And we're back.

Sort of. We’ve reopened our shop here to move away from Etsy. It feels icky there now.

If you visit our shop, you’ll notice that we only have a thing or two in stock. We are in the midst of a big move. Having a limited stock during this time, will make life manageable for us.

Mushrooms - Walnut Wood Indoor Plant Stand

Never fear PNWers, we’re not leaving just relocating to an area that is more our speed within state.

As with many places all over, our current small town is now filled to the brim with towering apartment buildings for the population increase on what used to farmlands. I’m not hating on it, it’s just not for us.

We’ll do a big update about our new location and new items that will be launching later this year.

Thank you so much for keeping up with us and all of the love and support.

-Thea

Slower Shipping Times

Hello! I guess I haven’t updated since the holidays here. I hope all of you have had a good start to 2022!

Also, Happy Lunar New Year and welcome to the Year of the TIger tomorrow! Xīnnián hǎo!

As many others, we are dependent on the supply chain and things are still moving at a slower pace. Orders will take a bit of time longer to fulfill. But as always, contact us directly if you are in need of an item at an expedited time.

We are also updating our catalog and will be discontinuing a few of our products. However, many of those items we offer only through wholesale accounts. This gives us the opportunity to focus on what is in demand and the ability to focus on new designs.

Our all time best seller - Our roots plant stand.

Thank you again to everyone for your patience and patronage!

Gōng xǐ fā cái!

-Thea

Thank you!!! See you in 2022!

Our shops are closed for the next 3 weeks. We will be revamping, retiring some old products and introducing some new ones too.

While we didn’t offer anything new this holiday season, we sold an incredible amount of plant stands! I honestly cannot believe it. (Thank you!!!) Extra special thanks to those who reached out to thank us and share photos of how you use them in your spaces.

We are so incredibly grateful!

John & Thea

Oregon Coast and the new plant stand.

I apologize for being such a tease last week. I was actually posting heading down I5 with my laptop tethered to my phone. We’ve long had this Oregon Coast trip planned once we knew the vaccinations were rolling out a few months ago.

A couple of the offspring on the beach.

Our entire family went on this trip. My son in law, my younger son’s long time girlfriend and even our doggos went to meet up with extended family. It was so good to see faces and hug everyone after the craziness of 2020. I know the pandemic isn’t over but everyone who attended our vacation was fully vaccinated.

6 by 6 Arts | Roots Indoor Plant Stand

I was just so excited after a long process of trying to make ideas work for a new plant stand - that we finally sorted one out.

This one really seems like a no brainer - Roots for a plant stand. Visually it’s great. Of course we test everything out first before we release them into the wild. One thing we figured out right away with this design that it only works for one size of stand. The layout and all that rooty goodness looks best within the 6.5” x 4” size. The roots are very delicate. Shrinking them will make them extremely fragile. Enlarging them made them a bit chaotic and cartoony.

I was so happy to hear such wonderful feedback already about this design. I did take a little hounding about the lack of their availability over the weekend. But here we are and they are available in our shop.

We recommend these for indoor use only. Aesthetic outdoor photos are acceptable.

Please let me know if you have any questions about our plant stands in the comments below.

xo-Thea

New Things!

Coming next week - but here’s a sneak peek!

First up - a new indoor plant stand design: Roots

6 by 6 Arts - Roots Plant Stand

Next up: D20 Walnut Wood Stand Up Sign

I’ll give all the details after the 4th! But just had to share because I’m pretty darn excited about them.

We hope you have an excellent and safe 4th!

xo-Thea

Hi! Random Update!

The Golden Girls Lobster Cake Pan is hard to find. So, I had to come up with something to send my loved ones to let them know I was thinking of them. But if anyone is sitting on a pile of those cake pan molds, let me know! :) Bless the set designers of The Golden Girls.

I recreated an image of the famous lobster copper pan in alder wood form. I secretly sent off a handful to a handful of my friends and the feedback and photos of these bad boys hanging in their kitchens made it all me so happy.

As said in the video - all of my creations are experiments. This one was more on the random and a little off brand for us. But I can’t resist the potential for a good chuckle. If you are interested in sending one to a friend they are available in our shop.

I honestly meant to post this last week and I had to survive “The Heat Dome” this week. But we’ve been processing wholesale orders that are coming in with shops reopening. It’s been a challenge with John working outside of our company but I’m managing and I have more new designs coming NEXT WEEK. I’ll do a sneak peek post later today.

xo- Thea

2020 Ornaments!

We have long created “basic bitch”- esque scroll text signs with funny words and phrases. Something familiar looking but with a bit of a surprise bite to it. Keeping along those lines, we present to you our 2020 ornaments.

2020 Hated It / 2020 Nope / 2020 Meh Wood Ornaments

John and I wanted to create funny sentiments to engrave on our ornaments this year. While we both think the image of a dumpster fire and a roll of TP are funny things, we wanted to do something a little different.

