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Hands-on workshops that build confidence, connection, and self-worth. Everyone leaves with something they made, and something they felt.

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Schools · Girl Scout troops · Churches · Community centers · Families

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Led by Esmonni Fisher. We bring every supply, set up, lead, and clean up. You bring the people.

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Letters to My Sister / Brother

Participants who aren't related at all become sisters and brothers through words. The group sits together, then splits into pairs for a guided conversation: what they're carrying, what they're proud of, what they dream about, what they need to hear. Then each person writes their partner a letter of encouragement full of what they saw and heard in them. Letters are sealed, exchanged, and kept.

Why it matters: Many people don't realize that words hold real feelings, values, and emotions, whether spoken or written. In this workshop, someone who was a stranger an hour earlier listens to you and puts in writing that you matter. That letter is something to hold onto and reread on hard days. A bond forms through words, and everyone is reminded that family isn't only blood. It's who shows up for you.

Ages 8+60–90 minUp to 2510 people $50520 people $585

Includes stationery and envelopes, a pen to keep, conversation prompt cards, wax seals, stickers, ribbon, a keepsake sleeve for each letter, table covers, and cleanup.

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Bouquet Making: Give Them Their Flowers

Participants learn simple floral design with real fresh flowers: choosing blooms, trimming stems, layering greenery, and wrapping a finished bouquet. First, each person chooses who the bouquet honors: a mother, grandmother, mentor, friend, someone they've lost, or themselves. Every stem stands for something about that person. They finish with a handwritten card tucked inside.

Why it matters: Too often, people only get flowers at a funeral. This workshop is about giving people their flowers while they're here. It slows young people down to think about who carried them. For anyone grieving, it's a gentle way to honor someone they miss. And for those who choose themselves, it teaches something just as important: you deserve flowers too.

All ages90 minUp to 2010 people $84020 people $1,190

Includes 12–15 fresh stems and greenery per person from the NYC Flower District, wrapping, ribbon, a card, flower food, table covers, and cleanup.

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Portrait of Me

It starts with a mirror. Participants spend a quiet minute really looking at themselves and name one thing they love. Then they paint a self-portrait in two layers: the outside, what the world sees, and the inside, what it doesn't (their dreams, what they've survived, who they are). They write an "I am" statement on the back, and the session ends with a gallery walk where classmates name something powerful in each portrait.

Why it matters: Too many Black and Brown young people rarely see themselves shown as beautiful, powerful, or worth celebrating. This workshop lets them replace the words others put on them with words they choose. They leave with a portrait, and a mirror of their own, that remind them every day who they are. Every curl is a crown.

Ages 6+90 min–2 hrsUp to 2010 people $71020 people $930

Includes an 11×14 canvas, acrylic paints, brushes, palettes, paint pens, collage materials, aprons, a fancy mini mirror each person keeps, table covers, and cleanup.

Pricing

One price covers everything: the facilitator, all supplies, table covers, cleanup, and travel. Prices below are for Brooklyn.

Workshop10 people15 people20 people
Letters to My Sister / Brother$505$545$585
Bouquet Making$840$1,015$1,190
Portrait of Me$710$820$930

Outside Brooklyn (Manhattan, Queens, the Bronx, Staten Island), add $100. 10-person minimum. Groups over 20 add a helper for $100.

All three · $2,400

Up to 20 people, in Brooklyn. Save about $300.

15% community rate

Off the facilitator fee for churches, Girl Scout troops, and nonprofits.

50% holds your date

Balance due on the day. 7 days' notice to reschedule. Bouquet deposits pay for flowers, so they can't be refunded once flowers are bought.

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Tell us about your group and Esmonni will get back to you with a date and a quote.

  1. Esmonni reaches out within 2 days to talk through your group.
  2. You get a quote and pick a date.
  3. A 50% deposit holds your date. We bring everything else.

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