Fauna and the Moon is changing. But not really.

Fauna & the Moon has changed quite a lot over the years.

Or maybe it hasn’t.

The more I think about where the business is heading, the more it feels like I’m not really changing direction at all. I’m just following the same thread a little further.

My relationship with leather started long before Fauna & the Moon existed. My dad is a cobbler, and I spent years working alongside him repairing shoes and learning the craft. I learnt how things were constructed, how to pull them apart, how to repair them properly and, probably most importantly, that a good object doesn’t need to be disposable just because it has been well used.

That way of thinking naturally followed me when I started making my own pieces.

Fauna & the Moon began with leather goods, particularly bags based on stories and novels that inspired me . I loved the idea of making simple, useful things that could be carried every day and get better with age. Things that weren’t based on trends or seasons, but could just quietly become part of someone’s life.

That is still very much at the heart of what I make.

But over the last few years, motherhood has slowly started influencing the workshop too.

I spend a lot of time thinking about the things my girls play with, what we bring into our home and what actually holds their attention. More and more, I’ve found myself drawn towards simple toys made from natural materials — things that leave a little room for imagination rather than doing everything for the child.

That has led me down the Steiner and Waldorf rabbit hole.

And lately I’ve started wondering what Fauna & the Moon might look like if I allowed that influence into the workshop a little more.

Leather alphabet and number sets. Leather and felt story pieces. Finger puppets. Dress-up pieces. Small animals and characters. Things that can become part of a story one day and something completely different the next.

It’s a slightly different world from handbags, but somehow it feels very familiar.

The materials are still natural.

The pieces are still made slowly.

They’re still designed to last.

They can still be repaired.

And perhaps most importantly, they’re things I actually want in our own home.

I think that has become a bit of a guide for me lately. Rather than asking what I should make, I’m trying to pay more attention to the things I genuinely enjoy making and the things we actually use as a family.

I don’t want Fauna & the Moon to become a shop full of random products. The leather bags and goods will always be a huge part of it. They’re where this business started and they’re a craft I genuinely love.

But I also don’t want to be afraid of letting the business grow alongside our family.

Maybe Fauna & the Moon becomes a little broader.

A place for beautiful leather bags, useful objects, imaginative play pieces and handmade things for the home.

Different objects, but with the same philosophy behind them;

Buy fewer things.

Choose good materials.

Repair what you can.

Let children imagine.

And make things worth keeping.

I’m still figuring out exactly what this next little chapter looks like, which is probably part of the fun.

For now, I’ll keep making bags and beautiful things for your home.

And I’ll probably keep finding tiny leather dolls, felt pieces and half-finished toy ideas scattered across the workshop table too.

Warmly and with excitement,

Sarina