We love vintage and retro looking things. That gave us the inspiration for each one of our new pieces.

Baby’s First Pandemic Ornament

We even made a customizable ornament!

Our First Pandemic Personalized Ornament

Each one is lightweight, made from US sourced wood and designed and created by John and I in our home studio. We even created a YouTube video to show them off.

In the video we mention that each purchase supports a small business. (We’re the small business.) After seeing where some of our first purchases came from, they are fellow makers/small business owners too. Not only did that fill my heart with gratitude and thankfulness to have such supportive people in our life, it has inspired me to share the crap out of our friends’ works for the holiday season. I’m working on a shareable list of small businesses you can support now and through the holiday season. Bezos and the Walton family have enough money. Spend your dollars at places you want to see around. So keep your peepers peeled for that upcoming post and thanks for your continued support.

Lasers and love - Thea and John

September 30 = Spooky Season Eve!

Honestly, we’ve been in spooky season mode since mid August. Being stuck in our pandemic lairs with the itch to decorate for some sort of reason has been STRONG.

We did our Kitchen Nook thing and then we just went full on Halloween mode here. We brought down decorations from the attic and tossed all of that up. But there were little touches I wanted to add to that. An obvious choice for a house full of people that like to leave their drinks on every flat surface of that house and forget about it for hours, are coasters.

Simple spooky spiderweb coasters that is. I know a lot of people freak out about actual spiders. My daughter Nieves and sense a spider’s presense the moment she enters a room. It’s a gift. We do have “spider season” in our parts and I have been known to go running from the bathroom yelling for John to save my life from a giant house spider in the tub a few times. However, I truly love the garden orb spiders and their intricate webs. They post up in our garden area and create the most beautiful big webs. They are the inspiration for our spiderweb designs. Bonus that spiderwebs are a spooky vibe visual too.

So if you’re looking for an added spooky touch this season, we got you covered.

Lasers and love - Thea

Swordfern Plant Stands

This morning we flew out of the PNW with a light snow dusting on the ground and landed in sunny Los Angeles. We’re just here for a few days for a friend’s wedding and to do some work. I admittedly am a little worried if we’ll return home to a snowpocalypse. But we’re here enjoying time with friends.

While I love our PNW forests, flora and fauna, it is awesome to see California’s plants and trees. Which prompted me to finally upload new photos of our swordfern plant stands.

PNW stay safe and warm if the snow actually falls this weekend.

xo-Thea

WTF - Thanksgiving is next week?

I saw a meme circling around my social media friend group that basically said that. Time always seems to be flying by in this season of life for us.

Sway Me With Snacks - Wood Stand Up Sign

So, before the big Cyber Monday happening, I’m uploading some new products in the shop. Some, I’ve been meaning to do for some time. Some are brand spanking new. Like the above pictured “Sway Me With Snacks” standup sign.

Poke around the shop to see what’s new and be sure to subscribe to our newsletter for upcoming holiday deals.

Lasers and love - Thea

Spooky Spirit Cutting Boards - Limited Run

Last year we posted a photo of a personal cutting board that we designed and created for our personal use. It wasn’t perfect - we forgot a couple details and the font needed to be cleaned up. But there was a big demand for them. Sadly, we had to turn quite a few away (including shops), because we didn’t have time to obtain a good source for the cutting boards.

This year we are remedying that - sort of. We are doing a small run of our spooky spirit cutting boards. It will only be a limited run of 12.

We intend on shipping everything out before we head to California next week for the Adobe MAX Conference. So they can be on their way before your Halloween parties!

A small batch of good spooky fun. Grab one while you can!

Lasers and love - Thea

Road Signs

A lot of our work comes from the inspiration of the landscape that surrounds us. As cheesy as that sounds, if you've been here, you know what I mean. 

We live east of Seattle out in the burbs. There is an unassuming hill that we have to drive up and down to go to into town. At the very top of that hill you can see the Cascade Mountain Range in all its splendor. I love that shit. It warrants the swear. There are so many spots like this all over Western Washington. A spot on the sports field in Lakewood, WA where you can see Mount Rainier appear larger than life. A perfect framing of Mount Baker between two smaller mountains from the freeway in Mount Vernon, WA. The ability to see Mount Baker and Mount Rainier with a turn of the head from various points on the west side of Whidbey Island. And that's only the west side of our state, the east side also has great viewpoint spots.

Mountains - I love that shit

We travel a lot by car/truck and we've accumulated many memories from the road. I love the road signs that alert you to scenic vistas and historic spots. I wanted to create some wall art to represent those.

Mountains, Oceans, Road Trips and the Scenic Route. All to serve as reminders or inspiration for your next adventure. 

