SouleMama Sponsor ~ Elves & Angels

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Today, I bring you a giveaway from SouleMama Sponsor, Elves & Angels. In their words:

"Elves and Angels sells the finest quality wooden play kitchens, dollhouses, doll furniture and more, all produced in Maine. For over 24 years, we have worked together in a true family business to craft toys that are handed down from one generation to the next. We invite you to visit our new website where you can see all of our toys as well as dolls and accessories to outfit them."

 

Check out David's Corner where owner/father David Smalley shares funny assembly videos, thoughts on children's play and the environmental impact of our toy choices.

SouleMama: How long have you been in business?

David: Elves and Angels had its humble beginnings in a tiny workshop in Scarborough Maine.  It was out of necessity that I began making the first kitchens, cribs and highchairs over 24 years ago.  My remodeling business was at a standstill, and I had eight children to feed.

SouleMama: What inspired you to start your business?

David: Back in the eighties, when Elves and Angels was born, I had become disillusioned and fed up with the “disposable society”, that had been built up all around us.  The mentality had been sold to all of us; “buy it today and throw it away tomorrow.”  I decided right then and there, that this would not be the case with Elves and Angels.   My decision holds true today, as it did 24 years ago.  I was then, and am today, determined to create the very highest quality wooden toys available anywhere.

SouleMama: What inspires you?

David: We have always tried our best to create aesthetically pleasing products that will inspire in children a love of beauty.  We are committed to making a durable, quality product that reflects a love of a job well done, which is so important for a child to perceive.  If we want our children to care, then it’s our responsibility to show them first of all, that we take care in all that we do in life.

SouleMama: How are your children incorporated into your business?

David: I have many memories of our family working together, and sharing their gifts with our customers.  Many of our children now have children of their own.  This afternoon I had two young grandchildren here in the shop with me.  They went from place to place, picking up shapes of wood, always asking, “What is this Grampie?”, already formulating in their young minds, what they could make from thier piece of wood.

 

 

For today's giveaway, Elves & Angels is generously offering the following to two (separate) winners:

Sturdy Stilts
(Climb on, find your balance and prepare to run away with the circus with our new Sturdy Stilts. Gain skill and raise the foot rests higher and higher and soon you will feel as tall as the trees! Fully adjustable to four different heights (8", 10.5", 12", and 14") to accomodate multiple skill levels. Secure rubber tips on the bottom help you feel stable wherever your journey takes you. Ages 6 years and older.)

and

Christina's Kitchen

(Christina's Kitchen has a stainless sink for washing dishes, plenty of space for cutting wooden veggies and a four-burner cook top. Open the cabinet or oven door to find a divided cupboard with one shelf for baking in the oven or storing pots and pans. Northern white pine with a linseed oil finish and formaldehyde-free birch plywood back.)

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 To enter today's giveaway, please leave a comment (one entry per person, please) in today's post. I'll close comments by 8am EST on Sunday, and announce the winner(s), chosen via Random Number Generator, shortly after.  Comments closed! The winners are....

The Stilts:

My daughter would LOVE to try out those stilts!
Posted by: icicle

The Kitchen: 

*amazing* thank you
Posted by: nicole

Thank you to Elves & Angels!