Co-owner · Zen Collection

Meet Krista

Samantha's mom, co-owner of Zen Collection, and most likely the first person you'll meet when you walk into our Barrie shop.

Krista, co-owner of Zen Collection, holding two feathers outdoors

In the store

Krista looks after our storefront at 12 Ross Street, packs online orders and keeps the shelves full. Most of all, she loves helping the people who walk through the door.

Tell her what you're looking for, or what you're going through, and she'll show you a few options and let you hold them. You'll leave with something that feels right to you, or simply with a good conversation.

A handmade weighted eye pillow resting over closed eyes

Made by her hands

Thirty years at the sewing machine

Krista has been sewing for more than 30 years. Today she sews most of the weighted eye pillows, neck wraps, pillow sets and meditation cushions in our handmade collection.

The pieces she makes are cut, filled and stitched by her, then shipped from Barrie to homes across Canada.

From the family album

Krista at work over the years

Krista sewing at an industrial sewing machine surrounded by spools of thread
At her industrial machine
Krista cutting fabric on a long table in her sewing workroom
Cutting fabric in her workroom
Krista holding up a cushion she sewed
With one of her cushions