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Sweet Olivia, covered in rainbows! We're here to tell you that on my website, my card insert sized suncatchers are: buy any 5 for $22 (normally $25). And my medium sized suncatchers are: buy any 3 for $27 (normally $30)

So now you can mix in match online, the way you can at my in person events too. I also have a pre-made set of card insert sized suncatchers for an easy add to cart. Swipe to see the set!

This itty bitty girl, Olivia, is such a little sweetheart, and her Mom, Yasmin from half of is the reason why. I believe that kindness fosters kindness, and Yasmin is such a lovely human inside and out. Olivia is sitting in the rays of my Kitty Cat Winston Suncatcher, and is the most adorable models - meowdel? Thank you so much to Yasmin for sharing this moment with me. 💗

If you're in Chicago this weekend, stop by my booth with to see my rainbow-makers in person! I'll be right in front of on the end in Andersonville

May 16+17
11-6 PM each day

And if you're in Seattle this weekend, stop by my friend 's booth at the huge U District Street Fair!

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CHICAGO • I'm packing up my bags and I'm headed your way for the weekend! I'll be popping up with this Saturday and Sunday, 5/30+31 from 11-6 PM each day.

I was born and raised in the suburbs of Chicago, so swipe to see a few of my favorite Chicago-related things that I've made that I'll be bringing.

>> Please swipe to the 6th slide for my FAVORITE hot dog to date! 🌭

My booth is right on the end by and the weather on Saturday is looking absolutely perfect. Stop by to say hi, to shop 250+ small businesses this weekend.

Send this to your favorite market buddy! 🌸🌷🍃

Thank you so much to every single person that stopped by our Mother's Day Mini Market in Seattle yesterday! 🌸🌷🍃 The weather was perfect, the feeling of community was like a warm hug & the turnout was really so lovely. Swipe left to see some of the things I brought home yesterday. One of my very favorite parts of markets is shopping them myself.

It was a sweet reminder of how important it is to shop small & to make the plans & to do the things.

And I want to take the time to say that Katrina from is the best partner you can have when planning something like this. She's also one of the nicest humans & the sweetest friends. Katrina is thoughtful & caring & seriously hilarious too. To know her is to love her.

Thank you so much to Pamela from for sharing her space with us, to for stopping with for lunch from (it was so good!), for every single vendor that said "yes!" when we reached out, to my Andy for his help & support, to the customers that drove from far away, that waited in line & spent such a beautiful Saturday with us.

To all of the pet, plant and people Mom's, Happy Mother's Day. 💗

The full list of vendors:

+ All Dog Kind • Darling accessories for you & your pups
+ Beau's Lil Barkery • Freshly baked treats for your pets
+ Bumi Plants • Curated selection of houseplants
+ Euni & Co. • Design, lettering, + things that bring joy
+ Fin Pin Shop • Ocean-inspired pins, stationery, and accessories
+ HEMLEVA • Nature-inspired products for you & your home
+ J Kar Ceramics • Small batch ceramics .ceramics
+ Jovieta Jane • Illustrator and tattoo consultant
+ Rain Ceramics • Whimsical handmade ceramics
+ Studio Toujours • Modern, bold, intentionally designed jewelry

Flower Bar:
+ Marigold & Mint

Live Custom Portraits:
+ Bootskats

Our host and makers of the best donuts in Seattle:
+ The Flour Box

NEW • seattle fish pin • This beautiful pin, with a delicate fish on a platter, features my own handwriting that spells out "seattle" in place of the fish bones. With both a nod to the city that I call home along with our collective love of tinned fish and seafood.

I designed this as a thank you to the city that I love. When you grow up, you learn how powerful and wonderful it is to be able to choose. To choose the people we surround ourselves with, the places we occupy, the things we do, the place we call home and the beings we call our families.

I might have grown up in the Midwest, but Seattle is my home. 💗

Limited quantities available, and only at hemleva.com and in person tomorrow at the Mother's Day Mini Market at The Flour Box here in Seattle!

EVENT DETAILS •
May 9 • 9:30 am - 12:30 pm

Mini Mother's Day Market celebrating Pet, Plant and Person Moms.

Our amazing artists, makers & illustrators!

