Meyer Lemon Crafts sets up shop at open air markets around the Bay Area and online—you can check out their latest pieces at meyerlemoncrafts.square.site.
ty and the art are definitely more important than the sales. –––––––––– 3) What’s been your favorite part of starting this business? Meyer Lemon Crafts has brought me closer with my friends. It’s something that we all come together to create and I’ve met a lot of awesome people through it as we’ve grown. I also love seeing people’s smiles when they find something they love amongst our creations. –––––––––– 4) What are your hopes for the future of Meyer Lemon Crafts? My hope is that our crafts continue to impact people in meaningful ways. I hope that we can inspire other artists to find environmentally-friendly ways to craft, and show people how fun sustainable fashion can be. I would love to do some
among friends: summer 2022
more in-person markets this year, and potentially expand to include more members and types of crafts. Meyer Lemon Crafts will continue to change as its members graduate high school and spread apart, but I don’t ever plan to stop creating. I see this as something I will continue for a long time, wherever I am and in whatever form it may take. –––––––––– 5) What did you learn or experience as a student at SFFS that may have influenced you in launching and running your business? The very name of our collective comes from our time at SFFS. In middle school, my friends and I would spend Wednesday lunches in the library with Suzanne, sharing art, music, and snacks. Suzanne often brought little meyer lemon cups (miniature tarts) for us, so we called ourselves the Meyer
Lemon Cups. When we started this collective, we chose the name Meyer Lemon Crafts because in many ways it was a continuation of that group. I think it is a great testament to SFFS that we are all still friends and making things together. Our values of sustainability, collaboration, and community are also true to the SFFS spirit. • People can find/contact us here: meyerlemoncrafts.square.site / meyerlemoncrafts@gmail.com / instagram: @meyerlemoncrafts
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