The Garden Home pop-up shop opened March 2 and is the creation of Bonny McMahon, who has a lifetime of experience in custom textiles, paint and more. The pop-up shop, which will collaborate with several Alexandria makers and artists, will be open through March 29 at The Seedling Collective. Learn more at gardenhomeva.com.
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Garden Home is a lifestyle company focused on small batch, handmade items. Based in Alexandria, this women-owned company offers beautiful hand knit and crocheted blankets, faux fur-backed pillows, luxury dog beds and handmade stuffed animal dolls along with other items, including the bento bag.
The bento bag was born from the zero-waste movement and modeled on the Furoshiki idea of wrapping items in cloth. This bag style has become popular with knitters as a flexible and easily personalized container for yarn. Reusable and washable, Garden Home’s bento bags fold flat for easy storage and are available in cotton, linen and wool. Other bags include antique embroidery-stamped linen drawstring bags and faux fur zippered pouches.
Garden Home will also be debuting a new line of jewelry, from botanically-inspired gold leaf earrings toopulent silk thread tassel and faux fur pom earrings. Clear glass beads adorn a blue glass vase, and semi-precious stones can be found in drop earrings and half-moon necklaces.
A curated selection of houseware items will also be featured in the shop as well as the work of two Alexandria-based artists:Blue Lark Designs and Christine Witmore. Their work is available in cards, unframed prints and matted and framed prints.Owner Bonny McMahon will be using the space as a shop and studio; you may come in to find her embroidering the nose of a stuffed bear, hand knitting, or weaving.
All of the textiles within the pop-up shop have been made by her, either as a single piece or in pairs. Bonny also offers custom orders and can work with you to create textiles for your home.
This month-long pop-up shop will feature collaborations with other local makers to include truly-life, PawsGo, AIVA and Mabel Art & Design.
Truly-life will be featuring a lotion bar and launching their new CBD bar. Free samples will be available at their trunk show on March 7 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
The Paws Go trunk show on March 15 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. will showcase their new Alexandria market bag,dog beds, t-shirts and hoodies.
AIVA Apparel is an Alexandria- based company that features t-shirts that celebrate Alexandria and its surrounding communities. Owner Alyssa Kovach is also the creator of the Alexandria Makers Market, of which all makers and artists featured in the Garden Home pop-up are members.
Kovach will be at Garden Home pop-up on March 21 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Artist and owner Mary DeStefano will be offering pet portraits at the Mabel Art & Design trunk show on March 22 from noon to 5 p.m. She will also be selling prints of her original watercolor paintings, with a special on Alexandria and Virginia specific prints.There will also be a wellness event on March 13 from 7 to 9 p.m. A transformation coach, holistic health coach and skincare expert will help us all shed the winter from our minds to our diet and skin.
