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

Halloween 2019 - Spiderwebs and Laser Engraved Pumpkins

It appears that I haven’t blogged in about a year. We’ve decided to make some changes in our business. I feel like in the maker community, we’re not alone on changing stuff up this year. More on that in a future post. But there’s been a lot of action behind the scenes. If you’ve been following us a long our ride, you know we love Halloween and laser engrave pumpkins every year.

Laser cut spiderweb wreath - 6 by 6 Arts

This year we did a couple extra projects like this laser cut spiderweb wreath. It is on the delicate side so, it wasn't available as a seasonal product. Just something fun to do for ourselves.

The decorated wreath. Hand painted vintage silk flowers and toy snakes.

I also had a couple other small Halloween themed projects that I will share over on my other site. So now on to the pumpkins. It’s incredibly easy to find something you’d want to engrave. The tricky part is transforming an image into something that not only the laser understands but also translates well visually. Knowing how the negative spots will look on a pumpkin. Thankfully, John is super good at that so I toss images his way and he makes things work. This year, I chose two characters that I love and actually look and act like John and I - Gomez & Morticia Addams.

Morticia & Gomez Addams - 6 by 6 Arts 2019

Time to get my costume (Morticia) on and turn on the fog machine for the trick or treaters! Happy Halloween!

Lasers & love - Thea

As we're getting ready for our summer show tour that begins next weekend, we've got a couple new products coming out. First is a walnut version of our very popular plant stands. I had no idea how popular these were going to be! I really needed them for our home. I got tired of rotating my plants that were competing for the sun on my windowsill and I was especially tired of having to clean up "water rings" after watering my plants. 

They've really been super handy and I totally love them. I also really love (LOVE) the look of walnut wood. So duh, had to whip up a batch of these in walnut. 

What do you think? How do you feel about darker woods? Light wood is always fresh and clean looking but there's something sexy about the darker wood grain. There's a woodworker's joke in there somewhere. :)

In other news, if you subscribe to our newsletter, you were privy to a free shipping coupon code that expires tomorrow at 11:59pm Pacific!!! Thanks to all of you who took advantage of that coupon and to those who aren't subscribers...I'll pass along the deal to you too! (But I would love it if you'd consider subscribing! 

Enjoy FREE SHIPPING on orders over $25.00 from now until June 16, 2017. (Domestic orders only.) Use coupon code: WESTCOASTSUMMER upon checkout.

More from me soon! Like next week!!! We have to live through a few busy days! Father's Day, a graduation, a graduation party, a Freshman formal dance.... 

Lasers & Love -Thea 

Coasters For Your Plants! (Plant Stands)

What does a laser cutter do when her plants are making rings on her wood window sills??? She scribbles a design out, tosses it at her husband to make it a digital design and boom = a pretty fantastic plant stand has been created!!!

Admittedly, I am a better vegetable gardener than I am a houseplant keeper. But I have managed to keep a few alive, some for over 15 years! I am a late 70's child. My mom rocked the indoor jungle. There were friggin' plants all over the house! My dad would catch his hat on a few of them and he was only 5'8" on a good day. 

Early 1980's me in my Lucy halloween costume in my indoor jungle.

Bonus photo of my mom and I in full one boho mode wearing tops from the Philippines. But notice the yellow planter, compare it to the one in the above photo. Same plant - one year difference. My mom is a plant whisperer. 

Back to the present - we live in a 30+ year old home. The window sills are wood on the inside. I like to keep plants there because they get a lot of sun. But after a few waterings I noticed some rings underneath the terracotta plates that are meant to catch the water. So I needed a resolution and here it is. 

6 by 6 Arts Plant Stands

They are sturdy and boost my plants up off of the surface, but not too high. We do like to make functional items, not just humorous things. We made two sizes = small and large. Some assembly is required, but they are easy to assemble! More information about the specs and even more photos are available in the listing. 

A little corner in our home. With some of our plant stands in use. I lurvvvve them!

I hope you all had a decent Monday.

Lasers and love -Thea 

Standups are here!

When we vend at shows, we like to do something special for each show. At our most recent show - Renegade Craft Fair in Chicago, we debuted our standup signs. 

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This was oddly (and hilariously) the most popular stand up that we had for sale. Go Away - perfect for your office!

We long debated on offering standing versions of our signs. Some folks have asked for that specifically since they wanted to display the signs predominately on a shelf or a mantle. So we made that happen! 

We're offering the standups in two sizes- small and large. Dimensions will vary by size. The designs we're offering are:

• As You Wish
• Go Away
• Once Upon A Time
• We Hate Everything Together

The small version measures approximately 4"x 2.5" inches and the large measures 8" x 4.5". The small version is $10.00 and the large is $20.00 each plus shipping. 

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Large and small standups.

There is some light assembly required. You just need to insert the sign into the base. I personally have a "heavy hand" and seem to "accidentally" break things now and then... but these have stood up to the destructo-Thea-meter. 

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We'll have more photos and exact measurements posted on the listing shortly! But in the meantime, let us know what you think!

Lasers and love - Thea 

Now you see me - Now you don't

As the description in the listing notes, growing up in the Pacific Northwest you hear many stories about the legend that is Sasquatch. Most are X Files like, it's a solid folklore story that has been around for generations. 

Admittedly, we've been watching way too many nature shows about the wild west and the Rocky Mountains. I also introduced John to the show Ancient Aliens, only because he didn't get the reference about the guy with the crazy hair. "It's aliens man." (Insert internet meme here). So that all led to inspiration on certain topics like Sasquatch. I like to believe that if Sasquatch is real, he'd be like Harry from Harry and the Hendersons. Just a cool elusive clumsy hairy dude. So elusive that you could see him one minute, blink and he'd be gone. Inspiration for these little light switch plates we did here.

We've been wanting to do some more light switch plates. Mainly to replace the gaudy gold 1980's ones that we have around our house.

I debated on painting the eyes with glow in the dark paint but I thought that would be overboard. These come with cute little screws (yes screws can be cute!) for easy installation. While I've got your attention, tell me do you have fancy or fun light switch plates around your home? I have a handful of designs for ones we'll be making for ourselves. But I'm the lady that draws mustaches on outlets. I'm not necessarily the authority on home decor.

Lasers and Love - Thea

Island People Are In Fact Weird

A couple years ago a couple of my childhood friends and I vacationed together on our home island. We visited our old neighborhoods and special places where we once roamed. Which of course led to debauchery. Let's face it, when you hang out with childhood friends no matter what age you are your maturity reverts to a lesser level.  To make a long story short, one of us spotted a flock of pink flamingos in the front of a local establishment and we may or may not have attempted to "borrow" one of them. Let's just say, the plan hilariously failed and will live on in friendship lore.  

*Disclaimer - In no shape or form do I promote unauthorized "borrowing". In our defense, as the title of this entry claims, island people are in fact weird and do weird things. It's always in good fun. We promise.*

Funny where inspiration comes from right? I do like the appeal of the kitschy-ness of the pink flamingos. I thought it would be fun to have them standing proudly in my indoor plants. 

As the listing notes, my first intention was to make some standard plant identification stakes. But my mind deviated and end up with these. 

Thea's original flamingo sketch.

They do absolutely nothing but make you smile. And hey, we own a laser can bring our crazy ideas to life like this. 

Lasers and love - Thea