Alainna Wurfel

Jun 21, 2024 | expectful.com | Alainna Wurfel

Image courtesy of Alainna WurfelAfter having my second baby, I often found myself wondering, “Am I being punked?” Friends had told me things like, “Don’t worry. You’ll love the newborn just as much” and “It’ll be so much fun having two.” True for some—but not for me. Not in the early weeks anyway. I fumbled through foreign feelings and slogged through sensitive situations that totally surprised me.

Aug 3, 2023 | texasmonthly.com | Alainna Wurfel

With temperatures still trending above 100 degrees, cozy quilts may not be top of mind for most Texans. But perhaps they should be. “Every summer I switch my duvet cover out for a quilt,” says Laura Preston, founder and chief creative officer of the quilt company Vacilando Studios, from her home in San Marcos. We could attribute her take to bias: she makes quilts, after all.

Aug 3, 2023 | dfwliving.com | Alainna Wurfel

With temperatures still trending above 100 degrees, cozy quilts may not be top of mind for most Texans. But perhaps they should be. “Every summer I switch my duvet cover out for a quilt,” says Laura Preston, founder and chief creative officer of the quilt company Vacilando Studios, from her home in San Marcos. We could attribute her take to bias: she makes quilts, after all.

Jul 17, 2023 | texasmonthly.com | Alainna Wurfel

Like Czech-inspired kolaches and border-transcending tacos, Haitian head wraps and a Japanese artist’s bicycles, some of our state’s greatest goods have roots in faraway cultures. A trio of luxurious Texas-made children’s lines brings multicultural ties and a fondness for fun to the forefront of high-style family living. Each specializes in a distinct material: wood, fabric, or rattan. They’re all family owned and operated.