Taking a Break and Getting Hitched!

For the next two and a half weeks our shops will be semi closed.

We will be slow to respond to emails and calls. Standing orders will still be processed as scheduled. Retail orders will be processed as they come in. But custom orders will be on hold until we resume regular hours on September 14th, 2016.

We're getting married and we will be spending time with friends and family.

I have a couple scheduled posts that will be shared this week. I did put a small halt to our "At Home with 6 by 6" posts, because I decided to repaint a room in the midst of all the other craziness going on here. Because I'm nuts. 

Lasers and love -

John and Thea 

Small Batch Manufacturing - Pinoy Stitch

While we do have our own retail line, we also do a lot of small batch manufacturing for other companies. Small batch manufacturing is a cost effective way for companies to test their product out on the market. Especially handmade makers, where many of us have other employment commitments, makers that are just starting up or like us, makers that take pride in American made products. 

A great example of that is Pinoy Stitch's DIY Slide Tin Trinket Box and DIY Circle Pendants. 

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Pinoy Stitch - DIY Slide Tin Trinket Box

Pinoy Stitch provided us with their vision and artwork and through a small testing process we created components for their products. Personally I am a needlework fan (junkie) so I've been  excited about their product development and the end result of course!

We're proud to produce components for such a great idea!

To grab a DIY Slide Tin Trinket Box or DIY Circle Pendant for yourself please visit Pinoy Stitch!

Lasers and love - Thea

(Photos by Pinoy Stitch - used with permission.) 

New Stockist - handmade. la conner (La Conner, WA)

Ever meet a highly motivated positive friendly person that you like the moment you meet? That's the way I feel about Robyn - the owner/leading lady at handmade. la conner. I've been a long time vendor at a large bi-annual craft show in Seattle, one year Robyn happened to be placed right next to me. It was her first time vending at that show - which is like running a marathon for 48+ hours straight. I was impressed not only by her well made home goods/personal care items but her display was impressive. She is hard worker and all around great lady. 

Like a handful of other artist's I've watched flourish in the maker's movement, it's been great to see Robyn grow from a 10' x 10' booth set up into the great waterfront store that she has now in La Conner, Washington. 

Speaking of her store, she's recently expanded at her current location and will be hosting a Grand Re-Opening Weekend starting September 2nd! 

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handmade. la conner shelves filled with goodness!

You can expect shelves to filled with her amazing products, but with the expansion she's taking on other fellow makers's works - including yours truly!  We're honored and excited to have our products available at handmade. la conner and highly encourage you to take an adventure to the cute scenic town of La Conner, Washington. 

Maybe you'll be lucky enough to be greeted by this sweet Henrietta like we were when we visited recently. 

You can visit handmade. la conner at:

106 1st St, La Conner, WA 98257

10 am to 6pm.

Lasers and love - Thea 

6 by 6 Arts' Shop at Handmade at Amazon - A final cry for help.

Instead of a home tour post today, I wanted to talk about a frustrating situation that I've been dealing with for months now. 

About a year ago I was invited to Amazon Headquarters in Seattle for a presentation by Amazon about a rumored "Handmade store" to "rival" Etsy. I kept an open mind as it did peak my interest to see what Amazon would offer. When I arrived at the conference room - which was more like a hipster library setting, there was a large fancy food spread along with free beer. I'm an old timer in the Maker scene now, the fanciest treats I've ever received was some free sponsored granola bars and a reusable bag. I recognized a few familiar faces in the room and I felt comforted by that. I'm sure we were all mostly curious about what this "local" mega company could do for us. 

The presentation was good. It was everything that we suspected it would be. The presenters, while really friendly and seemingly passionate about supporting handmade work, they were obviously prepped and poised to provide generic corporate answers if a question touched the confidential zone. Understandable, but it did feel very corporate. Regardless, we kept an open mind.

