The colours are all natural, the felting done by hand, and the jewellery constructed with love on our farm in the Central West of NSW.
Alpaca fibre is hypoallergenic, soft, fun and a little quirky. Perfect as a gift, or to keep for yourself!
Available in a variety of colour combinations (limited only to the colour of our alpacas!), and can currently be made to order in any combination of black, white, light and dark brown and latte. Ask about a custom piece through our contact page.
Alpaca flower pots
Mary, Mary quite contrary, how does your garden grow?
With up-cycled glass and river sand and rusty wire and felted alpaca wool balls of course!
Our homegrown alpaca fleeces have been felted into 'flowers' to create these one of a kind flower pots.The felting is light so the flower tops have texture, character and a bit of fuzz to make them more lovable.
The colours are all natural, the felting done by hand, and they have been constructed with love.
Perfect as a gift for yourself or someone else! They won't wilt or die, and will be beautiful forever.
These Alpaca Flower Pots are being made to order. Please let me know the 3 colours you would like your flowers to be in the notes box at the end of the checkout process and allow 3 days for me to make, dry and pack the flowers to send. The colour options are Black, White, Light Brown, Dark Brown and Latte. If you don't specify specific colours during ordering you will get a lovely surprise!
SHIPPING NOTE: these flower pots can be shipped anywhere, however will have to be shipped de-constructed to protect them through transport. All the parts will be there for you to just add the sand and the flowers back into the glass pot.
These are also available for collection/delivery in the Dubbo/Parkes area. Please choose pick up as the shipping method and we'll work it out from there.
Available in a variety of colour combinations (limited only to the colour of our alpacas!), and can be made to order. Send us through a email on the contact page of you would like to discuss a customer order.
**These items are all handmade and one of a kind. There are a limited number available and even though the design, colours and felting are all the same, the individual pieces all vary slightly. It's part of the charm of buying handmade.**
Alpaca flower stems - single stems
Our homegrown alpaca fleeces have been felted into 'flowers' to create these one of a kind flower.The felting is light so the flower tops have texture, character and a bit of fuzz to make them more lovable, and the stems are made from rusty wire with a story and a character of it's own to add!
The colours are all natural, the felting done by hand, and they have been constructed with love.
Perfect as a gift for yourself or someone else! They won't wilt or die, and will be beautiful forever.
Available in a variety of colours (limited only to the colours of our alpacas!)
They are $8.50 each for a single 'alpaca flower stem) or you can purchase 5 flower stems for $40. These are made to order after a number of requests (THANK YOU!) so please allow 3 working days for creation and drying time before shipping.
NOTE: At the checkout please remember to include the colours you would like for your flowers - choosing from Black, White, Light Brown, Dark Brown & Latte.
If you don't let me know the colours you will get a nice surprise!
**These items are all handmade and one of a kind. The images are examples of previously made alpaca flower stems.
There are a limited number available and even though the design, colours and felting are all the same, the individual pieces all vary. It's part of the charm of buying handmade.**
This item is for the alpaca flower stems only (vases, sand etc not included).
Limited Edition Alpaca flower pot - black white and grey
Sold out
Remember that old fashioned simplicity before all the bling and hallmark cards?
The sweet love story told in black and white, the new love, the holding hands, the soft kiss, the extra wrinkles and the growing old together.
These limited edition Alpaca Flower Pots released just for Valentine's Day represent our old fashioned love story. They remind us of the black, white and little bit of grey of every day life on the land, of looking at things differently, of the importance of the little things like rain and family.
Our homegrown alpaca fleeces have been felted into 'flowers' to create these one of a kind flower pots, with dry river sand and up-cycled rusty wire. The felting is light so the flower tops have texture, character and a bit of fuzz to make them more lovable.
The colours are all natural, the felting done by hand, and they have been constructed with love.
Thanks to 'Poppy' (the newest edition to our alpaca family with a grey undercoat, who arrived this week with last year's fleece in a bag) we are able to put together these one of a kind flower pots in black, white and grey - to remind you, or someone special of your own story, or, to share a memory of a simpler time.
These flowers have made it through the years of drought without water, they won't wilt or die and will be beautiful forever.
The flower pots are just on 14cm high and the flower stems range from 15-25cm high.
Only available until 6th Feb (for delivery before Valentine's Day)
SHIPPING NOTE: these flower pots can be shipped anywhere, however will have to be shipped de-constructed to protect them through transport. All the parts will be there for you to just add the sand and the flowers back into the glass pot.
**These items are all handmade and one of a kind. There are a limited number available and even though the design, colours and felting are all the same, the individual pieces all vary slightly. It's part of the charm of buying handmade.**
Send us through a email on the contact page of you would like to discuss a customer order.
Alpaca flower twin buds on barbed wire
My husband and father have FINALLY convinced me to put Alpaca Flowers on barb wire... For weeks they have been saying that roses have thorns and barbed wire would be perfect.
