Last month, I read
’s letter on chainstitching becoming the coolest party favor. Her letter included an interview with Megan Mussari, the mover and shaker behind apprvl, a custom chainstitch embroidery company. I immediately followed Megan hoping that one day I would get the chance to experience some of her magic. That was the second time I heard of chainstitching. The first was at Loeffler Randall in Soho over the holidays. Embroidery was free with any purchase. I personalized a pair of socks for my Mom. The third time I got wind of it was Saturday evening when I saw that Megan was set to pop up at Everlane in Williamsburg on Sunday.Up until Saturday, I had every intention of visiting Thea, a newly opened bakery in Fort Greene. I didn’t take the Q to Fort Greene on Sunday, I took the L to Bedford Ave and walked towards Berry and North 6th.
With any Everlane bottom purchase, embroidery was complimentary. At first, I thought I could get my name, but I already own an article of clothing with my name on it. Growing up, I remember my Mom was against my sister and I getting a L.L.Bean backpacks with our name on it for safety reasons. I also stopped looking for my name in gift shops. Every time I scanned the H section of a store fixture for either a bicycle license plate or a keychain in search of Helena, I was out of luck.
I spiced things up and went with a four word phrase you might know by now.
It was a joy to watch Megan in her craft. She’s exceptionally good at it and easy to talk to. We also had a lot of parallels in common - both FIT grads and spoke fondly of our majors, hers Fashion and mine Packaging.
…and then I saw Kacey Musgraves
I found my way over to Cornershop, a specialty stationery store that shares a storefront with The Moss & Green. On the outside, it looks like nothing more than a store with plants, when in fact it’s 50% Japaense bonsai store and 50% an office organization store.
Dropping some photos to fill in the blanks…
The exterior
1 Part of the store
Just as a I described my stationery store habits in my last letter, they were no different here. My favorite treasures and stocking stuffers exist on the display shelves and peg boards that live in these establishments. I went home with not one, but two metal stands (one for a cookbook of sorts and a smaller one for my phone). It made sense in the moment. Stickers. A clip for potato chips. Cool cool and a mechanical Ticonderoga like pencil dupe.
Still planning on going to Thea one of these Sundays…
And with that,
We’ll always have Sunday
Oh my goodness what a dream day! Thank you for the shoutout I’m so jealous you got to party with Megan ✨