Spring Pop-Up Boutique
Castro Valley women crafters, grouped together as Shop Small, held a Spring Pop-Up Boutique in a James Avenue backyard on Saturday. Items on offer ranged from nail polish strips to natural candles, handmade cards and even earth-friendly pencils. (Made of recycled paper, not wood, with a natural rubber eraser, and lacking the metal strip that blocks recycling of ordinary pencils.) The group is hoping to find a more central ongoing location in Castro Valley in the near future.