OUR STORY
NYClementine
Made for the things we want to remember.
NYClementine began with children's stories inspired by my daughters and the small, ordinary moments of family life — books before bed, funny things children say, drawings taped to the refrigerator, and the rituals we repeat without realizing that one day they will become memories.
But as the stories grew, so did the idea behind them. Motherhood made me increasingly aware of how much of family life disappears almost as quickly as it happens — a handwritten note, a first drawing, the story of becoming a mother, a family ritual, the particular way a child sees the world before everything changes again.
NYClementine grew from a desire to notice those things while we're living it, and to create beautiful ways of holding onto a little of them. Today that takes different forms: children's books, guided journals, essays, original artwork and keepsakes made from the things families already treasure.
Different objects, but the same idea at the heart of them: the ordinary parts of our lives are often the ones most worth keeping.
Stories. Keepsakes. Everyday Wonder.
We want everything to feel like a thoughtful gift from someone who genuinely cares.
Cindy Klarwasser
Founder & Publisher
FOUNDER & PUBLISHER
Cindy Klarwasser
Cindy Klarwasser is a writer, artist, publisher and the founder of NYClementine. After more than a decade building international programs and communities between Europe and the United States, motherhood brought her back to making things and eventually to creating the books, journals, essays, artwork and keepsakes she wanted to exist for her own family.
Her work explores motherhood, childhood, memory and the ordinary details of family life that so often become meaningful only once they begin to disappear.
OUR GUIDE
WHAT GUIDES US
01
Thoughtfulness
We believe the smallest details matter—from the words on a page to the paper in your hands, the thread in a keepsake and the way something is wrapped and sent into the world.
02
Storytelling
Stories help us understand where we've been, who we are and what we want to carry forward. We make space for the honest, ordinary and imperfect stories of family life.
03
Craftsmanship
We believe in making fewer things, thoughtfully. Beautiful materials, careful design and objects made to be lived with, returned to and kept.
04
Emotional Honesty
Family life is tender, funny, exhausting, joyful and complicated. We don't want to polish away the parts that make it real.
05
Everyday Wonder
We believe ordinary life is worth noticing. A child's handwriting, a bedtime ritual, a forgotten drawing or a sentence said in passing can become the things we treasure most.
Stories • Keepsakes • Journals • Made From Yours • Heirloom Embroidery • Books • Memory
Stories • Keepsakes • Journals • Made From Yours • Heirloom Embroidery • Books • Memory
Thoughtfully crafted to elevate what matters most.
THE STUDIO
Made From Yours
Some things are too meaningful to leave in a drawer. Handwriting, children's drawings and other pieces of family history are carefully recreated in thread and transformed into framed keepsakes made to last.
