Lilify + Life

We opened Lilify in 2012. As we prepared to open the shop, we were a bustle with anticipation and adrenaline. In a particular moment of complexity our bookkeeper turned to me and said “Hanni, we’re not playing shop. This is a shop.”

Now in our tenth year, I have learned that a business is a living, breathing, ever evolving entity. I have also learned that as a result of that evolution, an artisan shop has the ability to create community, transport, inspire and offer an oasis.

On behalf of my family, the talented Lilify team and the many independent artists, makers and movers that make up Lilify, we thank you for your continued support and for allowing us to “play shop”.

HL

Join us as we welcome

Jewelry Designer
Kristina Kada
of Satomi Studio

Saturday, December 4th
12 - 4

This time of year welcomes the wind and robust rains. The autumnal sunrises are greeting us with a palette pushing from petal pink, to persimmon, to pomegranate. Our evenings arrive early, and we tuck in under the incandescent stars. Some nights it feels like one might reach up and brush Orion’s bright belt.

As we envelop into the holidays, I wish you a season full of warmth, joy and delight in the beautiful nuances that make up November.

HL

We are beyond excited that our beloved seasonal candles, available only in November and December, are here! 

Our Frost + Fir offers a deep evergreen entwined with a woodsy, winter warmth.  

Our Spruce + Spice presents a balsamic woodiness complimented with cinnamon and holiday spice. 

Our candles are hand poured in Monterey by Emmaline Molloy and available in shop as well as online.

TT

The transition to autumn is beautiful and also bittersweet. As we embrace dark mornings and early evenings filled with crisp air, we simultaneously say our annual farewell to the abundance and luster of summer.

Every year amidst this passage, I dedicate myself to the heavy, hefty work of cutting back my garden. This yearly ritual always causes me to feel a bit forlorn – bidding adieu to the dahlias, alliums and roses that graced August. As I shave and slash it seems impossible that this aggressive pruning is, in fact, imperative to instigate the next season's success.

The morning after, I always stare at my garden, unacquainted with the stark and orderly composition. Then the brisk air blows in, followed by the rain, and the garden cocoons into the coziness and calmness of fall.

I wish you a shift from summer that welcomes all the wonder of autumn - the season of apples, pumpkins, soup and slowing down.

HL

Lyrics can make a song feel like it was written just for you. A well-written song can make you laugh, cry, laugh and cry - and even define a generation. But sometimes you don’t want all that, you just want to let the instruments do the talking. The music can mean whatever you want, no need for interpretation. 

Scary Goldings is an incredible collaboration of Larry Goldings and The Scary Pockets. The combination feels like it was always meant to be.

The Scary Pockets are comprised of Ryan Lerman and Jack Conte along with a continually rotating list of musicians. They can be found on YouTube doing fun covers of everything from “I will Survive” to “Sweet Child O’ Mine”.

You may not have heard of Larry Goldings but you have more than likely heard him. 

He’s infused his signature keyboard sound with De La Soul, Norah Jones, James Taylor, Herbie Hancock and John Mayer just to name a few.

Enjoy a good listen to Scary Goldings on a mellow autumn evening, imbibing, or just vibing.

JS 

Jeff Tweedy seems like a genuinely awesome father. Not only is he rock royalty - having been in Uncle Tupelo and the front man for Wilco - in 2014 this rock star dad made an album with his son under the band name "Tweedy''.

The title of the album is the family nickname of the father + son duo’s wife and mother Susan (Sukie Rae) who was battling non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma at the time. The duo recorded twenty tracks, made some fun music videos and subsequently went on tour together.

Not something I would imagine a father and his 18-year-old son would render without a real love of one another and of making music.

Celebrate Fathers Day and slide into the start of this new season with the track Summer Noon.

JS

As the mornings greet us early and the evenings linger later, we welcome the season of warmth and solstice. We celebrate Fathers and all those who nurture, guide and gladden.

I wish you a summer full of all things abundant, buoyant and radiant.

And I wish you a Happy Fathers Day,

HL

We are beyond honored to be included in Forbes' "Discover Monterey."

Read how to "Spend your Summer on The Central Coast" here.

Acting on behalf of someone else is a deeply important, deeply humane role. Caregiving is necessary, noble and profound – it can also be exhausting.

In early May, we honor Mothers, and all the selfless caregivers in our lives. We celebrate teachers, health care workers, community leaders, Aunts and Aunties, Grandmas and Nanas. We recognize those who are struggling to become Mothers and those that have transitioned to care for their own Mothers.

On May 9th, we shower our caregivers with love and we invite them to take time for tea and for themselves.

Happy Mother’s Day,

HL