Husband came in after fencing all day yesterday, handed me these barbed wire stems with a twin head on them and told me it was time! Life on the land is definitely a whole of family affair!
We felt our homegrown alpaca fleeces into 'flowers' to create these one of a kind flower stems. The felting is light so the flower tops have texture, character and a bit of fuzz to make them more lovable, and the stems are made from rusty barbed wire with a story and a character of it's own to add.
The colours are all natural, the felting done by hand, and they have been constructed with love.
Perfect as a gift for yourself or someone else! They won't wilt or die, and will be beautiful forever.
These Alpaca Flower Stems have a twin flower top and stand 36cm high. A great addition to any vase, or even one of our Alpaca Flower Pots!
They come in two varieties Browns (dark and light brown) or Lights (Latte and White).
**These items are all handmade and one of a kind. The images are examples of some previously made alpaca flower trees.
There are a limited number available and even though the design, colours and felting are all the same, the individual pieces all vary. It's part of the charm of buying handmade.**
This item is for the alpaca flower stems only (vases, sand etc not included).
Alpaca flower stems - barbed wire single stems
My husband and father have FINALLY convinced me to put Alpaca Flowers on barb wire... For weeks they have been saying that roses have thorns and barbed wire would be perfect. They keep bringing in different wire, so I keep making different varieties for them...
We felt our homegrown alpaca fleeces into 'flowers' to create these one of a kind flower stems. The felting is light so the flower tops have texture, character and a bit of fuzz to make them more lovable, and the stems are made from rusty barbed wire with a story and a character of it's own to add.
The colours are all natural, the felting done by hand, and they have been constructed with love.
Perfect as a gift for yourself or someone else! They won't wilt or die, and will be beautiful forever.
These Alpaca Flower Stems have a barbed wire stem and a height of approx 36cm. A longer length than our other single stem alpaca flowers.
A great addition to any vase, or even one of our Alpaca Flower Pots!
Currently available in six colours - White, latte, light brown, dark brown, black and grey.
Pictures include husband finding the right type of rusty wire and me with the babies.
**These items are all handmade and one of a kind. The images are examples of some previously made alpaca flower stems on barbed wire.
There are a limited number available and even though the design, colours and felting are all the same, the individual pieces all vary. It's part of the charm of buying handmade.**
This item is for the alpaca flower stems only (vases, sand etc not included).
Alpaca Dryer Balls - set of 3 mixed colours
Our Alpaca Dryer Balls are currently available!
I've been asked about making these a few times... My answer had been that I'd looked into it, and tried some out, but essentially don't own, or know anyone who owns a dryer, so wasn't sure if it was an actual 'thing'!
...After being asked a few more times, and told that yes, dryer balls are actually a thing, here they are.
Why should you use Alpaca Dryer Balls?
They are SO much more eco-friendly then disposable dryer sheets. Your alpaca dryer balls can be used again and again for many years. You can keep them in the dryer ready for the next use. Let them air out on the bench or give them a burst of sun every so often.
They can smell great (or not, if you don't want them to!). Add a few drops of your favourite essential oil onto the dryer balls. The scent will be absorbed in the wool and add the fragrance to your laundry for a few loads.
They are known for reducing drying time. The alpaca dryer balls will absorb residual moisture, and by adding a few balls into the dryer they will separate clothing and reduce static.
They are 100% pure, natural, Australian alpaca wool.
Alpaca wool is hypoallergenic and doesn't contain any lanolin. Great for those with sensitive skin and allergies.
Alpaca wool comes in many different colours, Your dryer balls will be absolutely unique to your laundry. No one else will have some quite like yours.
You are supporting a bush business to feed it's alpaca herd (my 4 legged babies) to make more dryer balls!
The dryer balls have been through a number of hot and cold washes and spent quite a bit of time in a hot commercial dryer. They should be up for anything you throw at them.
Our alpaca dryer balls are made of a 100% natural fibre, and although we've trimmed any stray fibres, washed, and dried and trimmed again there will be strays from time to time. We recommend not using them in the dryer with your favourite outfit on the first run. Break them in a little with something less delicate first!
Each ball is different and they vary in colour and size between 6-7.5cm.
Come as a set of 3 - mixed sizes and colours.
If you would prefer a lighter or darker set please let me know in the notes box at the end of the checkout process.
Please allow 3 working days prior to shipping - many of our products are made to order that need, making and drying time. We also live a long way from a post office, and daily trips are not always possible!)
**These items are all handmade and one of a kind. The images are examples of previously made alpaca dryer balls.
There are a limited number available and even though the design, colours and felting are all similar, the individual pieces all vary. It's part of the charm of buying handmade.**
This item is for the alpaca dryer balls only.