A couple months went by Handmade at Amazon launched. By this time, we were personally feeling good about it, we were apart of the initial launch. We had personal emails from at least two of the leads on that team. One actually remembered us and chatted with us at a show we were vending at in San Francisco. It was nice to see the human side of Amazon. I should note, for those of you who are reading this that do not live in the Seattle area, Amazon is headquartered here and isn't always viewed favorably with its expansions. In addition to the local issues, we also took into consideration the Handmade at Amazon policies issues. There were many articles that dissected the policies. Some sounded quite scary. We have many maker friends that absolutely refused to join Handmade at Amazon. Keeping that in mind, we chose to not list all of our products we make. We had daily sales and payments came regularly from Amazon. It was like that for months. 

In late April of 2016 I got an email in Spanish from Handmade at Amazon. I thought it was strange but it was quickly followed up with another email that said to disregard the previous email. I assumed it was a glitch in their system. About a week went by and I noticed that I hadn't received any sales notifications from Amazon for a couple of days. I logged into our account to see what was going on. My password failed. Which I thought was odd as my computer saves all my passwords for me. I tried a few times until I became locked out of our account. I followed their contact/support online form to ask to have my password reset. I received an automated email reply from "Mary L." stating: (screenshot below)

So from the title of this blog entry, you can guess that I didn't get the help that I needed. I followed the "take a screen shot of the error page" instructions and replied to that email, only to have it state that the email didn't accept communications. I tried sending it to the Contact Us link that was linked at the bottom of that email. Only to have it require me to log into my seller account which I was locked out of. So I started the online contact form again - only this time to receive no reply. I even called the (866) 216 - 1072 support number and was told that someone would in fact get back to me within 24hrs of sending that email. Guess what, nope. I gave up for the time being because I was getting ready to vend at a show with my other company.

The show I vended at was actually sponsored by Handmade at Amazon. They provide an gigantic spread of food in the "vendor's lounge" and had representatives for Handmade at Amazon. I thought, "Great! I can actually talk to a human who could refer me to someone who could help me with my issue!" I did talk to four individual Handmade at Amazon representatives and explained my situation. These poor fresh faced recent college graduate looking folks had no idea how to help me. One said to call the 866 number that I had already called. 

That was the end of June. 

Again, I gave up because we have quite a bit going on right now and I have devoted A LOT of time to this issue and have received NO HELP. I think I called once in July and tried the online support AGAIN. Gave up. 

I called again this past Monday and spoke with "Jovial" via that 866 number, she looked up information for me and said their was nothing wrong with my Seller's account. But my buyer's account is on hold. WTF? WE DIDN'T BUY ANYTHING WITH THIS ACCOUNT! So she gave me a number to call - wanna guess what it was??? That's right the same number I called her at (866) 216-1072! But to top it off - SHE COULDN'T EVEN F---ING TRANSFER MY CALL. So, at this point I was worked up enough to call again go through the whole long phone process AGAIN. I end up on the phone with "Edgar". I told him my whole schpeel. He actually seemed helpful and finally the help I've been seeking and promised would actually happen. Every time you call that number they end the conversation with "You will receive an email within 24 hours about your issue." I got one from "Jovial" which stated that she said to call that 866 number for help. (Great - thanks). But my dude "Edgar" who was super friendly and seemingly helpful let me down. It is now FRIDAY and I am still locked out of my account, no one is helping us and I've devoted way too much time to this only to continually be frustrated over and over again. 

If you are accepted into Handmade at Amazon, hopefully nothing ever goes wrong with your account. From our experience, you will be sitting on your problem and no sales for months and months. 

Lasers and love (and frustration with Handmade at Amazon) - Thea 

P.S. Handmade at Amazon feel free to call me back at (206) 659-1748. 

At Home With 6 by 6 Arts - Furry "Employees"

I thought it would be fun to add a little twist to our home tour. There are two very important fixtures in our home, our "puppies" Toki & President Baberham Lincoln. Toki is 9 and Baberham is 2. 

Our ladies "on guard". 

Pictured above, is their favorite spot in the house in our front room. Our old couch is exclusively theirs, parked right next to my vintage Plycraft chair and our Lego Tower of Orthanc.  That couch is thei perch and comfort zone.

