Tuesday, December 27, 2016

Heartbroken

There never was a better man. My heart died with Rick this Christmas morning. Please send prayers for his peaceful rest, and know he will fly with the angels, watching over his loved ones ... always. Rick said so often, from the time he first began making ornaments for our family long ago ... It is always Christmas at the Palardy's.

Sunday, April 17, 2016

Branching Out

Rick has been working on several projects these past few months. In addition to his scroll-saw plaques, he has been making wooden bases for table-top sewing machines that he and Terry have rejuvenated. He has also recently made an extension table for such machines. Watch for these items to appear at his webstore.
An extension table for a vintage machine
in a wooden base.


This former treadle machine is now a hand crank,
 and needs only this small wooden base
made by Rick. 
Rick's sewing machine base and extension table are made of clear pine, poplar or white oak. The table is also covered with a plexiglas surface to allow smooth movement of fabric for quilters. He doesn't stain or paint these items, preferring the natural beauty of the wood as it ages. But customers are free to embellish the wooden products to suit their own settings.

This base has two storage units with covers;
they add to the sewing surface as well.

Be sure to visit the webstore, or call Rick to talk about your own vintage machine and what it might need to be functional again.

shop phone: 978 352 2676
Rick's email: woodentoyandgift@comcast.net

Please share this blog update with your friends and neighbors who might have an old machine in their attic or garage ... we're happy to help owners learn how to restore and maintain those beauties!

Sunday, December 20, 2015



Closed Christmas Eve and Christmas Day ... New Year's Eve after five, and New Year's Day. HOWEVER ...

We are open on four more days of 2015:

Wed. 12/23 11 - 7; 
Saturday 12/26 11-7;
Wed 12/30 11-7;
Thursday 12/31, 11-5; 

And then we're closed 'til March 1st, 2016.

But when we are at home, we will ALWAYS open for friends and family and customers in need of fabrics,etc. You can always call us at

 978 352 2676. 

We'll be in and out through January and February, visiting folks we've missed this year. 

We're saving on heating costs, but if you're up for a chilly visit, you're welcome to call ahead! heart emoticon Bundle up~

And please leave your phone number for a call back ... we're old fashioned ~ we don't have caller id ... just an old fashioned answering machine that we can hear only when we're home. No cell phones here. Honest.

But we love to hear from you~ the old way. On a real phone. Wire a wire, on a table near a chair. 

Tuesday, December 15, 2015

Daily Deal #10 Wednesday December 16, 2015

Daily Deal #10

20% off this stitchers' small plaque ... $15.00 - $3.00 = $12.00

http://www.woodentoyandgift.net/apps/webstore/products/show/5973120.



We operate on Eastern Standard Time, and so web store orders placed by midnight our time on the day of the sale will have the 20% of your purchase REFUNDED to your charge card VIA PAYPAL as soon as the order is filled. There will be no tax added for out-of-state orders, and shipping differences(which result because shipping cost is always a 'best guestimate") will be refunded if the estimate is more than a dollar over the actual shipping cost at the post office. Orders will be shipped within two business days, and will normally go parcel post or first class, depending on weight.

Monday, December 14, 2015

Daily Deal #9: Tuesday December 15, 2015

Daily Deal #9: "Dear Santa I was Naughty..."

This plaque is on sale 'til midnight: $25.00 - 20% = $20.00

http://www.woodentoyandgift.net/apps/webstore/products/show/6415625


You can also check our Facebook Page for updates on the Daily Deals!

Saturday, December 12, 2015

Day six of the Last 12 Days of Online shopping/shipping~

We're half way there ... day 6 offers this two dimensional scroll saw art ornament for 20% off!

Go to this page to purchase this $25.00 ornament at 20% off, sale price of $20.00!
http://www.woodentoyandgift.net/apps/webstore/products/show/4390216

We operate on Eastern Standard Time, and so web store orders placed by midnight our time on the day of the sale will have the 20% of your purchase REFUNDED to your charge card VIA PAYPAL as soon as the order is filled. There will be no tax added for out-of-state orders, and shipping differences(which result because shipping cost is always a 'best guestimate") will be refunded if the estimate is more than a dollar over the actual shipping cost at the post office. Orders will be shipped within two business days, and will normally go parcel post or first class, depending on weight. 

Wednesday, December 9, 2015

Twelve online shopping/shipping days before Christmas week!

This past week, Wooden Toy and Gift (and Quilters' Quarters) are offering 20% discounts - one selected item per day.

At our webstores, you can purchase through PayPal; the discount will be applied and refunded to your PayPal account if you order the daily deal item before midnight Eastern Standard Time that day.

Thursday December 10th is the fourth day of this event, and Wooden Toy and Gift's webstore daily deal  is a fabric-backed ornament: it can be purchased in our shop at 59 North Street, Georgetown, MA (just 2 doors north of Perley School, 1/4 mile from Georgetown Square.) It can also be purchased online at our webstore, at this link: http://www.woodentoyandgift.net/apps/webstore/products/show/6509309   http://www.woodentoyandgift.net/apps/webstore/products/show/6509309
Regular price: $8.00
On 12/10/15, daily deal 20% discount
= $6.40 plus tax and shipping.

Each day until December 18th this Daily Deal event will be posted here at the blog, and also at Facebook's Wooden Toy and Gift page.  The link to the item for the day will be included in the post, though at the webstore the 20% will not be seen in print, but it will be refunded to you when the order ships (first class or parcel post, depending on the weight of the article each day.) Please read the details of this two week event in the paragraph below, taken from our Quilters' Quarters blog

We operate on Eastern Standard Time, and so web store orders placed by midnight our time on the day of the sale will have the 20% of your purchase REFUNDED to your charge card VIA PAYPAL as soon as the order is filled. There will be no tax added for out-of-state orders, and shipping differences(which result because shipping cost is always a 'best guestimate") will be refunded if the estimate is more than a dollar over the actual shipping cost at the post office. Orders will be shipped within two business days, and will normally go parcel post or first class, depending on weight. 

For those receiving this notice in email, thank you for signing up to follow our newslsetter. Please feel free to forward this to your friends and family and suggest that they, too, can receive these emails each day through the 18th. After that day, the newsletter will return to its occasional (monthly?) schedule.

Important links:
www.Woodentoyandgift.net (web store with all items posted)

Facebook page:    https://www.facebook.com/Wooden-Toy-and-Gift-111508638881608/?fref=ts

email: woodentoyandgift@comcast.net

phone: 978-352-2676