Mist & Sea

21/10/2022

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We are still going strong for “self care is in the air 🪴” did you know Mist & Sea] is my studio neighbor! That means after Libra season is over you can always pick up your much needed crystal air plant pieces right next door. They make great gifts for any occasion for yourself or your loved ones. I’m so thankful for Kara. Check out her ig Mist & Sea] or her Etsy! Or call her to visit her studio! Hope everyone is having a beautiful Libra season. And for every massage booked you will get your very own air plant to love and cherish ✨🪴✨ untill Oct 22nd! 🥰

08/09/2022

One day, around 4 years ago, I was inspired to create a handmade business because I hated the job I went to college for. But I didn’t start it, because life. A year later I put my first crystal air plant display up on Etsy. Family and friends were my first customers, and it didn’t “take off” like what’s in the success stories. It took over another year and a heartbreak for the financial and emotional freedom to move to the place my soul feels at home. If you’ve been with my from the beginning, thank you, I cherish you, and if you’ve just joined the mist&sea community, hi I’m Kara. I hope this story inspires you to keep true to your dreams. Sometimes following them is like falling upward — it’s ungrounding and scary but you can’t hit the ground — you can only ascend 🕊

This is a pretty good capture of my life now. Lotsa hula, lotsa overall-farming, lotsa being around other loving women!!!
Haku lei made by 🌺

02/09/2022

Embrace your sacred feminine, the part of you that feels like divinity. It’s the opposite of manipulating to get what you want, and is instead staying aligned to yourself and welcoming whatever comes from acting in your own truth. Even if it means pain or heartbreak is a result.

Trying to be someone else to get what you want is only a short-term solution. Staying true to you allows what is not meant for you to find the door, and creates room for what is truly aligned with the deepest parts of you. That doesn’t mean there was no purpose to what or who came in and out of your life— it means your relationship with it lasted as long as it needed to, and now it serves you best for it to end, like any cycle or season.

I sent the piece in the photo out some time ago, but it captures the essence of our sacred femininity and represents listening closely to intuitive knowing. Visit our shop page to order your handmade piece today (link in bio). I’d love to share our plant magic with you ✨

🌿Kara

08/04/2022

I am currently looking to hire a production assistant for my eco-friendly, handmade retail business, mist & sea. The vision of mist & sea is bring magical pieces of nature to people through air plant design. This new role will support this mission by assisting me with creating and packaging handmade plant decor for shipment and responding to customer messages.

Time Commitment: 15 hours per week

Pay starts at $15/ hr (dependent upon experience)

Here are some attributes of ideal candidates:
-Experience working with handmade crafts (as a hobby is okay); you will be working with small pieces of crystals and plants
-Interest in my company's mission
-Reliable; shows up when scheduled
-Prior work experience showing reliability
-Attention to detail
-Friendly attitude
-Follows detailed instructions when learning new tasks
-General computer experience (i.e., using email, navigating to specific documents on a computer, downloading files)

Other relevant qualities (not required):
-Photography experience
-Instagram experience
-Marketing experience
-Business sense

This can also be a mentorship opportunity for people interested in starting a business, brand development, or marketing. I'd love to support your dreams as well.

If interested, please apply with a resume of your work history and other relevant experience (cover letter is not required, but feel free to send one if you'd like). You may also call (619) 379 - 3115 for any additional questions. Thanks for your interest!

24/03/2022

The elegant Harrisii paired with a clear quartz Crystal! 💫🌿Swipe to see the intention behind this piece 🙏🏽 May it inspire clarity each time you nurture your plant 💧✨
Shop today by clicking on our link!

22/03/2022

Aloha ʻĀina and community is to nurture the soul. A special Dahlia work day with . Mahalo mahalo. We unearthed Dahlia tubers for separation and replanting (and excited to pot the ones I took home!). I love the name of the first Dahlia (swipe) – Café Au Lait 🌸🍃 Cannot wait to do a pigment workshop at .homestead one day.

19/03/2022

There is a certain peace in the acceptance of imperfection– or even falling in love with the imperfection, leaning in so that true raw life is apparent. There is absolute, unique beauty in what is unrefined. Did you know that the beautiful violet in amethyst is technically called an “impurity”? It’s clear quartz with some magic in it (eg metals and other material), but we don’t see the color as impure – it is what gives this crystal its beauty. Just as in nature, each of our crystal and plant pieces are as raw, unique, and dynamic as the ocean. Order online today Etsy.mistandsea.com
🌿Kara

14/02/2022

I am intentionally dating myself for the first time in my life. And let me tell you, it has its challenges, but it has also been the most transformative time in my life. I am a relationship person - to the bone. Don’t get me wrong, I love my alone time and I need a lot of it. I’m someone who is the independent-type and has carved their own path. But I love being in relationship. I miss how it feels - to have someone close, to feel a sense of belonging, but I’m also really at peace with being single. I have experienced missing someone to tears while being grateful they are no longer in my life. I have been lonely while feeling happy to have alone time. I have missed cuddling and kissing and s*x while also experiencing the most transformative love I’ve ever known - a deepening of love for myself in a way that I wouldn’t have been able to dive into in relationship. I thought I loved myself, truly. I really did. And a part of me did, but my inner-child, a young girl with a big heart who was taught that she wasn’t enough was hurting. She tolerated emotionally unavailable/distant men. She only came out when provoked, and relationships certainly provoke some deeply wounded areas that maybe haven’t surfaced in years. I am loving the me of the past, telling her that I am here to protect her and understand her in a way that no one else can - to love her unconditionally. This is the greatest love I can ever know - to love myself - the most important and unconditional love I will ever experience. ✨ Happy Valentine’s Day 💗p.s. Whether you’re single or in a relationship, perhaps take some time to do something just for you tomorrow (or any day really) to connect to your most important relationship.

💗Kara

22/01/2022

The sun shines on this patch in the pacific

Bringing life into the new land

Foraged by Pele and cultivated by Haloa

A sacred circle that gave birth to Maui, Oahu, Kauai and our other beloved lands

We protect and nurture the space
Of giving and abundance

Ancient, knowing ground to root into

A space of continuous growth death and rebirth

A land foraged by fire, cooled by air, solidified by time

The ultimate teacher of lessons that told me you are home. Home is in you.

*a poem written on a day of mourning the passing of the beloved teacher, Revered Thích Nhất Hạnh His wisdom lives on through us.