It's amazing how a home wouldn't feel the same without your pets around. While they do have little barking fits to alert everyone that their arch nemesis "The UPS guy" has pulled into the driveway and get a little to beggy at dinner, we'd miss them greatly if they didn't. 

We actually had a scare soon after we brought Baberham home after we adopted her from a local shelter. She got curious and wandered into the forest. She was missing for a couple hours. Thankfully she ended up in a neighborhood close by and was easily identified by the custom ID tag we engraved for her.

Custom engraved pet ID tags. 

They are like our furry children. Like our real children, they too are very animated, have distinct personalities, leave things all over the house and fill our home with even more love.

Baberham

Toki

How about you? Who are your fur babies? I'd love to see pictures! I watch every single pet video that is posted to Facebook/Instagram. I'd be a crazy dog lady if permitted to. 

We hope everyone stays cool this weekend!

Lasers and love -Thea 

At Home With 6 by 6 Arts - Bits of Greenery

Living in the PNW, you get used to seeing green all the time. Evergreen trees that tower over you. Shrubs and ferns that seemingly never change color. Growing up here, I'm guilty for taking it for granted.  

Sword ferns💗 

When I've posted photos online like the one above of sword ferns from our yard, we've received comments from folks abroad exclaiming how lucky we are to have so much greenery around us.  

Many people are into succulents and house plants to get their green fix. I grew up in a "Jungalow" - or a houseplant jungle. My mom kept a lot plants all over our house. It was beautiful. I have a few houseplants in our home but I'm much more proficient with a garden and outdoor plants.  

Mega chard in one of our greenhouses. 

Our Asian Pear tree is loaded this year! 

Our home only has a few all day sunny spots, so I have to choose low light loving plants. But the garden outside has a bit more of a variety. I'm always curious about what others do for greenery at their homes. Is your patio filled with tomato plants? Are you a solo succulent keeper? Do you live on a farm and have a large outdoor garden? Share a comment or two about it the comments below. 

Lasers and love - Thea

At Home With 6 by 6 Arts - Where Prototype Signs Go To Die

When I posted the first post, I imagined my mother's horror of me not putting things "away" before showing the world what my home looks like. I grew up in a house that had those weird plastic protective runners on top of the carpets. Anyone even know what those horrible things are? I think they were meant to keeping your carpet clean.  I ate shit on them every morning, by tripping on that *one* little bumped up part.

Not in my house. I keep a house where my kids actually feel comfortable living here. I do have one son that is a little TOO comfortable and thinks the tv room is his hamper...

But we have our Lord of the Rings Legos displayed in the front room (I'll show those in a future post!) Dr. Seuss book characters painted in the our old dining room and of course our own signs that we designed. 

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A recent vintage mid century Quartite lamp thrift find. Thanks to those who chimed in on Instagram. The original colors have grown on us. If you look closely, you can see the reflection of our refrigerator that has all sorts of chalkboard magnets we've designed stuck all over it. 

We often will display our original prototype signs on our walls. Like this Damn Fine Cup of Coffee sign.

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Can you notice the difference in lighting or what? Bright light in the kitchen vs the soft tv room light as seen in the previous photo.

We had some stability issues with the first layout of the Damn Fine Cup of Coffee sign. We adjusted them but kept this original one. Appropriately hung on the wall next to our coffee pot of course. Which sits elegantly on my fine "vintage" (beat to hell) formica countertops. I also had to display one of my vintage Pyrex coffee pot stands. (I'm a vintage Pyrex collector!) I might as well explain the other things going on here. A Partylite pineapple candle holder that was a gift to me. A slightly hidden sugar dispenser. Ferdinand the Bull from the Philippines. Odd story about that - my mom just sent that to me with no note, or explanation as to why she sent it. Just Ferdinand in a box. We laughed for days with slogans for the bull. "Bull in a Box", "Big Box of Bull", "Pack and Play Bull", "Bull on the Go!" I later found out that she just forgot to include the note when she packaged it up. A framed card that reads "I hate everyone that isn't you" - from one of my best friends. Some coasters that no one uses. A basket of napkins - because they are way cheaper than paper towels and when you have a house full of teenagers you don't bother buying the expensive stuff until they move out. Finally, an outlet with a mustache. I draw mustaches on outlets because it makes me laugh.  

