Village + Vessel

Sarah Maher
135 N. Oak Park Avenue

Sarah Maher wants you to feel calm and find your inner peace. When you walk into Village + Vessel, 135 N. Oak Park Avenue, she helps you select home decor—such as candles, jewelry and crystals—to connect with the essential elements of the earth.

After a year of operating the business out of her garage and selling online, Sarah opened her storefront in Oak Park in 2023. She says the support of the Oak Park-River Forest Chamber of Commerce and the Hemingway District has been essential to her success in starting her storefront.

In addition to retail items, Village + Vessel offers events and classes designed to educate on different modalities to be your best spiritual self, including creating vision boards, developing rituals for manifestation and tarot card readings.

If you’re new to the world of crystals and metaphysical supplies, Sarah recommends you simply start where you’re at. “Just come in and experience it for yourself,” she says. “See what is beautiful to you and attracts your attention. Start there.”