Adrienne Middleton (East Coast Adri)
October 2025
What a beautiful experience! My friend and I recently booked the Nameplate Workshop and it was everything and more. We both traveled from Jersey City via car on a Sunday afternoon and was able to find street parking easily. Since we were a bit early, we stopped by a coffee shop next door called OneTwoOne Cafe (highly recommend). When it was time to enter the workshop, the room was filled with the comforting smell of incense, books, art, and our nameplate books + piece of jewelry we're creating. Once everyone arrived, we did an introduction which was cool as we got to know where everyone was from and what name they chose for their nameplate. I loved being in a room full of beautiful black women bonding over the nostalgia of the nameplate. Not only did we get a nameplate, we also got to take the book home. Creating my necklace was pretty quick and easy. I also got to see other people create bracelets, earrings, anklets, etc. This was such a fun and unique event I was so happy the owner allowed two more guests as the workshop did fill up quick!