I hope you're enjoying this little series and a peek into our home!

Lasers and love - Thea 

The Calm Before The Storm

Mid July already? Where does the time go? We're getting nudged for holiday orders, ads for "back to school" stuff is popping up and our wedding planning is coming to a close as the main event nears. Perhaps I feel this way because every spare moment we get my entire family has been playing Pokemon Go together. I kid, but I do openly admit that I packed my car up with my family at 10:30 the other night and drove around to Pokestops. We are enjoying it quite a lot. The summer has been flying by though and the onslaught of jammed packed life that begins in the fall is on the horizon.

Off cuts serendipitously placed.

We're finishing up a handful on new products for the holiday season. I hate talking about the holidays this early. I am so sorry. But its the way the "buying season works". It makes sense really. Buyers have to plan ahead to make sure they have the things they need to thrive when people are buying. That's a soft nudge to remember to support the small brick and mortar stores in your neighborhoods. We need those small shops to thrive and keep the character of our places.  

I've been working on our new products, packaging design and applying to shows for the next upcoming months. Along with the fun diversion of our little "Home Tour" series. I'll have a new post about that on Friday. 

Today, I leave you with a picture I took of some sleeping ducks at a near by lake. Completely adorable and totally not relevant to anything. I just thought they were the cutest. 

Lasers and love - Thea

At Home With 6 by 6 Arts - The Truth

Hello Friday. It has been a rough week socially speaking. Many discouraging things going on all over the world. Surreal things, things that make you wonder if we as human value life truly. The saddest thing about all of the social turmoil is that it's overshadowing an amazing human feat of Juno orbiting Jupiter. Humans can do amazing things and horrible things. I'm just a lady who runs a small business in the trees of Western Washington. The part I'm contributing to the world is raising good accepting people. I don't make any big social decisions for others, but I do support those who share the same views as I do.

Before this week, I had planned to start a little weekly series about us. A little home tour of sorts. I decided to do a little soft and truthful introduction into that. Earlier today I took a picture of one of the walls in my living room:

At home with 6 by 6 Arts

I left everything in place. Disheveled front door mat, boxes from shipments. Folding chairs from my last craft show and other business stuff that belongs in the garage. A few weeks ago I had posted a photo on Instagram about a vintage (mid century) table lamp. I noted that our house is a mish-mash of things. Here's a little glimpse of that. My gallery wall that John isn't too keen on. I have a few decorative plates that came from my dad's house, a handful of thrifted scenic paintings. With spaces for wall art that I am making myself. A glass bonsai tree, a vintage brass menorah, wooden Ibex family, vintage Alsy lamps, some of my vintage Pyrex and my childhood Japanese dolls in the cabinets and my what my kids call the "Blue Clues" chaise chair.  As you can see I'm no home stylist or even care much about style. There's lots going on here. To me, it's comforting, I like looking at things, lots of color and things that make my home unlike any other. The stuff from work can go, but John has been rearranging the garage so that will be short lived. 

I will post an update of this room once I complete that wall art and will share pictures of other rooms and where we predominately display our original We Hate Everything Together sign. I wanted to share what our home, which is where we work too - looks like since we design many things for your homes. It's only fair. 

Lasers and love - Thea 

Since last we spoke...

John and I celebrated an anniversary. We had an anniversary lunch at Din Tai Fung. Xiao long bao.... heck yes. One order just isn't enough!

I (Thea) participated in Urban Craft Uprising with my other company. 

We've done quite a bit of yard work. We're getting ready to host a few friends and family - friends that are family in a little over two months. We're reaping some benefits to go along with our sore bodies.

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This is Big Bertha. She's my favorite fern. Just please don't tell my other ferns. #crazyfernlady

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A couple thimbleberries, marionberries and red huckleberries fresh from our yard. 