*Limited Edition* Red Desert Alpaca Flower Pot
Here is our Limited Edition Red Desert Flower Pot...Bringing you my two homes and the two pieces of my heart together in one little 'pot'.
The red sand and handmade paper from my family's cattle station Curtin Springs in the NT, and 'Alpaca Flowers' from mine and my husband's property in Central West NSW.
What is it exactly?
It is a black, white and latte 'alpaca flower' in a pot of the magnificent red sand from the heart of Australia.
Black for the Desert Oaks - strength
White for the Paper Daisies - beauty
Latte for the colour of the grasses - hope
(With one stem on barbed wire to keep the husband and father happy 😉)
Also comes with a bookmark made from Curtin Springs Paper - handmade paper from the native grasses.
How?
Our homegrown alpaca fleeces have been felted into 'flowers' to create these one of a kind flower pots, with the remarkable red sand from Central Australia and up-cycled rusty wire. The felting is light so the flower tops have texture, character and a bit of fuzz to make them more lovable.
The colours are all natural, the felting done by hand, and they have been constructed with love.
These flowers have made it through the years of drought without water, they won't wilt or die and will be beautiful forever.
The flower pots are just on 14cm high and the flower stems range from 15-25cm high.
Available only until the end of March while I'm spending time with family and making paper in the Paper Mill at Curtin Springs. First orders will be shipped from 11th March - please allow additional delivery time as these orders are being shipped from the Central Australian Desert.
SHIPPING NOTE: these flower pots can be shipped anywhere, however will have to be shipped de-constructed to protect them through transport. All the parts will be there for you to just add the sand and the flowers back into the glass pot.
**These items are all handmade and one of a kind. There are a limited number available and even though the design, colours and felting are all the same, the individual pieces all vary slightly. It's part of the charm of buying handmade.**
Send us through a email on the contact page of you would like to discuss a customer order.
Alpaca flower wall hanging on barbed wire
A little bit of lovely and a little bit of history all in one.
For a while now I've been playing with barbed wire and different shapes to make a wall hanging, but it's never quite been right...
During a few weeks back home on Curtin Springs (a million acre cattle station in Central Australia), I had an order come in for Alpaca Flowers on barbed wire. Dilemma being the only thing I didn't take with me was barbed wire stems for flowers, thinking that we'd easily find some on one of the old fences. WRONG! We covered about 200km finding the old fences and looking for correctly rusted barbed wire. We didn't find the type I needed to make flowers, but we did find this wire. Did you know there are many different types o barbed wire? I didn't until now.
This particular barbed wire, that has been used for these lovely little wall hangings, my father and Poppa call 'Army Barb'. They say it was made only during WWI and WWII. After WWII the army didn't need it any more (it was the wire that was run in coils around trenches), and the surplus was then used by the pastoralists to build fences. When I was chatting with my Poppa (who is 92 and has been on the property since 1956), asking him about the wire and how it came to be purchased, in his beautifully level tone he simply said 'no Dear, we acquired it'. It was the end of the conversation!
Our homegrown alpaca fleeces have been felted into 'flowers' to create this one of a kind flower arrangement.The felting is light so the flower tops have texture, character and a bit of fuzz to make them more lovable. The rusty barbed wire is from WWII and has a story of it's own. The hanging is finished off with 2 handmade paper beads from Curtin Springs Paper (paper made from the Central Australian Native Grasses).
The colours are all natural, the felting done by hand, and they have been constructed with love.
Perfect as a gift for yourself or someone else! They won't wilt or die, and will be beautiful forever.
The wall hanging is approximately 23cm tall and 14cm at the widest part.
There are only 8 available.
**These items are all handmade and one of a kind. The images are examples of previously made alpaca flower stems.
There are a limited number available and even though the design, colours and felting are all the same, the individual pieces all vary. It's part of the charm of buying handmade.**
Alpaca Wool Felted Soaps
Alpaca Felted Soaps
Beautiful creamy handmade soap inside lightly felted alpaca wool.
It's a soap and a wash cloth all in one.
Every bar is unique, no two are the same, some are round, some are rectangular, they are hand crafted and are a must have in any bathroom.
Why?
- You don't need a soap and a wash cloth in the shower - it's all in one!
- The soap lathers up through the fibre so you are very gently exfoliating while washing.
- Felted soaps aren't as slippery to hold - great for people with arthritis (my Grandma keeps saying) and you won't have to chase it around the floor of the shower.
- Long lasting, you use every last little bit of soap - no more wastage! The fibre continues to shrink as the soap does.
- When you finish the soap you have a little natural washcloth - or give it to the cat or the kids to play with.
- Alpaca wool is naturally anti-bacterial and odour resistant so your soap will stay fresh.
- Hand felted with 100% natural alpaca wool on our farm.
- All natural colours - alpacas come in 22 different colours, so the natural colour of the fibre is already perfect. Why would you mess with that?
