Month: July 2014

Look out Lakeside!!!

Look out Lakeside!!!

Yesterday afternoon we drove out to lakeside to set up our tent and our wonderful goods… What a wonderful summer coastal community. We are putting our new (previously used) tent into use.  The tent was previously owned by a lovely and very skilled textile artist 

Daily Self Talk

Daily Self Talk

When you first open your eyes, long before your feet hit the floor for the first time in the morning what are you telling yourself? I used to laugh because of  a little story people would tell.  It goes like this: When you wake up 

Looking forward to Lakeside Art Festival

Looking forward to Lakeside Art Festival

LAKESIDE HISTORY Lakeside Ohio is an old summer community located just next to Marblehead, Ohio, near Sandusky.  And Lakeside has a legacy of being a special place to enjoy the summer, and to learn and grow together. Lakeside was one of the first communities to affiliate 

A conversation with a doctor

A conversation with a doctor

Recently we were at the Bay Arts Trunk Show and had the occasion to speak with a gentleman who identified himself as a retired physician.  He had a lot of chemistry questions for Steve, and asked a lot of questions about the process used to 

We are taking today off

We are taking today off

Wow, that is something rare.  Since our little business started 4 years ago it is rare that we take time off from the work of producing the soap, hand dying the silk, blogging, writing, taking photos or setting up at events. Well today we are 

The Log Cabin Gallery

The Log Cabin Gallery

Summer Pure and Simple is a gallery show and sale at the Log Cabin Gallery, continues this weekend and next.  What a lovely gallery in an authentic 1850s log cabin.  We love the story that the cabin was a part of a tag sale in 

Thinking about daily routines

Thinking about daily routines

I just viewed an article on enterpreneur.com which has spurred me to look at my daily schedule more closely.  As it is, there is a lot of emphasis on the value of routine in life, and especially in the creativity potential.  Enterpreneur used project software