First, We hope you and yours are well. We are well here and ready to go forward in this new year. Let me say, you have been such an inspiration to us by ordering from via the web or in person. You are the ones who give us the encouragement to continue on this adventure when we are wondering what in the world are we doing? Thank you for supporting us.
Second, Brenda and family came to our home to stay for a while during the month of January. We were able to look at the inventory, rearrange the stock and make plans for the future. Again, Thank you for being part of the decision making process.
Third, we are not back at the market on a regular schedule as of today. I have however worked a few special ev...
I will be closing the doors to the shop beginning September 15th through October 15th. What does this mean to our friends and clients? Really nothing. You can continue to shop and make orders, however nothing will be shipped until October 16th. At that time, I will begin filling your holiday gift list! Do you have a question? Please email me at tduvall@softlinedesign. Brenda and I will check the email frequently to stay in touch with you.
I am very excited to see what the next month will bring and I keep thinking what the Grandmother said in the movie Parenthood. Gil (Steve Martin) has been complaining about his complicated life. Grandma wanders into the room and begins talking about the time when she was 19 and Grandpa took her...
Every few years when our family returns to the U.S. we inevitably make a trip from Texas to Florida to visit my parents. A little more than half-way there we stop in to see my husband’s Aunt Ellen and Uncle Bob in Gulf Shores, Alabama. After a tired day of driving we are so thankful to be greeted by family and Aunt Ellens’ amazing hospitality. Her beautiful beach-theme decorated home sits on a quiet street near the river Bon Secour which means safe harbor. Uncle Bob has taken us on a boat tour and he traps blue crab which Aunt Ellen puts into a Cioppino (Italian fish stew). The stew includes up to 7 kinds of seafood. Sometimes she makes a Low Country Boil whi...