About

 Welcome!

I'm Rose, a mixed-media artist from the Bay Area, California, and the creator behind Rose Dryad--a little shop where I share my handmade and illustrated creations inspired by fairies & nature.

It all began with a dollhouse. I wanted to make miniature crochet doilies and cross-stitched art to decorate a small house I was customizing. It led me to making miniature hutches from balsa wood, to painting watercolors of dreamy forest creatures and flowers, designing nature inspired accessories, and more. 

My work often features mushrooms, wildflowers, leaves, acorns, butterflies and other forest treasures in my favorite color palette of pinks, purples, and earthy tones.

In 2024, I opened Rose Dryad as a way to share my creations from my fairy garden miniatures, leaf-shaped jewelry, nature themed illustrations, and handmade plushies. I crochet, knit, embroider, cross stitch, sew, paint, wire wrap, do paper crafts, and make plushies by hand. Since many of my creations are one-of-a-kind and time intensive, my shop inventory is often small.

In 2025, I began expanding my shop to include printed goods like stickers and (soon!) art prints & notebooks. This allows me to share my art in more accessible ways.

A Few Fun Facts:

✿ The name Rose Dryad is inspired by a forest spirit that loves roses, flowers, tiny mushrooms, hidden paths, and moss. Through my work, I bring her world to life.

✿ I have a colony of pet isopods--Giant Canyon (Porcellio dilatatus)! They're adorable burrowers and love dried mealworms. I think of them as tiny forest familiars.

✿ I love fairycore because it blends two of my favorite things: nature and fantasy.