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January 29, 2018

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Girls 9-13 Make a Leather Backpack! January 29, 2018
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Working on #barefootboots Feel a little clunky combined with too much fancy look for me- I guess the tightness up in the lace area. I like a broader look... but fun for a first try! Maybe a different stitch around the bottom... . Open to suggestions and opinions! 💕 . . . #patternmaking #shoemaking #barefootshoes #shoemaker #madetoorder #bootweather #bootmaker #handcraftedboots #makersmovement #lovewhatyoudo #ilovemakingshoes

Putting all my #woolskirts in one place and realize I have quite a collection! All #thriftstorefinds or #handmade. Love love love this #cozy clothes time of year! 🐑🐑🐑 #handsewn #woolisnotitchy #gearingupforwinter

So! I’m combining my herbals with my shoes and other artwork on my Etsy site. I changed the shop name to be BirchMoonFarm, since it’s all done here, at the farm. Some could consider this confusing 🤪 (me!) but I’m trying to navigate selling online. Someday my real website will be up and running, won’t that be exciting. My current blog is confusing, I’m aware. . Happy day everyone! 🌱👣🐸💕

Sunrise on the farm. You can see where our rice paddy used to be- that wet area to the right. Definitely want to grow that again, maybe next Summer... . Also, feel so lucky to have a 1,000 ft dirt driveway to walk the trash down to the road... ☺️ #ricefarmer #dreamingofspring #farmsunrise

Since I was a kid I always imagined being super tiny, like a bug on the ground, or smaller, and how moss would be like tall trees or #shrubbery :). (I still do this, just to be clear...) This stick was only an inch around, but what worlds it contains. . Oh and that’s Milo, our sweet dog friend, getting sweeter and less traumatized every day! (Viewed from the perspective of the tiniest creatures ). 🙃 . On a less positive note, pain and sadness and heartache are really real and tricky things. I’m having quite a bit these days. I notice myself putting on my Balsam oil from @mountainhollowmedicinals for a feeling of energetic protection every time I leave our land. Out of necessity I’m setting really good boundaries for myself. On the flip side I’ve been more creative in the last month than I have been in 19 yrs since my daughter was born! So listening and letting it flow, going for walks with my sweet husband and working with my son, on “school” stuff. Taking care of myself and my family. Building strength before winter comes. Hearing what’s happening in the world but also protecting myself from the anger. Just don’t have the heart space for it right now. #imbusybreathing #selfcare

2 totally different ways of making shoes. #stitchdown and #moccasins styles. ✨ Both pairs heading off to NY tomorrow. NOT actually with the #greenlaces - I was just fooling around. 🤣 Plain leather laces. ✨ Both styles in my Etsy shop (fixed the link in my bio) customizable as always! 💫 . 🐥🦖 ... #handmadeshoes #minimalistfootwear #barefootshoes #etsyshop #chukka #ghillies #westernmassart #westernmass

Grey suede ghillies- second try. Used a wider sole and had to remake the upper to match better. Part of the fun of #handmadeshoes !! . Bunny is part of retraining my brain. May seem silly BUT it’s very important ☺️ #epigenetics I smile when I see this fuzzy bunny, which makes happy hormones, which changes my cells and my genes and WOW! . Also gives me ✨moments💫 of gratitude whether I’m focusing on projects or feeling sad that my daughter is across the world 💔. Still, #sadmama . #kidsgrowuptoofast #cherisheveryminute #gratitude

Walking out to feed the cows #farmlife

2-tone #chukkas in suede. #handsewn #shoemaker

My own wool felt chukkas after 6+? Years. So glad to wear them with my new (thrift store) green wool skirt & cozy sweater on this #rainyfallday . . Toe is poking thru! Reality- 6 winters and unlined. Next pair I’ll line for extra durability. . Can’t see but there’s a felt leaf on the back 🌿💚 . At some point they’ll be in the #etsyshop when I have time to make a nicer looking model pair! ☺️🦊🐸. . Happy Autumn everyone. Stay cozy!

