Dispatches From Austin: Busy-Being

Contributor postal service yesteryear Tracy Castro of Fair Morning Blue

Howdy from Austin! I accept such a fun store tour for you today. One lovely afternoon concluding week, I had a conduct chances to peruse ane of my favorite Austin bookstores, Domy Books. My solar daytime got fifty-fifty brighter when I discovered that the tiny dorsum room at Domy is straight off a charming boutique - Busy-Being!

Amber Abramson, a curator from Los Angeles, opened Busy-Being every bit an online store inwards 2004, too and then every bit a brick too mortar boutique concluding October. Amber carefully selects a beautiful too ever-changing collection  of manus crafted jewelry, shoes, textiles, fine art too more. Almost everything hither cannot move purchased anywhere else inwards town. 

These handmade LE FEU DE L'EAU wax candles are sculpted nether H2O - too their fragrance is positively magical. Seriously - you require to sense these candles.

Aren't these painted antlers yesteryear Cassandra Smith amazing? I peculiarly honey the impact of metallic element gold.

Be nonetheless my heart! These shoes yesteryear Beatrice Valenzuela are handmade yesteryear artisans inwards United Mexican U.S. of A. City. Don't they expect comfortable - too yet hence real stylish? I am peculiarly smitten alongside the yellowish leather mary janes on the left.

Busy-Being sells a fantastic alternative of tabular array linens. Here are some gorgeous, flax napkins block printed yesteryear stuff designer, Rachel Craven. Oh - that red, zigzag stitched edge!

I adore the mix of indigo too neon pinkish inwards this Wendy Polish table runner. It inspires me to daydream close summertime picnics, fireflies too wildflowers - perhaps fifty-fifty a margarita.

Busy-Being is currently exhibiting the operate of visual creative mortal Deedee Cheriel. I am attracted to the geometric designs inwards these paintings, too good every bit the sprinkling of brilliant colors against the neutral surroundings.

Shop owner, Amber, made this enormous God's eye. Here's hoping that she makes to a greater extent than to sell inwards the shop.

Wow. I can't believe that hence much handmade goodness tin check inwards such a teeny piddling space. I promise you accept enjoyed this tour - I wishing I could demo you every unmarried thing! Many thank you to Amber Abramson for showing us around.

Busy-Being

913 East Cesar Chavez

Austin, TX

hello@busy-being.com

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Tracy Castro - a designer too rural Texas Panhandle native - has called Austin dwelling solid for the concluding xvi years. Tracy's novel blueprint venture, Fair Morning Blue, features seasonal cards, hand-stamped textiles, too whatever other whimsies come upwardly into her caput too heart. Find Tracy on her blog, facebook, or twitter.

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