Hello, I’m Charina—creator, artist, and dreamer-in-chief behind Orchid & Pine Studio.

I’m someone who’s been following the quiet thread of creativity my whole life, even when the path wasn’t clear.

My journey here has been anything but traditional. I started in fashion design, wandered into the world of yoga and healing, and somehow found my way home through flowers.

Orchid & Pine is the weaving together of all those chapters—design, movement, meditation, and the deep, grounding lessons that come from living close to the land.

I’ve always been creating.
When I was little, I painted an entire mural on our living room wall while my parents were out—crayons, watercolors, all of it. A whole story, spilling out of me.

When they came home, let’s just say... they were not impressed.

But I couldn’t help it. The need to express, to create beauty, to tell stories—it’s always been there.

Still, I tried to follow the rules.
My parents, like many immigrant parents, wanted the best for me—and in their eyes, that meant becoming a doctor or a lawyer.

So I tried. I went to pre-med school, spent a summer in an anatomy lab with cadavers... and came out of it a vegetarian for the next seven years.

That experience taught me a lot—but mostly, it reminded me that the only voice that truly knows your path is the one inside you.

And when I started listening to that voice, my life began to bloom.

Orchid & Pine is more than a studio. It’s a love letter to all the pieces of my journey.
It holds the discipline and eye of a designer, the depth and breath of a yogi, and the slow, sacred rhythm of someone learning how to grow flowers from seed, from soil, from love.

Every product I make carries a memory. A moment. An intention.

This work is deeply personal. It’s rooted in real life—the beautiful, the messy, the healing, the hopeful.

And my hope is that what you find here helps you reconnect with your own story.

That it reminds you to live fully, love deeply, and honor the quiet magic that makes you you.

Because that’s what Orchid & Pine is really about:

Creating something meaningful.
Something made with heart.
Something that speaks to yours.

Charina 🌿