It was a dark and stormy... day... which is strange since we are in Western Oregon. Two weeks ago we had a couple days of dark, muggy, thundery weather. Definitely not standard fare for the Pacific North West. Then on Thursday all the built up weather came to a head, the sky opened up, and buckets of water came pouring...

This month the Elves have been moving, stretching and growing.... WIDER. And in this case, it is a good thing. We took down the wall that formerly framed our workshop and expanded for a little more breathing room. Here is Larkin putting the wagon to work moving sheepskin Tim and Scott built new walls, storage and work tables If only...

Yesterday I came across Kahlil (3yrs) and Cruz (2yrs) sharing the chalk board together in the Soft Star workshop. One of those sweet "Aawwwwhhhh" moments when having your kids at work with you feels like heaven! (OK... so a scuffle DID ensue shortly after this "aaawwhh" moment was captured on camera and we DID have to resort to drawing a...

Kahlil, my oldest son, is now three and he has been picking out his shoe colors for about a year now. Much to my husbands chagrin, Kahlil LOVES shiny red and blue shoes. They are flashy! And they work great with Kahlil's cape and superhero mask... he zooms around the grocery store and saves strawberries in distress like no one...

One of our very special customers recently designed these bright silver moccasins to fill out her closet....Elvis would have been proud. Black suede fringe on the back, shiny silver smooth leather on the front and a trio of rhinestones on each button! They ROCK. (Thanks Nancy!) PS... Before you get too excited about shiny silver - we sadly must say...

Big news - Little Elf Tivi has lost her first tooth~! We are going to use her new Tooth Fairy pillow (love, love, LOVE it!!) tonight to keep this little treasure safe until the Fairy can come... although she's too excited to fall asleep! I came across these adorable pillows at the Portland market and just had to get some...

Today we started our trial of new LED lighting trial... and we are so far, pleasantly surprised! We swapped out the fluorescent tubes above our finishing table with 2 high power LED tubes, one "warm" and one "cool"... and the resulting work light was a bright natural color and incredibly bright work table. LED lighting uses very little power in...