And the reason why we're getting our domestic things in order, we're about to begin an adventure, marriage. 

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Walnut Wood Laser Cut Cake Topper | 6 by 6 Arts

I'll post a bit more about that in the near future. There's still lots to do but we're taking a very zen approach to things. We're actively taking new orders up until two weeks before. We realize that we're doing this during the beginning of the busiest season of the year. So we're keeping things moving along! We're an "older" couple and we know what's important now. As long as we have enough food, drinks and music we'll have plenty to celebrate with. 

Lasers and love - Thea 

New Stockist - Timberline Lodge (Yes, THE Timberline Lodge)

Recently, John and I travelled to OSU for a volleyball tournament for one of our daughters. Any parent with a kid in a demanding activity, knows how long days can get while traveling with a team/group. Every night we were more than excited to chill out in the hotel. Taking off our shoes, eating some snacks and zoning out on tv. We happened to catch one of those "Northwest History" shows that featured the Timberline Lodge one night in the hotel. John and I both commented how we both hadn't been out that way in years and guzzled up all the historic information that show shared about the lodge.  What an amazing place with incredible art.

Fast forward a month and a half, we had spontaneous interaction with a representative from the lodge and they asked about our products and the rest is history. You can find our goods at the lodge's gift shop. Now, you should just go because it's one of the most magical places on Earth with a rich history and it's not too far from Portland.

But for you PNW Stephen King fans, might we inspire a bit of wanderlust... as it is "The Overlook Hotel" in the movie The Shining. At least the exterior is. 

Add it to your travel bucket lists friends!

Lasers and love - Thea

Japanese Mon

We recently had a request to make some family reunion keepsakes. They really wanted to have something simple and nice that their family members would actually use and display. Rather than just another t-shirt. The asked us to engrave their family mon onto ornaments with a little commemorative message on the reverse side. 

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Japanese mon are the equivalent of European's family coat of arms. An emblem to represent the family. Japanese mon have great clean lines and shapes. The designs translate so well when it's engraved.

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They turned out beautifully. What a great family reunion gift to give to an entire family! It was also a unique project for us. We do a lot of private label and manufacturing work as well as our retail line. It was fun to work with a family who wanted to present a thoughtful gift to their family. 

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Lasers and love - Thea 

Reclaimed Wood Keychains

When we first opened up shop, we gathered supplies like you normally would to get your business going. We happened upon a pile of wood from a demolished barn in Skagit County and thought it would be something that we could at least test on. It was dirty but not warped. Once it was sanded down a bit, it's natural beauty revealed itself from underneath years of damage from the elements. We just had to give it a new life. 

We decided on something small for various reasons. While it was gorgeous underneath all the layers of damage, there were dings and chips in the boards. Which made it unusable for large projects. Simple keychains is what we settled on. 

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One instantly notable thing we saw was that cutting the blanks for our keychains was the beautiful charred look around the edges. It echoed an ancient Japanese wood burning/sealing technique called Shou Sugi Ban. Although, Shou Sugi Ban traditionally uses cedar wood in that technique and 99% of our reclaimed wood is oak. The extremely hot laser beam seals the edges much like how Shou Sugi Ban works. I used to be on my dad & brother's wood cutting crew when I was a young kid. I mostly knew what type of woods we were cutting and it was my job to just stack it nicely in the back of our work truck. I had to do quite a bit of research on wood types when we started in 2014. To educate myself on how certain woods cut and their appearance. It was fun to compare that traditional Japanese technique to our modern work when we analyzed our product.

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One other thing to note about our keychains, due to the laser cutting and the sanding that we do, they have a beautiful aroma. We've had many customers and looky-loos pick them up and smell them. Everyone always asks if that's weird. It's totally not! They smell so good. I encourage everyone to smell them as well as some of our other products too. 

We've had a quite a few of our retailers recently pick up our keychains. I mention to each buyer that they are made of reclaimed wood and they are always excited to learn that! We've sourced  all of the wood from Skagit, Snohomish, King, Whatcom and Island Counties right here in Washington. Our garage and storage shed is a mess because of it, but we just can't pass it up! I really wanted to share that bit of information about our keychains since there's so much positivity about using reclaimed wood. :) 

Lasers and love - Thea

Crafty Wonderland Spring Art and Craft Market June 4th!