+ All Dog Kind • Darling accessories for you & your pups
+ Beau's Lil Barkery • Freshly baked treats for your pets
+ Bumi Plants • Curated selection of houseplants
+ Euni & Co. • Design, lettering, + things that bring joy
+ Fin Pin Shop • Ocean-inspired pins, stationery, and accessories
+ HEMLEVA • Nature-inspired products for you & your home
+ J Kar Ceramics • Small batch ceramics .ceramics
+ Jovieta Jane • Illustrator and tattoo consultations .studio
+ Rain Ceramics • Whimsical handmade ceramics
+ Studio Toujours • Modern, bold, intentionally designed jewelry

Flower Bar:
+ Marigold & Mint

Live Custom Portraits:
+ Bootskats

Our host and makers of the best donuts in Seattle:
+ The Flour Box

Swipe left to see the menu for this weekend!

Tag your favorite Plant / Pet / People Mom, share this with your friends and your favorite Market Buddy. We hope you can join us. 🍃

Seattle • I only have 2 more Seattle hats left in stock! I love this 100% cotton hat, with it's sweet bubble cloud letters. I'll be bringing it with me (if there are any left) this Saturday to the pop up at The Flour Box.

These hats are so comfortable to wear (even on my larger Asian head, seriously). I wore mine as I hiked Diamondhead on Oahu. It kept the rain, sun and sweat out of my eyes, and never felt like it was pinching/crushing my skull like most hats. It's a dream. ✨

SHOP • online at hemleva.com or in person this Saturday in Seattle!

Pop Up Details •
Mother's Day Mini Market
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9:30 am - 12:30 pm
12 + artists, including: ceramicists, illustrators, tattoo artists, houseplant shops, jewelers, florists & more!

Happy Teacher Appreciation Week! And tomorrow, May 5th is National Teacher Day. To all of the teachers, the educators, the care takers, the safe spaces - you are appreciated more than you could know.

Teachers and administrative staff from my childhood, teen and college years have imprinted onto my very being. I remember quotes from my highschool math teacher and my favorite college professor.

I was taking to Andy just a few days ago about a mandatory class we had to take in highschool. It was a life skills class about budgeting for a family, balancing a checkbook and more. And how I wish everyone could take it. (This was a public highschool in Illinois, Go Hawks!)

But the thing that stays with me is the overwhelming feeling of being seen and heard. Encouraged and taken seriously.

It is a reminder that it is not an easy job, it takes a special type of person to want to teach. Someone that is not only passionate about what they do, but someone that is both empathetic and sympathetic too.

If you are a teacher, an educator, a coach, I see you and I appreciate you. From classrooms full of children, to auditoriums full of college students, from one on one tutoring to workshops and master minds, to teach is to share a part of yourself, and that is so incredibly special. 💗

Seattle • May 9 • 9:30 am - 12:30 pm • Please join us for our second Mini Mother's Day Market celebrating Pet, Plant and Person Moms.

This is a free community event, hosted by and in the bright and beautiful in Seattle.

We will have 12 amazing local Seattle small businesses gathering in one place for only one weekend.

Our amazing artists, makers & illustrators!

+ All Dog Kind • Darling accessories for you & your pups
+ Beau's Lil Barkery • Freshly baked treats for your pets
+ Bumi Plants • Curated selection of houseplants
+ Euni & Co. • Design, lettering, + things that bring joy
+ Fin Pin Shop • Ocean-inspired pins, stationery, and accessories
+ HEMLEVA • Nature-inspired products for you & your home
+ J Kar Ceramics • Small batch ceramics .ceramics
+ Jovieta Jane • Illustrator and tattoo consultations .studio
+ Rain Ceramics • Whimsical handmade ceramics
+ Studio Toujours • Modern, bold, intentionally designed jewelry

Flower Bar:
+ Marigold & Mint

Our host and makers of the best donuts in Seattle:
+ The Flour Box

Tag your favorite Plant / Pet / People Mom, share this with your friends and your favorite Market Buddy. We hope you can join us. 🍃

With a fascinating history involving King Charles, May Day is a sweet holiday celebrated in France. Always appearing as one of the first signs of spring, sprigs of Lily of the Valley are sweet gifts of luck and well wishes.

A single sprig originated as a gift to the King as a tiny token of luck in 1561, leading to the yearly tradition that's still celebrated today, called Fête du Muguet.

To every single one of you, I hope May is full of luck and is kind to you. 🌱✨

shop • these sweet and unbelievably lightweight earrings at hemleva.com I'll be listing them on hemleva.etsy.com today too.

The peonies are blooming, the ground is thawing, and my plants are all starting to wake up. I'm welcoming spring with a few lovely markets, long days in the garden, and intentional time with friends.

It already sounds like the sweetest season.

Will I see you this Spring? Please let me know if I will 🌸🌷🪻🌼✨