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Creat e Now Make items to display in your home at Street Craftery. Try a workshop . Learn how to form a hydro-dipped cement vessel with a unique marbly finish at a do-it-yourself workshop. Also try candle-making and more during walk-in worskshops Tuesday to Saturday. Let loose in Splatter Alley. Don a poncho, shoe covers, gloves and goggles and splatter paint on a canvas to your heart’s content. Block out letters or shapes for a personalized touch. Try Tot Tuesdays. Tykes ages 2 to 4 and their caregivers can learn creativity with workshops that merge crafts and education, such as a previous one that featured a reading of “Finding Lucy” and kids creating abstract pieces with paints, magnets, cotton balls and marbles.

A PRONS Bring color into the kitchen with her aprons ($85). She mixes Ankara prints with black fabric to create full coverage, lined aprons with five pockets and adjustable ties. There are sizes for kid chefs too. “They bring vibrancy,” she says. A ROMAT H E R A P Y P I L L OWS These aromatherapy eye pillows ($22) are filled with natural grains and essential oils that promote self-care. Different pillows have dif ferent aromatherapy blends for calming, restorative, energizing and clarify ing functions. “I get great feedback from my custom ers — they are absolutely amazing in helping relax or

restore you or even to allevi ate certain things you might be experiencing,” she says. How to Use: Warm in the microwave for 30 seconds or chill in the freezer, place over eyes and lay back as it soothes. Try placing it on the back of the neck to ease aches and pains or on the forehead to relieve tension and congestion. V E S S E L S Mixed, poured and pig mented by Street herself, each of these vessels ($32- $48) varies in shape and color. “I was really inspired by how resilient Earth is,” she says, “and how it provides all the resources and things we need to sus tain ourselves as human beings. So I started explor

ing the art of cement.” Find square, oblong or round vessels. How to Style: It can be used as a candle holder, planter or vase. Play around with positioning to create different focal points in your home. WR E AT HS Using fabric remnants from other projects, Street crafts unique zero-waste wreaths ($55). A fall variation fea tures strips of black-and yellow and black-and-white geometric swirls, emerald green plaid on black and red-and-black buffalo check. “I love prints because there’s a story in them,” she says. “It’s almost like looking at a piece of artwork.”

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