Gifts from the Heart

These last few weeks or should I say months have been a challenge for so many. We are fortunate, as we are in good health and are happy to be back in our store, seeing our customers. We are also thankful that our business is one that was able to easily transition to the CDC guidelines. Social...

  We can only hope this is almost over. As we enter our 4th month of “ Stay At Home “ orders. We have all gotten very relaxed in more ways than we might want others to know..Remember the news commentator with no pants, well he was way funnier than most of us with no bra. I personally wear...

  A hummingbird made a nest on a hanging “dragonfly” decoration on the patio. There was a very large, dull green and brown garden snake in the garage.Two huge, playful neighborhood dogs knocked me over onto the grass. (I’m ok). A coyote jauntily crossed the street as I was taking a walk. I...

  At a time when we are asked to distance ourselves and stay home, how can we still serve the community and practice connection at a distance? Many local businesses, including our own were closed as “non-essential” and are challenged with finding creative ways to survive and continue to...

  Imagine your fondest memories hanging in the den or living room for you to enjoy every day. Souvenirs and mementos from a fun vacation can be displayed in a beautiful shadowbox. Vacation memories can be prominently displayed in your home instead of packed away in a closet or drawer. Just...

Soon it will be June graduation time. Give your graduate’s academic degree the importance it deserves by putting it in a custom frame. Not only will the proper frame help preserve this precious document for the future, it will create a beautiful presentation to enjoy now. Custom framing goes...

  At a time when we are asked to distance ourselves and stay home, how can we still serve the community and practice connection at a distance? Many local businesses, including our own were closed as “non-essential” and are challenged with finding creative ways to survive and continue to...

Family fun day at a local bowling establishment! Not having participated in the sport for a while, I found it to be a whole different ball game (or is it a bowl game?).Let’s have a laugh.Nowadays, it seems no one is entrusted with the privilege of actually keeping score. The “desk folk” enter...

The days and years go by and suddenly our children are grown. We wonder how the time passed so quickly and find ourselves wishing we could slow it down just a little. Wouldn’t it be nice to be able to capture a few of those moments in time forever? Photographs capture that special moment...

If you happen to be following the journey of Laura and I in our new adventure in shop keeping it is difficult to escape the reality of our dual natures. Like the Odd Couple, we appear to embody a dichotomy of ideals, yet it is more like we approach the same values from opposite sides of the...

Ladies it is almost that dreaded time of year again. No, I’m not talking about tax time. I’m talking about something even worse to us. That would be swimsuit season! We should be looking forward to it… family outings to the lake or beach, vacations to exotic places but instead we are slamming...

How does one find oneself at the Egg Plantation (for example) in downtown Newhall, or any of the many breakfast restaurant choices in Santa Clarita on a Sunday morning?Let’s have a laugh.One egg, milk, butter, jelly, cinnamon, bread, coffee cup, spoon, sugar, coffee packet, salt, measuring cup,...