✦ Handmade for readers drawn to the darker shelves ✦

Handcrafted • Bookish • A little bit wicked

Handmade for the beautifully bookish & strange.

Gothic reader accessories, mystical storage and maker tools—designed and crafted by hand in Louisville, Kentucky.

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Handmade coffin-shaped Kindle sleeve open to show spiderweb lining New • Coming Soon

Dark stories travel well

Choose Your Curiosity

Fresh from the worktable

The Collection

Ashley Donnelly, owner and maker behind The Nerdie Atelier, in her sewing studio Owner • Maker • Designer

Meet the maker

Made by hand.
Made to be kept.

Hi, I’m Ashley. I started sewing just out of middle school with fabric I picked out myself and no pattern—only curiosity. Over the years, that spark grew into purses, clothes, blankets, everyday accessories and the unusual little things I couldn’t find anywhere else.

The Nerdie Atelier brings together my love of sewing, reading, astrology, tarot and useful handmade design. Every piece is created for people who like their practical things with a little personality and magic.

— Ashley Donnelly

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