My husband rescued this amazing being from a bucket today- a baby #spottedsalamander !! These are pretty special and I feel honored to say hello and set it back in the woods. They actually block off roads in Lincoln, MA where we used to live to protect them on the first warm rainy night of Spring. They came out in thousands to cross over to vernal pools. I walked down the road one night with a housemate. You couldn’t see them at all on a black wet pavement until you got down low and shined a flashlight on them. Then you were afraid to step! So lovely. 🖤💛🖤💛🖤 . #getoutside #natureisamazing #salamanders

Back for a #resole of #creperubber . Unlined Chestnut Vegetable Tan with brass buckle. Leather from @wickettandcraig in PA. Forgot to list this option on my Etsy site but local folks that come to the farm to order have had the option. It ages beautifully. . #handmadesandals #shoemaker #farmshoes #wicketandcraigleather #vegtannedleather #vegtanshoes #barefootsandals #barefootshoesforwomen #handmade #handsewn #handsewnleather #somanyhashtags

#Handmade Dance shoes in Oxblood leather with pigskin lining. See process in the other 2 photos, feel so bad squishing them like that!! 🤪 Also notice my super awesome #howtomakeasandal poster in the back from @rachelseessnailshoes ! 💜Love it! Find these custom sandals (and more!)(In a cheesy voice...) on my #Etsy shop, link in bio! These are size 7’s with a little extra width for someone extra special 💛🐿

Quoted (pasted) from Hannah of @sweet_birch_herbals. Just a snippet but VERY important reminders for me I feel like this can help us all. Her entire blog post is incredible and has amazing insights. It is up at https://farmingforjustice.com/2018/10/05/metal-lung-large-intestine/ (I know links don’t work here but worth searching for). . 🍃 This time is about super nourishing ourselves. Building up, storing up 🥜 🐿 for the winter ahead. And letting go of what no longer serves us. If you live where it’s cold eat cozy foods, root veggies and squash and drink nourishing teas like nettles and oats. If you live where it’s warm I’d love to hear how the winter affects you and how you nourish yourself and prepare. . 🍃 Stay true to your heart and what you truly have energy for. Appreciate your self and your mistakes, unhelpful habits and “imperfections” (ha, right?). See them as if they are your children. Love them without trying to change them. . 🍃 Most importantly, slow down, breathe and just be. Schedule it in if you have to. We all affect each other and can create beautiful things together if we take care of ourselves. 🌱🐸🦊🧡🍂🐿

HUGE gratitude to @mountainhollowmedicinals for this sweet gift!! I won the giveaway for Patreon members- amazing!! The Balsam tip infused oil literally smells like Christmas mixed with maple syrup. It is so sweet and beautiful. And the lupine essence is amazing! Thank you!! . Check out @mountainhollowmedicinals ! Become a patreon supporter so she can continue doing all the amazing important things she does 🧡 🌿🌲🍂💫 🧡 Happy day!

Saw tons of these #redeft cuties in the woods on my walk the other day- careful where you step! Some only an inch long and they are everywhere with all this wet weather!!! 😍🧡🦎🐸 . #redeftnewt #salamanders #walkinthewoods #newenglandwoods

GRATITUDE GALORE goes out to this fellow shoemaker who sent me this veg tanned deer hide as a thank you for sharing. People are really amazing and generous. Important to remember these days especially. .

Restocking @redfirefarm North (Montague) with my Birch Moon Herbals Four Thieves Spritzer to keep away all the nasty bugs going around! And more Arnica Balm coming up as well! X~ema cream, Lavender cream, Heal-all Salve and Goldenseal Myrrh salve all there! So are Sunshine spritzer and Relaxing mist! Stop in! @redfirefarm - They’re awesome. And have SUPER good coffee with a greenhouse cafe... . #redfirefarm #redfirenorth #herbal #herbalproducts #chemicalfreeliving #organic #organicskincare #birchmoonherbals

Met up with this customer at the #garlicandartsfestival yesterday (I am taking a break this year from having a booth but miss all my customers and friends!) and she said to tell everyone she Loves her shoes and has worn them almost every day for 2 years and absolutely loves them ❤️. Thanks Kia! She also ordered two more pairs! I am truly honored 🧡 . Also was fun to identify her by her shoes ☺️ ... . #bestcustomersever #handmadeshoes #handsewn #elfshoes #greenshoes #shoemaker #iloveshoemaking

Love this cooler weather for #woodstovecooking ! Bacon, black beans, butternut squash and kale for breakfast! My favorite ❤️❤️ #calendulaoil #bacon #rainyday #cozyfood

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