Did you think after a busy holiday season we have run away on you? Not quite. We are actually busy at work with our Spring 2012 product line. What could master carpenter Shane be building? I can give you few more hints (if the headline didn’t completely blow it.)             [...]

I had an Esty shopper ask me today if it was possible to create Custom Birdhouse Ornaments featuring a name and date. I love the idea; but have held off until today. Can you guess why? I can only fit a maximum of five letters on the houses. Otherwise, it starts to look all cramped [...]

A couple posts ago I was ranting about these vintage typewriter font stamps I had bought along with a tiny baby bird imprint. Well, the stamps arrived from Hong Kong this week and I was able to create my little baby Birdhouse ornament. Almost too darling for words. If you are a new mommy, know [...]

What a busy weekend down at Cousins’ Christmas Tree Lot! During the entire weekend, the place was crawling with families searching for the perfect tree. The weather was sunny, yet cool; the coco was hot; and Santa’s bellowing ho-ho-ho gave chills down my husband’s back as he remembered how nervous he would become around the [...]

I didn’t think this idea could get any cuter, but it did. Take a look at these wonderful hues we are using for birdhouse ornaments this season. This is part of the magic that comes when working with recycled materials. You never know what is going to enter your workshop next! But it gets cuter [...]

For the second year in a row we are having a Mother’s Day Birdhouse Sale, from Saturday May 7th through Sunday May 8th. The location is at Shane’s workshop (our home) at 274 Adele Street in Novato. We are real easy to find: Take the Rowland exit and go over the overpass, yield right at [...]

We have a new birdie to add to the Parrish nest: Mary Josephine Parrish! Born on March 9th, 2011, our little “Josie” weighed 6 pounds and 1 ounce. Her arrival caused a huge tsunami in Japan, too. This is her with her Easter Bunny hat on. I took a lot of pictures of her bedroom, [...]

Love Shane’s Birdhouses? Want the money for one to go to a good cause? Then go ahead and bid on a birdhouse at the upcoming Novato Rotary International Fund Raising Event! Held this Saturday, February 6th from 5:30-8:30pm at Our Lady of Loretto Catholic Church in Novato, there is a western theme going on, so [...]

This will be the first “real fall” weekend. Cause it’s been hot. It’s been muggy. It’s been an Indian Summer here in northern California. With the Giants and A’s baseballs teams doing so well, I’m starting to get flashbacks to 1989 and the … dare I say it for fear of a rumbling repeat … [...]