator – on both the spring and autumn equinox. The Spring equinox in the southern hemisphere fell today. The word equinox comes from the Latin meaning ‘equal night’, which represents how on this day, the hours of...

When words turn to music, and scent into stories

There is a creative energy that simmers, locked under the surface skin of routine, of ‘real’ life. It seeps through cracks, dripping melancholy into old days and new ones. Most days there is no space to bring it to a rolling boil. And so, my Creativity is...

Making for Winter Solstice

I created this bundle to mark the longest night and because I wanted to make a Zine. For those of you unfamiliar with zines, they are handcrafted booklets that contain anything the maker desires. They’re ways of expressing ideas, experimenting with form, sharing...

New for Summer 20/21

Wow. What a year. As we near the end of 2020, I hope you and your people are feeling as well and settled as can be. We’re very fortunate to be here in New Zealand, and I’m feeling especially grateful that I am able to keep coming to markets to share my natural artisan...

A message from Amy, creator of Juniper

There is something magical about perfume. It could be the way scent can conjure up beautiful memories, taking you back in time to other places, to feelings now passed. It could be that to make one perfume, thousands of blooms, seeds, sticks, leaves are carefully...