I’ve been thinking about writing this post for a while, but I wasn’t sure if it was a good idea. I’m still not sure, but since I have a tendency to sometimes overshare, I’m going for it. I’ll be pulling back the curtain a little bit on my business Red Onion Woodworks. If you only [...]
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Remember that big batch of new lumber I got a couple weeks ago? Well, the first few cutting and serving boards made from that material are finished and in my Etsy shop. If you sort shop inventory by “most recent”, you can find these boards (with the exception of a few black walnut ones) at [...]
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Back in the early summer, Henry took down a few maple trees on our place to make room for an access road. The logs were destined for firewood until he got a closer look at a couple of them and decided that they had Red Onion Woodworks cutting/serving board potential. Henry loaded them up and [...]
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I love Thanksgiving. It’s really my kind of holiday: lots of food, family, and pirate bingo (a strange, multi-generational family tradition). We’re heading out on Wednesday morning to meet up with my mom’s family in Northern California for our annual five-day Thanksgiving extravaganza. It’s going to be pretty great. Black Friday is something I’m [...]
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Summer is a busy time in general, but lately, I’ve been working hard, finishing off quite a few new cutting and serving boards for my Etsy shop Red Onion Woodworks. I recently went over to my wood supplier‘s place and picked out a large pile of lumber for my next batch of boards. Hopefully that [...]
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I am so pleased to celebrate the two-year anniversary of my small-but-mighty Etsy shop Red Onion Woodworks. What a crazy, wild ride it’s been! Thanks so much to all of my customers, supporters, and wishing-they-were-customers-but-offering-kind-words-instead folks. You’re simply fabulous. Also, I’ve got to say that I am so proud to know that my boards (many [...]
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After a nice long winter/spring break, I am SO back in action making new cutting boards and serving trays for my Etsy shop, Red Onion Woodworks. I have to admit that I was pretty burned out after the awesome but exhausting holiday rush as a result of my feature in Sunset Magazine. It was really [...]
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So vacation was great, but this week has been a heavy dose of reality. I mentioned in an earlier post that a cutting board from my Etsy shop was featured in the December issue of Sunset Magazine (see here), and the response has been huge. On [...]
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This blog is a place for me to share tidbits of information about my life, my environment, and my community. I didn’t start it as a platform to sell you something. However, my “day job” is a big part of my life (especially this time of year), so I feel compelled to give it a [...]
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Thanks for all your fabulous recipes, everyone. So many of them looked delicious and will probably end up on our dinner (or breakfast) table in the nearish future. Here are a few that had particularly good photos… Mae suggests these pumpkin waffles. Kierra offeres up this cute cake. Jenny wants to make these balsamic and [...]
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