Oceans - I love that shit

Each sign is hand painted. (We're really adding a lot of color to our work this year!) Engraved walnut wood and strung with vegan leather cording. A little retro aesthetic, because I feel like many of the road signs we've encountered have that going on.

It's hard to choose a favorite, but being a native Whidbey Islander, I might lean towards the Oceans sign. How about you? Let me know in the comments below and thanks for following us along!

Lasers and love - Thea

Food Mood

Food is such an important topic our lives. For me personally, I have some dietary restrictions and allergies. Dairy is my big dietary battle. I am lactose intolerant, perhaps even allergic (I never bothered to get tested after my doctor had me quit dairy). I get sad faces and condolences when I tell people about it. I do miss cheesecake, but I also enjoy avoiding feeling like crap after eating something. Today there are SOOOO many dairy alternative options, I'm confident that I'm really not missing anything. Including cheesecake, there are non dairy options for that too!

Being dairy free has put me into a pickle every once in a while when we eat out. There's only a few pizza places that offer dairy free options. Many have vegan options, which I always opt for. I'm not vegan, but I truly enjoy eating vegan foods. It is a safe go to, I admire the creativity and I do love vegetables. Feel my side eye to those who are just going to troll me about that.

I'm not here to lecture anyone about food but, I do highly recommend David Chang's Ugly Delicious series on Netflix for some cultural insight on food. (Bonus for an Eric Wareheim appearance! #fangirl.) The series is so good, it was worth a rewatch for me. It got me thinking about how my family's life revolves around food. We sit down as a family every night to a meal and talk about our day. It's centering and it makes me feel good to be thoughtful about what I make for us to eat. You should see our fanfare around Thanksgiving. Also, the series made me appreciate my "hapa" heritage and that I survived the "strange lunch" phase of my life. That food is now cool? Life has come full circle for me. 

On a whim I felt that some food related magnets were in order. Something with a bit of a retro vibe as a nod to my childhood. Let me know what you think about them and tell me about your food life. Are you like us and consider what type of food will be in the area when traveling? Do you want to break the cycle of microwavable meals? Are you like me and don't own a microwave. Or are you and adventurous eater out to try new things? I'm interested! 

Lasers and love - Thea 

Welcome February!

I've always loved conversation heart candies. I think they are silly and especially funny when they're misprinted. Since I've decided to really get back into decorating for holidays and celebrations, I thought it would be fun to add a bit of sweetness to my kitchen. February brings the Valentine's Day love! 

We made a limited edition readymade silly loving sentiment set. Or you can customize a magnet with whatever sentiment you'd like. 

John & Thea

I love these so much! They won't be around for too long, so be sure to grab some.

Lasers and love -Thea 

Let us help you organize this year!

Our home is always busy. So I have to stay organized with the daily things like the menu, grocery list and other things that need to get done. I've found the best place to organize that is the refrigerator. EVERYONE goes there daily. It's an easy place for eyes to land. If you recall my previous mention of creating the weekly menu chalkboard so I didn't have to explain what was for dinner that multiple times a day - one of my best ideas to date and we've revamped the font on those. But by popular demand we've created a companion Shopping List chalkboard as well as a multipurpose blank chalkboard for notes.

I hate scrambling for a piece of paper in the middle of cooking when I use the last bit of something and need to note it for a future grocery store trip. I'm already close to the refrigerator anyways so I just jot down what we need and snap a picture of my the list on my way out the door. No forgetting the paper in some mysterious place and if I do forget to take a photo of the list before I head out, I can ask someone at home to text a picture to me. I know that last bit isn't a scenario for everyone, but its super easy to train yourself to snap a picture before you head out. 

We chose a beautiful bold font for both the menu and shopping list boards. But you can get a totally blank board or have one customized with your own wording. They come with super strong magnets or strung with vegan leather cording to hang up if you're refrigerator isn't magnetic. 

I absolutely love mine and use them everyday. I've become a better shopper just from doing this little bit of organization for myself and family. I hope you will check them out. I plan to post a little video on our Instagram of how I use them. 

Lasers and love - Thea 

Back at it!

Hello! We haven't posted much aside from Instagram posts online because we became so busy in December. We basically woke up worked 18-20 hour days and repeated that cycle up until the Saturday before Christmas. We had our busiest online sales year to date. I believe we owe a lot of thanks to The Seattle Times Gift Guide feature that happened right before prime holiday shopping. Thank you again so much for your support. We're truly a mom and pop shop and depend on local support and word of mouth recommendations. 

2017 was a 50/50 year for us. Overall, much like many fellow makers, sales were slower than 2016. We scaled things back with in person shows. We did have a couple poor preforming shows, but that happens. On the flip side we did have the most profitable show to date too. A total 50/50 split. While it could've been better, it could have been worse too.

