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Birch Moon & Farm Shoes Handmade

Organic Olive Oil, Herbal bodycare & Hand Sewn Shoes

  • About Ordering Farm Shoes
  • About us
  • Birch Moon Herbals bodycare
  • Farm Photos Slideshow
  • Handmade Shoes – more!
  • Handmade shoes – the beginnings
  • Instagram
  • Organic Olea Estates Olive Oil

Month: August 2011

Impt – our friend and the Tar sands pipeline protest August 31, 2011
OPEN today, last corn, salad dressing August 31, 2011
OPEN! and easy Elderberry Syrup recipe August 16, 2011
We’re back! Open again! August 10, 2011

Recent Posts

  • Girls 9-13 Make a Leather Backpack! January 29, 2018
  • Shoemaking for Women! January 29, 2018
  • Shoemaking for Girls 10-13! (full) November 24, 2017
  • farm open by appt only for the rest of the season September 11, 2013
  • open 4-6pm today Wednesday! August 28, 2013

Pages:

  • About Ordering Farm Shoes
  • About us
  • Birch Moon Herbals bodycare
  • Farm Photos Slideshow
  • Handmade Shoes – more!
  • Handmade shoes – the beginnings
  • Instagram
  • Organic Olea Estates Olive Oil

Instagram

Met my father for a walk at Walden Pond today and got to the visitors center during a Birds of Prey talk! This cutie melts my heart. Baby Barred Owl. The whole thing was amazing. #raptorrescue #waldenpond
Somehow cutting 1/4” natural rubber soling after cutting out leather top soles is not as much fun as I remember it... gonna need one of those hot hand soaks like in the dish soap commercial...(from the 70s... Dawn?) 🤣🤣🤣 . Oh and an outside break for lunch with Milo, enjoying the 70 degree temps!! 🌈☀️ . #handmade #handmadesandals #handmadeleathersandals #barefootshoes #minimalshoes #minimalistsandals #noheel #madebyhand (almost actually- these sandals will be sewn on machine!)
Making sandals in each size, for folks to try on, hoping to get in to the @putneyfarmersmarket ! Haven’t applied yet (it’s juried) but would love to be in Vermont every Sunday with other farmers! Also we’re building a small house up there this summer so... 💕🌸💕
Shoemaking in Keene! @muditamassageandwellness May 4. Classes fill up fast! See link in my bio to register ❤️ . #shoemakingworkshop #handmadeshoes #imadetheseshoes #minimalistshoes #barefootshoes
@muditamassageandwellness is hosting a Make Your Own Batefoot Sneaker class! I’ll be teaching May 4, from 9am to 5pm. See their Instagram for more info or go to evite.com and search for “make your own barefoot sneakers”. 👣 . Basics: Come learn how to make your own shoes from raw materials! We will make a pair of beautiful leather "barefoot" or "minimalist" sneakers, from start (tracing our feet) to finish (wearing them home). Choose your color (or color combination), personalize your shoes, meet new people and unplug in a creative and relaxed environment.
Barefoot ghillies ready to get a new sole 💙 . #barefootshoes #farmshoes #barefootsneakers #minimalshoes #minimalistshoes #handmadeshoes
Resoled shoes ready to be sent out! Some are 3 years old and going strong 🌺 . #shoerepair #handmadeshoes #farmshoes #barefootsneakers #minimalistsandals #rainydayproject #resoling #minimalistshoes
Keith fenced in a garden so the wild turkeys and our chickens don’t eat everything... not to mention when the cows escape...! So fun to have my hands in the dirt again. Love it. Have some spinach seedlings ready to go in and broccoli raab getting close! 🌱 . (When we grew 200 ft rows of each veggie it was ok if lots got eaten by turkeys or whoever, but we’ve scaled back a bit so need some fencing). #smallscalefarming #kale
Made these I. The beginnings- maybe 8-9 years ago... suede pants from Salvation Army, lined with a felted wool sweater, and on the bottom I sewed together 3 layers of felted sweater with zigzag stitch then glued and sewed that to the rubber crepe sole – SUPER WARM. The suede eventually split at the stitches but I got a good 4-5 winters out of them. Time to make a new pair I think. Maybe next Fall, once I catch up on orders for other people 🙈 . #handmadeshoes #farmshoes #homemadeshoes
Half a stick of organic butter. Minimum. And @chasehillfarm organic bacon. Can’t go wrong. #butterismyfavoritefoodgroup #bacon
Resoling extravaganza. Branding 4 pairs of soles at once. Way more efficient than one at a time... and ready to get some to-do list cards off the door! (see previous post of next level to-do list). All shoes are resolable for a small fee. Less wasteful. . Happy day! 🌺🌸🌺🌻🌸🌺🌻🌸 . #farmshoeshandmade #handmadeshoes #barefootshoes #minimalistshoes #minimalshoes #minimalistsandals #barefootsneakers #thisisalotofhashtags #warmsunnyday #backtowork
My logo, stamped on some sandal soles. They are shoes, made on a farm, and worn by farmers (and other people too!) Simple and barefoot shoes. The chamomile flower brings in my other life as an herbalist, the Herbal Heeler as my husband calls me 🤣 (healer, heel, shoes..). I love that chamomile is so healing, calming and gentle, yet very powerful for such a little fella. And the first herb I learned to dry really well, looking almost more vibrant than when it was fresh! (Highly recommend drying your own and experiencing the difference!) So that’s my story :) Mostly just super grateful to have warm sun on my back while I work on resoling shoes, out on the porch. Blessings 💕 . #farmshoeshandmade #herbalheeler
To-do list, next level. Just getting started... . . . . #overwhelmed #toomanythings #farmshoeshandmade
Big day today! I taught a @nofamass sponsored sneaker class here, in my home, with my fabulous helper Maggie. We had 16+ people sizes child 4 thru men’s 14 xtra narrow! It was a great group of people, lots of fun. Can’t wait to do a Fall Bootmaking class with NOFA! And many more before then... check my website for details or dm me for private classes. We have some interest in a sandal class and a rose ghillie class... anyone else?
Men’s Derby Moccasin boot, wide. Leather and suede upper. Leather insole, light rubber bottom sole. #menshandmadeshoes #handmadeboots #homemade #moccasins #handmadeshoes #shoemaker #farmshoeshandmade
I’m calling it! Officially sunrise and sunset are equal here in Shutesbury today, so technically that makes it the beginning of SPRING!!!!! 6:58 am&pm (although it still says 11:59 hours 🤨) . ☺️🌺🌸💕🌺 . #springishere #whyistherestillsnow #tulips #springequinox2019
616 holes to punch in a pair of Derby Moccasin Boots! #myhandhurts but such beautiful colors this man chose, its well worth it! Can’t wait to see them done and maybe someday make a pair with this color combo... truly my colors!! .#doingmathforfun 🤣 #notreallynecessary #handmadeshoes #handmadeshoessby #farmshoes #handsewnshoes #handpunchedleather #leatherwork #shoemaker #minimalistshoes #wideshoes #makersgonnamake
Just noticing we have a LOT of pottery and a lot of jars... and LOVING this geranium I bought last Spring at @redfirenorth . Raccoon was a baby my husband cared for back when he had his farm in Lincoln, MA. Playing in the flowers 🌺 . #gratitude
My friend/sister Maggie @plumbrookbuckskin is doing a 4-day hands-on hide tanning class with a couple spots left if anyone’s interested! Info below. We’ve personally commissioned 2 hides from her now, she is very talented. . From Maggie: In this course, we'll explore the art and science of hide tanning in an in-depth and direct way. We will tan deer hides into velvety buckskin. You will leave having learned start to finish how tan a deer's skin, your own whole hide beautifully tanned and a "how to" booklet for future tanning. Ages 17 and up. April 15-18 , 2019 9:00 am-5 pm Sliding scale $200-$375 6-8 spots available Location: Amherst,MA To sign up email Maggie: leapfrogprograms@gmail.com leapfrogprograms.org
First draft of sneaker instructions for my NOFA class coming up! (Northeast Organic Farming Assoc in case you’re not a farmer 👩🏻‍🌾) Lots of info and definitely messy but I think I got all the steps... 👏🏼☺️😅 . * forgot one...* 🤣 @nofamass #nofamass #nofamassworkshop #handmadeshoes #learn #shoemakingclass #shoemakingteacher #gratitudegalore #classprep

