Light After Loss: Holiday Ornament Gathering
A cozy holiday ornament-making evening for parents and families navigating pregnancy and infant loss.
📅 Thursday, December 10, 2026
🕕 7 to 9pm
📍 Pinch Bakery, Hamilton, ON
🎟️ Sliding scale: $20 / $30 / $40, all supplies, drinks, and treats included
✨ Optional $5 mini tarot or Reiki session with Jess
The holidays have a way of making the missing louder. The stocking that never got hung, the name left off the card, the “first Christmas” that didn’t happen the way it should have. This December, come make something beautiful for the baby or babies you carry with you.
Join us for a low-key night of ornament-making, warm drinks, sweet treats, and the company of others who get it. There’s no heavy sharing circle and no pressure to talk about your loss unless you want to. Just a gentle space where grief and joy can sit at the same table.
Who it’s for
- Anyone who has experienced miscarriage, stillbirth, infant loss, ectopic pregnancy, TFMR, or any pregnancy that ended before they got to bring their baby home
- Partners and support people
- Loss parents at every stage, whether your loss was last month or many years ago
What to expect
- A light, cozy craft night with plenty of laughter and zero pressure to share
- A room full of people who get it, so you don’t have to explain or translate your grief
- A playful icebreaker to help everyone settle in
- Your choice of a clear fillable ornament or a wood slice ornament, personalized with your baby’s name or word, dates, symbols, dried flowers, sparkle, and any meaningful items you bring
- Warm drinks and treats, surrounded by amazing plants
- Optional 10-minute tarot reading or Reiki session with Jess for $5, added at checkout (limited spots, first come, first served)
Bring your keepsakes
You’re warmly invited to bring small items to tuck inside or add to your ornament, like a piece of a hospital bracelet, a snippet of a swaddle or blanket, a birthstone, or a tiny charm.
Meet Your Hosts
- Melissa Sulley, your host and co-facilitator, is a Certified Pregnancy and Infant Loss Coach and Bereavement Doula, offering trauma-informed, intuitive support for those navigating pregnancy and infant loss. She brings both personal and professional experience to every space she holds.
- Jessica De Abreu, is a holistic wellness guide specializing in mind, body, and soul healing. A Reiki practitioner and card reader, Jess will be offering 1:1 tarot or Reiki during the evening, bringing gentle, intuitive energy work to the room.
About the sliding scale
Grief is expensive enough. Choose the price that fits your life right now, no questions asked nor proof needed.
- Community ($20): for when money is tight
- Standard ($30): covers the cost of the evening
- Supporter ($40): helps make community spots possible for someone else
If $20 is a barrier, pleases email me. Nobody should miss out on remembering their baby because of money.
Space is limited. Register now to hold your spot.
