curios & notions

A Place for Making, Mending, and Remembering
205 Main Street, Gays Mills, Wisconsin, 54631

Curios & Notions is a working studio, a supply shop, and a place to trade knowledge.

We keep old tools in use. We honor slow craft. We believe that what we make with our hands shapes how we live.

You’ll find:

Vintage machines and rare notions
Handmade goods from regional makers
Useful things, beautifully made
Seasonal workshops and family-friendly projects
A quiet back space for divination and deeper work

We open fully in September 2025, but the shelves are already stirring!

 

This is not a store built on trends or mass production.

It’s a place for:

Limited-edition, locally made goods
Hand tools, fabric, and patterns with stories
Subscription boxes and project kits (coming fall)
Skills you can carry into winter and beyond

We help you repair. We help you rebirth. We meet you where you are in the making.

Classes & Studio Gatherings

We teach real skills in small groups.

Visible mending & patchwork
Craft as storytelling
Upcycling, reuse, & environmental fiberwork
Family-friendly day camps & homeschool enrichment

Each class is an invitation to listen, make, and share. See upcoming workshops on the door or subscribe for fall listings.

Into The Veil

Behind the main shop is a smaller space — low light, old books, quiet jars. This is where Julia offers intuitive readings rooted in story, symbol, and pattern. Offered online or in person, by appointment or by chance.

Reading Menu

 

Quick Pull (3 cards or dice)                          $10
Cartomancy (classic playing cards)           $25
Lenormand Spread                                        $30
Embodiment Reading                                    $35
Chaos Spread (multi-system)                      $40
Astrology Snapshot                                       $100

Readings are brief and thoughtful. They're designed to help you pause, see clearly, and move with intention.

 

Glamour from the Chart

Style as Ritual, Aesthetic Mapping with Julia

What if your birth chart could help you choose how to dress, adorn, and carry yourself — not to impress, but to remember who you are?

This is deep mapping — not just of fashion, but of essence.

Sessions include:
A personal color wheel, matched to your chart
A planetary breakdown of style elements (face, fabric, palette, movement)

Optional elemental and divinatory reflections :
A Vision Book (Lilith tier only)
Studio visit and curated local adornments (Immersion tier)

Session Menu

Session                                         Virtual       In Person

Core Mapping (60–75 min)        $195          $245

Lilith Path (90–100 min)             $285          $335

Driftless Immersion (3–4 hrs)      –              $555

Start with the intake form or email julia@curiosandnotions.com to inquire.

Local First, Always

We work with nearby farms, artists, elders, and collectors. We trade skills. We use what we have. We don’t rush. Every jar, every spool of thread, every reading or class — it’s all part of the same story:

Living well with what’s around you. Rooting deeper instead of reaching farther.

Craft as Care. Practice as Power.

 

Coming September 2025

We’re building our shelves, our calendar, and our online shop.

Here’s what’s on the way:

Online sales of handmade goods, kits & subscriptions
Seasonal classes and family workshops
Downloadable project guides
Virtual divination sessions
Small-batch boxes sent by mail with care

How to Join In

Visit us: 205 Main St., Gays Mills, WI

Shop handmade, local, and secondhand
Book a session
Join a class (calendar coming soon)
Email julia@curiosandnotions.com

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