Six slow steps. One small piece.
From the first dried petal to the ribbon on the box, every Tiny Luxe piece passes through my hands six different times. Here's what happens between the idea and your pocket.
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Gathering
Walks through gardens, markets, and quiet corners. Petals are pressed for weeks, leaves dried flat, gold leaf cut into slivers. Nothing here is printed — everything inside the resin was once alive.
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Mixing the pour
Two parts resin, careful ratios, slow stirring. Bubbles are coaxed out one by one with warm breath and a tiny flame. The mix has to be glass-clear before it ever touches a mold.
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Placing each inclusion
Petals, threads, sometimes a tiny handwritten word — placed under a magnifier, one inclusion at a time. This is the slow part. It's also the part that makes each piece unrepeatable.
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Curing — 48 hours of quiet
The mold rests untouched on a level shelf for two full days. No moving, no peeking. Curing is when resin transforms from liquid into something with weight and memory.
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Sanding & polishing
Every edge is sanded through six grits, then polished by hand until the surface mirrors light. A finished piece should feel like a smooth pebble — never sharp, never plastic.
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Signed, wrapped, sent
Each piece is signed underneath, wrapped in cream tissue, tied with a pistachio ribbon, and tucked into a box with a handwritten note. Then it travels to you.
From pour to post, a single piece takes about four days.
It's the slowest part of my week — and the best.