We have a many projects keeping us busy right now. So much so, that we decided to cut back on shows this summer. One of the two we decided to do is Crafty Wonderland's Spring Art and Craft Market - this Saturday June 4th 11am to 6pm at the Oregon Convention Center in Portland. It's free to attend and looking ahead at the weather report, it looks like it could be a great refuge from the crazy high temperature expected on Saturday. (Air conditioning yo!)

We will have MANY things on sale/clearance as we are phasing out a few of our products beginning this month. Deals will be had! 

Visit us at booth #98 at the one day craft market event! We're only going to be out in the wild a couple times this summer. 

Lasers and love - Thea

Chihuly Garden and Glass 4th Anniversary

We had the pleasure of being invited to the Chihuly Garden and Glass Museum's 4th Anniversary this past Saturday.  We were invited to have breakfast in the Glass House and enjoy the museum before doors opened to the public. 

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Although, we've been manufacturing keychains for the Chihuly Gift Shop for some time now, we hadn't had the opportunity to visit the museum. With the privilege of being in the museum prior to the doors opening to the public John and I had a unique experience.

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It was absolutely incredible! The colors alone was enough to make this bold color loving girl's heart pounce out of my chest. The skill and craftsmanship is truly amazing to see. As maker's we have a critical eye and mind of wonderment when viewing art. "How did they assemble this all?" "How do they keep this so darn clean?" "Look at these vibrant colors!"

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John

The opportunity to be in there before public hours was such a treat. We were like two kids wandering around in a colorful wonderland. Admiring Chihuly's color palette of his work really made us appreciate the careful color selection that goes into his accessory products. Like the key chains we manufacture for the shop. Also visually connecting with his inspiration from the Northwest, conservatories and gardens was really inspiring. John and I personally connect to that both being from the northwest and avid home gardeners. 

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I know we've inspired our friends over the weekend with our very colorful social media posts from our experience there to go check it out. I hope we do the same here for anyone who keeps us with here and plans to visit the Seattle Center sometime soon.

Lasers and love, Thea

The Marine Mammal Center - Sausalito, California

Last summer we vended at a show in San Francisco. We had the opportunity to not only vend to Californians in person (which was amazing!) but happen to meet a few buyers down there too. We had the great pleasure of being contacted by The Marine Mammal Center! 

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I love the ocean - reclaimed wood keychain for The Marine Mammal Center 

They expressed interest in our reclaimed wood keychains and hoped we could make company branded products for them. We happily accepted!!! I (Thea) grew up on an island in Puget Sound surrounded by sea life, including sea mammals so I had a personal vested interest in this project. 

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I DO love the ocean!!!!

They had simple requests and were fantastic people to work with! Laser cut and engraved reclaimed wood keychains and magnets. Great souvenirs for a place that is now on my list of things to do next time we are in California. 

If you happen to be making a trip through Sausalito be sure to stop in for a visit!

Lasers and love -Thea 

Two Years Ago I Said What I Wanted

I've always been a bit different. I grew up in a time when it was still "odd" to be bi-racial, to be raised by a single father and when learning disabilities were mostly misunderstood. All my "oddities" led me to be the strong willed - (often stubborn) person I am today. My father taught me to always ask for what I want, don't be shy about it! 

John and I met through a mutual friend in 2012. A year of hilariously ridiculous conversations led to 2013 the beginning of our relationship. A relationship with some challenges. We both have children from previous marriages (a situation where you hope that everyone likes each other - we luckily won the lottery on kids) and in 2013, we lived in two states. A many months were spent traveling almost every weekend between Oregon and Washington.  Long phone calls and about a million text messages. 

I had the opportunity to do a show in the Midwest with my (other) business in April of 2014. Since I was going out there, I figured I'd visit my family in Michigan & New York too. Why not invite John along? All of his family lives in one spot and I had met them all, where in high contrast my family must have some gypsy blood in us because live all over the planet.