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Met my father for a walk at Walden Pond today and got to the visitors center during a Birds of Prey talk! This cutie melts my heart. Baby Barred Owl. The whole thing was amazing. #raptorrescue #waldenpond
Somehow cutting 1/4” natural rubber soling after cutting out leather top soles is not as much fun as I remember it... gonna need one of those hot hand soaks like in the dish soap commercial...(from the 70s... Dawn?) 🤣🤣🤣 . Oh and an outside break for lunch with Milo, enjoying the 70 degree temps!! 🌈☀️ . #handmade #handmadesandals #handmadeleathersandals #barefootshoes #minimalshoes #minimalistsandals #noheel #madebyhand (almost actually- these sandals will be sewn on machine!)
Making sandals in each size, for folks to try on, hoping to get in to the @putneyfarmersmarket ! Haven’t applied yet (it’s juried) but would love to be in Vermont every Sunday with other farmers! Also we’re building a small house up there this summer so... 💕🌸💕
Shoemaking in Keene! @muditamassageandwellness May 4. Classes fill up fast! See link in my bio to register ❤️ . #shoemakingworkshop #handmadeshoes #imadetheseshoes #minimalistshoes #barefootshoes
@muditamassageandwellness is hosting a Make Your Own Batefoot Sneaker class! I’ll be teaching May 4, from 9am to 5pm. See their Instagram for more info or go to evite.com and search for “make your own barefoot sneakers”. 👣 . Basics: Come learn how to make your own shoes from raw materials! We will make a pair of beautiful leather "barefoot" or "minimalist" sneakers, from start (tracing our feet) to finish (wearing them home). Choose your color (or color combination), personalize your shoes, meet new people and unplug in a creative and relaxed environment.
Barefoot ghillies ready to get a new sole 💙 . #barefootshoes #farmshoes #barefootsneakers #minimalshoes #minimalistshoes #handmadeshoes
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