Please jump on over to my new website: www.FlyingTreeStudios.com . While Out of the Box - California is no more, my love of all things c...

Sundays are like a game of Tetris in my studio.  I rush all week to get orders completed by Friday and am frantically working to get them s...

My favorite part of the week is when the cutting and sanding is complete. Now the magic begins.  That is, after I brush off all this saw...

I stumbled upon this photograph of my youngest son, Finn, taken when he was just a few months old and my #1 companion as I worked to fill...

We just got back from a week of staying at my parents' vacation house up in the Southern Sierras. (swimming in the lake and the riv...

I want to share two books I've been using to help design my business plan and create a cohesive brand.  Both are workbooks that take you...

One of the things I love most about creating custom surfboard mobiles is getting a peak at the nursery decor expectant moms and dads a...

Very exciting news: One of my surfboard mobiles ( California Sun , in the OUToftheBOX Etsy Shop ) is in the June/July 2012 issue of Bab...

Here are the surfboards I mentioned that I was designing over the weekend - Now available in the OUToftheBOX Etsy shop .  We had a sudden c...

I'm spending my Saturday morning designing some surfboards for a new surfboard baby mobile.  I have one in the Etsy shop, but I'd ...

Let's be honest, I usually draw wings on little critters that normally don't have wings.  So what am I doing sketching owls?  Well, ...

Last month we took the boys to Disneyland and Disney's California Adventure .  This was our second time going as a family and I was wor...

 I've always loved Echino Fabric by the Japanese designer Etsuko Furuya.  It was so much fun finding coordinating prints and colors for...

 I've had the constant aroma of sawdust on my clothes, in my hair and practically all over the house.  I started making one of my wood ...

 And finally, sweet and sour meatballs.  This recipe called for diced shallots, ginger, water chestnuts as well as some bread crumbs and egg...