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New Arrivals for Spring 🌸

Happy spring everyone 🌸🌺🌻🌹🌼

Our shop has undergone the opposite of a “spring cleaning” with some new additions that are filling us with glee for the new season of warmer (and longer) days ahead. As a true Brazilian, I cannot with winter, and spring is the bridge we must cross to summer. Almost there…

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Meet the Artist: Monica Costa

Like many modern lasting relationships, I met Monica on Instagram. I was in a rabbit hole so deep I can’t remember how I got to her, but I was immediately in love with her work. I reached out about my project, @thecariocakitchen, that was still in its studs back then, and she agreed to meet me in person on my next trip to Rio.

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