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Niagara Falls - New York side.

My stepdad's childhood homestead in a suburb of Rochester, NY. He inherited that homestead when his mother passed away. My mom took the plunge and moved from Washington State (her home of 30+ years) out to New York. We did the tourist thing when John & I arrived there. Checked out a few notable spots in that area, the biggest one being Niagara Falls. We happened to be planning on visiting the falls on Earth Day. One of the very first things that I knew about John was that his friends called him a hippie. He had long hair when I met him. BUT if you actually knew John, he's totally not. Where I am actually the "dirty hippie". I thought it would be adding the cherry on top of life we were engaged on Earth Day.

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John had hinted about marriage/proposing for a while. I figured I beat him to it. Why not? I'm not a "normal" girl, I don't care about a lot things that the world tells a girl she should care about. It seemed perfect to me, because love.

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This was taken right before I asked (said) what I wanted. | April 22, 2014

We've been engaged today for two years. We chose a long engagement to focus on this company. We didn't start the business off exactly as planned but things have sorted out as they do in life. Later this year we will host probably one of the weirdest weddings ever. 

I just wanted to share a little bit of the "love" part of the "Lasers and love" on this special day. We're weird, unconventional, interesting and lovers of Earth. Thank you for following us along! There's so much more to come.

Lasers and (extra) love -Thea 

Flannel forever! 

New Stockist - Multnomah Falls Gift Shop (Corbett, OR)

We're excited to announce our newest stockist is the Multnomah Falls Gift Shop in Corbett-Bridal Veil, Oregon! 

It's a great honor to have a few items from our Pacific Northwest Lifer line available at such an iconic location. If your travels take you by the falls this summer, be sure to pop into the shop and look for our stuff! 

Lasers and love - Thea 

A Little Party Never Killed Nobody - Custom Art Deco Cake Topper

First, I hate that I just quoted a Fergie song BUT it was a big song in the recent connotation of The Great Gatsby movie. It's hard to shake it. 

Gatsby represents the roaring 20's with art deco architecture and design splashed everywhere. It is a long time personal favorite era of mine. Gimme that, art deco design and patterns, loud music, gold on black accents, flapper dresses and lots of liquor. Sounds like the perfect theme for a wedding! We recently had the pleasure of creating a custom cake topper for such a themed wedding.

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Custom design by our customer - engraved and painted by 6 by 6

The groom had readymade custom artwork of their own so this project was a breeze. Clean angles with their initials engraved in the center. We painted it a soft gold tone and coated it with food grade wood oil.

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A beautiful heirloom keepsake of their very special day. 

Ah...love. 

With that, I'll leave for now wishing you a wonderful weekend!

Lasers and love -Thea 

Everything All At Once

A bit of this, a bit of that, a couple burgers while out and about. You name it we're doing it right now. All at once. AND my kids are on spring break right now. Hahahahaha! We're working through it all just fine. While we're not out running for supplies, going to meetings, manufacturing, creating new products and taking and editing photos - we have managed to escape a little. We had a great time on Saturday at Emerald City Comicon in downtown Seattle. 

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John & our boy Trevor playing Smash Bros. old school style.

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Trevor & Marshall Sutcliffe - ECCC 2016

Trevor is an avid Magic The Gathering player. He competed in a couple MTG tournaments at ECCC. But the highlight of the event for him was running into one of his favorite MTG players - Marshall Sutcliffe. I just want to add that my son is 6' 2" - Marshall is one tall guy!

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The above super grainy picture was a selfie I took while we were waiting to see Nathan Fillion.  It was standing room only at capacity. But worth it!  I GOT TO SEE NATHAN FILLION. He will always be Capt. Mal to me. 

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I sported a current product in development of ours. A red 8-bit heart pin. We're playing around with colors and sizes. If you have any suggestions, I'd be happy to hear them!

We want to thank everyone who felt the geek love during our sale this past weekend. May you live long and prosper! And geek it up too.

Lasers and love - Thea