Soft Things Don't Break - Slime and Tea Pairing

SOFT THINGS DON’T BREAK // 

✋ fatty butter blanket + diy photo print clay top

👃 milk oolong, peach & apricot syrup, cream, roasted almonds, hint of honeysuckle, osmanthus, and soft warm skin

🍵 tea pairing: guangzhou milk oolong by davidstea

*comes with 3 teaspoons of loose leaf tea in an opaque resealable bag to keep it fresh -- makes roughly 2-3 cups of tea)

DO NOT ADD TEA TO SLIME

A collaboration between @ghostamethyst and I, this slime is a tribute to their abuelita, honoring her life and the loving warmth she brought to everyone around her, even through great hardship.

Jess writes, "What was most admirable about my grandmother is that, despite the abuse she faced -- mostly from family -- nothing hardened her. She always saw the best in people, even when she knew she deserved better. She never really learned English after moving here from Mexico, but her love and kindness transcended languages. She was funny, and most of the time joyful when she wasn’t feeling lonely, which came on more frequently as she got older. One of her fears was that everyone would forget about her once she passed. In some small way, I feel like this provides an opportunity for her to be remembered again. And to also be shared with others who won’t ever meet her but will now know this small piece of her. If I had my choice of how I would want people to know who my Abuelita was, I would say that she was soft, and she was strong, and she was very very kind.”

Featuring my fatty butter blanket texture, this slime reflects Jess’s abuelita’s love of crochet and embroidery - it's soft and comforting, like a cozy blanket. It includes a dissolving photo print – either of her and Jess's uncle, or of a pair of elder's hands crocheting. It also comes with a “crocheted” clay frame to press your photo into, and tiny “embroidered” flowers to decorate with. Scented like her favorite tea, Long Life Oolong (now discontinued), we’re pairing it with a velvety milk oolong that we both love. The creamy notes of this tea are said to come from the moon’s milky tears, which chilled the tea fields when she fell in love with a passing comet.