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Mary Jane’s Farm Feature

By Emma Farrell Leave a Comment

We’re thrilled to share the news with you!  Mary Jane’s Farm?  The Tin Thimble?  Together?  Yep.  I told Hannah in early 2015 that my T3 goal for her was to get the shop into magazines – boy, did she deliver!  We have carried, admired, and drooled over MaryJane’s Farm for quite a few years now.  MaryJane’s sourdough starter […]

Tagged With: Emma Farrell, Felting, in the news, Loomis, Mary Janes Farm, sharon mansfield

Japan: Okazaki + Nagoya

By Emma Farrell 5 Comments

After our time in Tokyo, Chris and I headed south to a smaller town outside of Nagoya called Okazaki. The bullet train ride was awesome.  350 miles per hour – I think that’s right.  Is that right?  Really fast.  I love how the second picture down gives you an idea that we’re moving fast.  The […]

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Japan: Tokyo

By Emma Farrell 1 Comment

This past September Chris and I visited Japan.  It’s a trip that we had been dreaming about (and saving for) for a very long time and…. It. Was. Amazing.  The Japanese people were welcoming, friendly, and extremely patient with our limited Japanese language skills (though, I have to brag on Chris that we got around […]

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Wet Felted Ruffle Scarf

By Emma Farrell 2 Comments

Hello!  Emma here today.  I’ve been intrigued by all of the felted-ruffle scarves roaming around the internet.  Ones like this and this and this one too.  We also get a lot of questions in the shop about this sort of ruffled scarf s…

Tagged With: Emma Farrell, Handmade, Ruffles, Scarf, the tin thimble, Wet Felting

So Much Fun!

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Marie and I met up again a few weeks ago and spent ANOTHER whole day photographing our inventory and, this time, some shots of the shop (we’ll show you those in another post)!  Above is just a sampling of what we did – you’ll see more and more sho…

Tagged With: Around the Shop, Emma Farrell, Handmade, Hannah Mansfield, Lisa Classon, Marie Clark, Nuno Felting, Permanent Glimpse Photography, Sewing, sharon mansfield, Spinning, the tin thimble, Wet Felting

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