Simmer and Stitch

06/12/2026

Fresh restock over at the most charming Persnickety by Jen Farley ! All new embroidery necklaces and loose leaf tea blends that are grown, cultivated and preserved here on my urban farm in Alton, IL!

Support our lovely small businesses of the Riverbend! It keeps our community unique!

06/03/2026

This time of the year is dedicated to working in my garden where the ingredients for my creative momentum thrive.

I have a few new necklaces and products hitting Persnickety by Jen Farley in time for your weekend shopping alongside my loose leaf tea blends; full of medicinal benefit and seasonal herbs grown and cultivated by me!

If you haven’t been by, consider it a MUST! It’s one of the most finely curated shops on this side of the Mississippi!!

A limited selection of products are also available at It's Raining Zen & Terra Luna!

05/19/2026

Revealing a creative momentum through the means of Mother Nature over here at Simmer and Stitch with these rain showers!

While we let Mother Nature do her thang in the gardens, providing abundance that will morph into teas and simmer pots this Fall, help me purge my current stash over here at Persnickety by Jen Farley !

Medicinal tea blends to sooth your soul, hand embroidery that will make you want to put it in a time capsule and random homestead goods like heirloom seed packets give you a little insight of the vibe Simmer and Stitch likes to keep.

Support the small artisans of your community and your small businesses with a vision!!

05/14/2026

Are your allergies buggin’ ya??

I’ve taken a new spin on the OG medicine ball!
With all the same medicinal benefits of before but only a lemon version. Mix with lemonade for a herbal infused porch drink.

Fully stocked tea bar down at Persnickety by Jen Farley ! Alongside my hand embroidered jewelry! Stop in see what it’s about!

New product:::

Y’all love the medicine ball tea bag SO much we’ve created a sister! Welcome in the lemon drop; still packed with all the medicinal punches of the medicine ball, the lemon drop has a lemon and ginger base alongside the mullein that’s great for those seasonal allergies and colds!

Perfect for warmer spring days.

05/02/2026

Are you familiar with my EXCLUSIVE tea line?? Only found at Persnickety by Jen Farley , my blends are a creative momentum that Mother Nature provides. Planned and curated gardens in the grow season help make my blends unique; as nothing is outsourced outside of the US and all the ingredients are organic! Let me also add, all the blends have a medicinal benefit to your health!

Swing by and see what we are all about at the shop and snag up some teas for your afternoon porch sitting or that Mom in your life who needs a break! It’s a finely curated shop that I take a lot of pride being a part of! See for yourself!

Stop in and see the many flavors to choose from this weekend!!

04/29/2026

Well, Spring has sprung! I’ve been a little preoccupied with getting the herb gardens ready to roll! Everything grown on my small urban farm during grow season is then utilized in my tea blends and simmer pots making everything full circle over here!!

Swing through Persnickety by Jen Farley , It's Raining Zen & Terra Luna and Designs by Deseray - Grafton,IL to sn**ch up the last launch from the previous grow season!

04/17/2026

A fresh restock in time for these warm temps and seasonal herbs!!

Excuse my absence, I’ve been gearing up for growing season in the garden! What surprises will supply the demand next year?!?

Stop into Persnickety by Jen Farley for my full stock of all the things Simmer and Stitch offer!!

It's Raining Zen & Terra Luna has new Simmer
Pots and embroidery alongside some heirloom seed packs!

Designs by Deseray - Grafton,IL, freshly stocked with the full menu!

Support our Riverbend small businesses this weekend and the artisans of our community…including ME!! Mother’s Day is right around the corner!

04/11/2026

Spring/Summer is in the house over at It's Raining Zen & Terra Luna! Swing in and grab one of my herbal simmer pots; including the Breathe Clearly blend. One of my more popular blends because of the medicinal benefit we decided to bring her out of the archives but do not worry, there are plenty of other scents to choose from!

A fresh stop of my one of a kind hand embroidered necklaces also available!!

Support our small businesses and artisans of our Riverbend and pop in there sometime!

04/11/2026

New product:::

Y’all love the medicine ball tea bag SO much we’ve created a sister! Welcome in the lemon drop; still packed with all the medicinal punches of the medicine ball, the lemon drop has a lemon and ginger base alongside the mullein that’s great for those seasonal allergies and colds!

Perfect for warmer spring days.