Last updated on Thursday, August 27, 2020
We're still operating under Phase 2 of Washington's Safe Start program at this time, so we continue to follow all of the restrictions and requirements below. Thank you for your understanding and cooperation! We are committed to taking any and all action possible to keep the shop community (and our wider community) safe and healthy, especially since we tend to serve a population of customers that is at much higher risk for complications for COVID-19.
We're still operating under Phase 2 of Washington's Safe Start program at this time, so we continue to follow all of the restrictions and requirements below. Thank you for your understanding and cooperation! We are committed to taking any and all action possible to keep the shop community (and our wider community) safe and healthy, especially since we tend to serve a population of customers that is at much higher risk for complications for COVID-19.
- The shop’s opening hours will continue to be abbreviated. Due to having two younger children at home and the school year starting, we will be changing our hours starting on September 1, 2020. From Tuesday through Friday, we'll be open from 2 - 7 PM PST; on Saturdays, we'll be open from 9 AM - 3 PM PST.
- To enter the shop, you must wear a mask that covers your mouth/nose at all times and wash your hands with soap/water in the shop’s public restroom before entering the sales area. We’re happy to continue curbside/porch service if you forget your mask, are uncomfortable wearing a mask, or don’t want to enter the shop just yet.
- We’ll continue to take orders by phone and through our online shop as well. Pay-what-you-can shipping and pay-what-you-can class registrations (for most classes) will be in effect until at least October 1.
- If you arrive early for your appointment and don’t feel like waiting in your car, we’ll have socially-distanced waiting spots marked out on the porch benches.
- We will be allowing a maximum of 2 customers in the shop at any one time. If you would like to make an appointment for protected shopping, please call us at (360) 631-5801 and we'll set it up!
- Classes: until further notice, we will be offering classes solely through the Zoom platform. Please see our Classes and Events page for current class options and revisit our Class Policies page for updated information for online classes.
- Fixes and other help required: due to reduced hours and limited availability of staff members, until we pass into Phase 3, we’re asking customers to drop off any project that needs fixing, and we’ll get through them in the order that they were dropped off with us. As has been our policy since we opened, if it’s a quick fix (less than about 5 -10 minutes), we’ll be happy to do it for you for free; if it’s more involved, we charge by the quarter hour ($7.50 per 15-minute time slot).
- Social time: We’re going to continue to hold our Zoom-Baaaaa social time on Tuesday nights, but we’re moving it back slightly to 7:30 - 8:30 PM PST; we’ve decided to discontinue Sunday afternoon Zoom-Baaaaa now that the weather’s nice. Instagram broadcasts will continue a couple of times each week - Monday and Friday at 8:30 PM PST.
- Virtual shopping and office hours: We’ve decided to discontinue Facebook Live office hours for now. We can still offer you virtual shopping via Zoom and FaceTime, but we do need to ask you to make an appointment. Please call or text the shop and we’ll get you signed up!