Daily Gems & other musings — Local Love

We recently announced our outreach in our Berkeley community here on the blog, and this week we're sharing more about Dorothy's Closet, the thrift shop we'll be helping to open to support a special program here in our hometown. Opening this spring, Dorothy's Closet has been developed in partnership with Rebuilding Together East Bay North and will be a store that provides workforce development, social services and shopping for those in need. With our own experience in opening our flagship location in Downtown Berkeley, viv&ingrid was asked to help open Dorothy's Closet, which will accept donations and provide a shopping...

Spent our Sunday at the Downtown Berkeley Roller Boogie event, and it's safe to say it was a great way to end the weekend - what's better than roller skating, music and good vibes? 

  "Beautiful jewelry, wonderful service!"  -Karen "I called the number and found viv&ingrid's online site, spoke with Ingrid, and proceeded to order a custom made bracelet, and picked it up two hours later from their studio!  So easy, they even gift wrapped it in their beautiful style, and my friend LOVES her pearl charm bracelet!"  -Phylis "My wife absolutely LOVES it.  And it looks gorgeous.  Not to mention the wrapping and the paper were exquisite.  Thank you so much!!"  -Michael   Have you heard?  viv&ingrid has all our reviews posted on our Testimonials page, a place where you can read...

We're beyond excited to share one of our favorite Bay Area #localgems with you this week - FLOWERLAND, "an old fashioned nursery and gift shop for the modern gardener."  We couldn't love the description more, combining both the traditional {think great, friendly customer service in a charming neighborhood} and modern {the best products from gardening to gifts, all in one convenient spot}, and we'd like to think of ourselves in a similar way! Nestled in a quiet but accessible spot in Albany, California on one of our favorite streets, Solano Avenue {home to our original design studio!}, Flowerland is our go-to...