Willow Valley Farm

11/08/2021

A few of the handmade items that will be for sale at the tack sale for the Onaway Area Horse club on November 20th

05/02/2016

Sad day here on the farm. My 22 year old draft horse went to her new home today. The rest of the alpacas went to their new home yesterday. Pretty lonely out in the pastures here. That leaves us with just 2 paso finos, and 2 miniature horses....along with the rabbits, chickens, and ducks.

03/19/2015

Look for our farm by products and hand made items on CRIA -TIVE CRIA -TIONS.

03/18/2015

Immersion dyeing with alpaca.

02/09/2015

Hand Crafted items made here on the farm...

12/27/2014

Merry Christmas to you all

12/20/2014

Just some of the things you can find on the farm...

12/18/2014

I love my alpacas.

Spoiler alert: The fiber from their fleece is flame-resistant!

11/27/2014

Happy Thanksgiving from our farm to yours!

11/14/2014

Spending the day making black walnut dye, while washing my white alpaca fleece (thank you, Blanco!) Also studying the flax process and energy usage, impact on the earth...for my Life-cycle project that is due on Wednesday.

11/02/2014

spent the day washing alpaca fleece, and a few small bags of wool locks. Working on some neck and leg fleece from the beautiful girl that is on my cover photo, while I have some Sumac berries boiling down into dye. Also in between, I am carding more of the indigo dyed alpaca fleece into beautiful blue sparkly bats...shot through with white alpaca. Absolutely beautiful. Can't wait to felt it into a vest or hat.

10/27/2014

Gathered up the goldenrod stragglers that were blossoming in the field today. Boiled them up and have 4 gallons of natural dye to experiment with my alpaca fiber.

10/26/2014

Dyeing some lovely white homegrown alpaca fiber with natural indigo. Making some beautiful light blue and white sparkly bats with it.

10/18/2014

My natural dyes arrived yesterday! Can't wait to get home from our 4H outing tomorrow and start an indigo dye vat!

10/12/2014

Selling this travel size Diana Love spinning wheel. Only used a few times. It is an "unfinished" wheel, which means that it needs a coat of stain or oil on it to protect the wood. stain it the color of your choice!! Comes with 4 bobbins. Single drive, scotch tension, lightweight and folds for easy travel, storage and carrying. Flyer does not require a threading hook, and has built in bobbin and flyer storage. Wheel diameter: 16" Or***ce : 1/2" diameter, and or***ce height is 25" from floor. Bobbin capacity is 3-4 oz each bobbin. Weight is just 9 lbs. $300.
(dogs not included)

02/24/2014

After much deliberation, we have decided to stop making our soap and lotions. The current stock that we have will be sold and no new stock will be made. Sorry to all of our loyal customers.

12/25/2013

Willow Valley Farm would like to wish Everybody a very Merry Christmas! Please have a safe holiday season. God Bless you all!

10/21/2013

Having a grand time in Pennsylvania!! ARBA result for our shows: Emilee took 2nd place Sr solid AMERICAN FUZZY LOP buck, M&M. She also took a 7th place with her Sr. Broken Jersey wooly doe, Petunia.
I took a 7th place with a home bred Sr. Shaded Jersey Wooly doe, Willow Valley's St. Nik..aka, NIKKI
Nikkayla Kowalski took a 5th place with her Sr. broken American fuzzy lop, Jugs.
Krystal Smith took a 2nd place win with her Home bred Junior broken Jersey Wooly, Hera.
congrats to everybody I didn't post on here!

10/09/2013

Today is a very sad day for Willow Valley Farm. Today all the goats are leaving for new homes. It will be very hard looking out and now seeing them or hearing them call for me every morning.

10/05/2013

Due to weather conditions and the forecast forecast for tomorrow, we are cancelling the fall color tour.

09/27/2013

Willow Valley Farm will be at the Northern Michigan Lamb and Wool Festival in West Branch this weekend. If you love knitting, wool or fiber, spinning, felting, or just love our products...stop in! there is much to see and do!

We now have Herbal eye masks, to help you fall asleep...they work wonders!! (yes I have tested one...many, many times!)

09/22/2013

Had a great time at the rabbit show yesterday. Emilee brought home two BEST OF BREED trophies with her Fuzzy Lop buck M&M, a BEST OPPOSITE S*X trophy with her Fuzzy Lop Doe, Cheerio, and two BEST OPPOSITE S*X trophies with our Jersey Wooly doe, Stella. My friends did well with their bunnies, too...the one even beat me with a rabbit that was born and raised here at the farm... SMF-WVF Cassopia...who got her very first win at 8 weeks of age. :) congrats to everybody!

Now go get cracking on soap and lotions again so we can be ready for the Northern Michigan Lamb and Wool Festival next weekend!

09/21/2013

Pumpkin Spice bar soap has been made. :) smells good!

09/20/2013

Willow Valley Farm will be in Ga***rd tomorrow, to attend the WHITE TAIL RABBIT SHOW at the Otsego Fairgrounds. Stop in and say HI!

09/08/2013

Lotion Making Day!! White Magnolia is made...Pumpkin Spice is next!

09/07/2013

Willow Valley Farm will be at Tractor Supply in Petoskey today from 10-2 with pet quality Jersey Wooly Rabbits for sale. They are cute and cuddly and make great children's pets. Emilee will also have Candy bars for sale, to help raise money to take her show rabbits to Pennsylvania. Please stop in and see us!

09/06/2013

My new batch of Cranberry soap sure smells better than the Spiced Sandalwood. Can't wait until tomorrow when I can make Pumpkin Spice!!
Also tomorrow I will be making herbal salve in 4 oz jars :)

09/05/2013

might have to sign up for this and learn something new!!

It's finally here -- the brand new Soap Crafting Club! Click the link for more details.

http://www.soapqueen.com/bramble-berry-news/soap-crafting-club/

09/04/2013

New scents have just arrived!! Look for more of the Pumpkin Spice soap and lotion, just in time for fall! Also we will have more honey oatmeal soap along with the very popular Cranberry! New fragrances to arrive--White Magnolia and Spiced Sandalwood!!

08/28/2013

08/26/2013

Thank you to everyone that stopped in our booth last weekend to say Hi, and /or to make a purchase. We had lots of fun, and we will see you all at the end of September in West Branch at the Northern Michigan Lamb and Wool Festival!