This month LARAC is highlighting the creative efforts of Andrea and Larry Gray.  Andrea is a well known soap and fragrance maker, and Larry is an accomplished builder of authentic Harvest tables.  The couple operates from their Lake George home and welcomes visitors by appointment. Andrea has been in the soap making business for the last three years.  She was hooked when she took a class and realized how much fun it was. What started as a hobby grew into commissions, festival participation, and the possibility of a shop out of her home.  Andrea offers twenty different types of soaps and has recently begun offering fragrances, bath salts, oils, and lotions.  Her products are all natural, with most of the ingredients grown in her garden. You can find her products in the LARAC Shop.  Aadolee Products include Cold Process all Vegetable Based Soaps, Glycerin Soaps, Hand and Body Lotions, Bath Salts, Adirondack Trail Kits, Natural Bug Repellants, Bath & Body Message Oil, Body Sprays, Natural Lip Balms, Fragrance Oils, Essential Oils, and Gift Baskets.

Larry Gray has been making Harvest Tables for the last four years.  Harvest Tables were popular in the 17th and 18th centuries but are virtually unheard of today.  He realized there was a demand for solid plank tables since they are unavailable on the market.  His Harvest Tables are solid pieces of wood, often crafted from hickory, pine, maple, or a wood of the customer's choosing.  Table tops can be up to three inches thick, and the tables are often ten feet in length.  All of the tables are built to order, and appropriate benches or sideboards can be ordered as well.  Larry’s favorite part of the process is seeing the customer’s reaction to a table they helped design and create.