- Scented with 100% pure natural essential oils.
- Sustainable and biodegradable.
- Made with love on our farm.
Available in four varieties:
Alpaca wool felted rose geranium scented goats milk soap
Alpaca wool felted lavender scented goats milk soap
Alpaca wool felted vanilla scented goats milk soap (my new fav, the vanilla is DIVINE)
Alpaca wool felted lemon myrtle scented cocoa butter soap
Soap bars are approx. 80 grams prior to felting
*I've just put one on our laundry sink for hand-washing after we've been outside working in the garden, in the yards and with the animals. The gentle exfoliation of the fibre is definitely helping the caked in dirt come off my hands....
Please allow 3 working days prior to shipping - many of our products are made to order that need, making and drying time. We also live a long way from a post office, and daily trips are not always possible!)
**These items are all handmade and one of a kind. The images are examples of previously made alpaca felted soaps.
There are a limited number available and even though the design, colours and felting are all similar, the individual pieces all vary. It's part of the charm of buying handmade.**
Alpaca flower pots with 5 flowers - Special
Mary, Mary quite contrary, how does your garden grow?
With up-cycled glass and river sand and rusty wire and felted alpaca wool balls of course!
Our homegrown alpaca fleeces have been felted into 'flowers' to create these one of a kind flower pots.The felting is light so the flower tops have texture, character and a bit of fuzz to make them more lovable.
The colours are all natural, the felting done by hand, and they have been constructed with love.
Perfect as a gift for yourself or someone else! They won't wilt or die, and will be beautiful forever.
These special Mother's 'May' pots come with 5 flowers - one of each of our 5 natural colours - and the option of adding one of our beautiful A6 sized handmade Indian Cotton paper notebooks for a one of a kind gift for someone special.
If you would like a handwritten note to go with your order if it is a gift please let me know what you would like to say I'm the notes box at the end of the checkout process.
SHIPPING NOTE: these flower pots can be shipped anywhere, however will have to be shipped de-constructed to protect them through transport. All the parts will be there for you to just add the sand and the flowers back into the glass pot.
**These items are all handmade and one of a kind. There are a limited number available and even though the design, colours and felting are all the same, the individual pieces all vary slightly. It's part of the charm of buying handmade.**
Alpaca Fibre Bird Nesting Roll
These items will be shipped from Mon 6th July
In looking for a way to use the alpaca fibre that isn't so great for spinning or felting we came across this idea... these absolutely amazing little nesting helpers to hand in your garden for your local bird life. We've been watching the first one we made get lower and lower in our own garden and though it was time to share.
The birds come along and pick the natural fibre from the log to take back and build their nests. Soft, warm and water resistant, Alpaca Fibre is the perfect material to line a nest with and the birds love it!
The fibre has been rinsed(without soap) to remove any excess dirt and obvious vegetable matter, but has been left as natural as it can be so it's more attractive and natural smelling to the birds. They will still contain some vegetable matter - being a natural product from our paddocks to your home.
The colours are all natural and each log is different. We use the lighter colours to blend in with the colours of the trees.
Perfect as a gift for yourself, the bird lover, the gardener or the hard to buy for person you know, and just in time for the birds to find them before laying for spring hatching.
When the fibre inside starts to get low simply refill with more fibre!
Available in 2 different sizes - Small and Large with fibre refill packs now available.
Small - 15.5cm long and 9cm diameter
Large - 20.5cm long and 10cm diameter
**These items are all handmade and one of a kind. The images are examples of previously made alpaca fibre bird nesting logs..
There are a limited number available and even though the design, colours and generally similar, the individual pieces all vary. It's part of the charm of buying handmade.**
Make your own Alpaca - one for the kids
When the first few kids came to visit our farm and our alpacas my very clever daughter stated that there were lots of lovely alpaca things for the mums to take home but nothing for the kids.
All the kids love putting their hands/arms/head/whole bodies into the bags of alpaca fleece and want to take some home. We thought this way they CAN take some fibre home, and do something with it rather than it get washed in their pockets!
Emma Daisy (the clever daughter I mentioned) is 14 and a budding artist. She designed and drew this alpaca to make the product her own (even though the idea has been used in many places before).
A4 sized the picture comes with a ball of alpaca wool that the kids can glue on to make their own alpaca, give it a name, colour it in and keep it. Yep, you can say 'yes' next time they ask for an alpaca of their own. They can even choose what colour they'd like - black, brown and fawn!
The great sales person she is, managed to negotiate a commission rate of her own after printing and fibre costs... and considering she prints them, sorts and weighs the fibre and packs them herself it is a pretty good deal.
**There are a limited number available and even though the design and colours are generally similar, the individual pieces all vary. It's part of the charm of buying handmade.**
The Alpaca Collection - Alpaca fibre jewellery