I'm a firm believer of the mantra "Keep moving forward". (Anyone familiar with Meet The Robinsons?) So that is what we are doing. New products are on the horizon (new coasters pictured below, just became available today.) I am taking my time to craft things and not letting "the rush" get to me. I know when I take my time, I love my designs more. And I like to like what I do and make. Doing this also allows me to focus on some important relationships. Not just John and I, but long time friends who are like family. Everyday is a gift and I want to fill my days with the people who are important to me. I had some self reflection moments over the past few weeks. This year I will be the age that my dad was when I was born. I always thought that was "SO old". But being almost that age myself, I feel so young still! My dad's health started to diminish when I was a young kid, which isn't too far off from where I am now and I have close friends battling the big "C" battle. Reflecting on that, it changes my mindset a bit and I really place value on my own health and my time and relationships with others. (Again, recommending Candy Chang's Ted Talk here.) I've actually been considering starting a vlog just to document meet ups with friends, to selfishly archive our time together. When you're friends with the same people for 35-25 years, we collectively turn into 15 year olds anywhere we are and its hilarious. Nothing makes me laugh harder than those times.

Even though a lot of the world seems unsavory at the moment, I have hope that many good days are in store for this year. So Happy New Year to you and may good days be on their way. For my friends who keep up with me here, I love you and you make me smile. 

Lasers and love - Thea 

Affordable Custom Ornaments From Our Family To Yours

Hello!!! We hope you had an excellent Halloween! We had a nice Halloween at home. If you follow us on Instagram, you saw our laser engraved pumpkin of 2017. Our beloved "puppy" Baberham Lincoln isn't too great with little kids, so we set out our big bowl of candy and watched the trick or treaters through the window. We did dress up a little bit for our around town activities for the day.

When that calendar flips over, many immediately get into the Christmas spirit. I have friends that have already put up their Christmas tree! (Whoa!) Thanksgiving is the biggest holiday of the year for our family. We look forward to having a few days at home together, eating, having a movie marathon and then putting up the tree together. 

As a maker, we start creating for the holiday season as early as August. So much planning goes into store holiday displays and events, we get orders from our wholesale accounts in the summer because of that. 

We got onto the holiday ornament game early this year and while we will still have some old favorites, we are also introducing some new ones too. The first one is an affordable customized ornament with one of our most popular designs, the Family Of Trees. At $12 a pop, you can add your annual ornament to your collection affordably. 

We're producing these twice a week and shipping daily. I'll have a post dedicated to shipping deadlines soon but here's the two big deadlines:

International Christmas shipping deadline : November 12, 2017
Domestic Christmas shipping deadline: December 18, 2017

We're excited about this customizable option on this ornament. Last year we turned down many requests for personalization because of time and set up.  Let us know what you think! 

Lasers and love - Thea 

Calling All Game Lovers!!!

We have some exciting news!!! We decided after a big accumulation of ideas and tester products, that we needed to house all of our gaming geekery in one exclusive spot. Thus Game After Game Home was born! 

You'll find some familiar items that have been our main shop, as well as new items with more to come!

If you've been a fan of our gaming & geek themed items here, be sure to check us out on Instagram, Facebook and Etsy!

On the horizon is some brand spanking new 6 by 6 items! Keep your eyes peeled for them!

Lasers and love - Thea 

Plant Stands

Our plant stands were created out of necessity for me. You can read about the creation of our plant stands here in this post. Basically, I needed coasters for our plants.

Surprisingly, they've been an overwhelming hit. They were originally only available in maple wood. But we ended up adding walnut wood to the mix too. They came unassembled ready for your hands to put them together. However, we had some feedback about it being difficult for some to assemble. I've had trouble with a few myself with that final push down. So we decided to offer them fully assembled ready to use right out of the box.  

Large Maple and small walnut plant stands.

Now fully assembled means no work for you and they are easier to gift! As always, we truly appreciate the feedback and love that these have been so well received!

Small walnut wood plant stand - or display stand as seen above.

Lasers and love - Thea 

Bring on the Fall!

I love fall. It's my favorite season. Things cooling down (sorry midwest friends who are still in the heat), warm drinks in the cool morning, hearty soups in the crockpot, and the autumn color all around. I'm all about that Hygge life. 

BRING IT ON!

I've been a bit homebound these days too. My eldest daughter has been borrowing my car for work while she saves up for one for herself. She's a recent university grad, so she's about to start paying back her student loans. So I've been getting a lot of work done during the day and have started to roll out the festive decor. Small perk of having everything delivered!

We'll be getting a head start on holiday projects and offering customizable gifts! As well as a few new items, like this As You Wish stand up sign. Fun fact today is the 30th anniversary of the Princess Bride! 

How about you? Are you sad to see summer go or excited for fall and winter? Also, do you have a favorite soup you love to make? I love to collect soup recipes.

Lasers and love - Thea