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| Purple Felted Heart |
Long before I was ever officially
“HeartFelt”, I was giving felted hearts (that I made from sheep’s wool, which I purchased!) attached to the gifts I made to give at holidays and other special
times for friends and family. I loved working with the wool and could
definitely tell the difference between certain fleeces.
When I finally “adopted” my own flock of
sheep and herd of llamas, I continued the tradition, but happily, the wool I
used was from my own farm.
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| The inside of the HeartFelt tags. |
Several years ago when I was trying to
come up with a name for my small sideline business, my youngest daughter
suggested HeartFelt because of the felted hearts that I made. And it has remained a tradition that I
include one of my felted hearts with every order that I fill.
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| Farm fresh strawberry jam is absolutely wonderful! |
When I first began, my focus had been on
food gift baskets because of the jams and jellies that we made on the farm each
spring through fall. Consequently, I set my website up using that jam/jelly
color palette. Ahhh, there is nothing quite like homemade jams/jellies. I have some family members who ask for a
“case” of my assorted jams each year for Christmas!
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| Tray of "brown and white" assorted cookies. Yes, that's what they ordered. |
Recently, my focus has turned away from
the gift basket idea of food, which was always a bit more difficult to have
everything “fresh at the same time” for shipping.
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| We have baked so many pies, both large and mini! Our farm's apples are usually wonderful for this! |
And now, I focus primarily on
wool and woolen products. And by wool, I mean llama fiber, too.
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| Felted llama fiber pair of pillows |
My website is www.heartfeltbasketsandgifts.com click here for website It is already under "reconstruction", so don't judge too harshly while I am working on it.....thanks!
They say a picture is worth a 1,000
words. So, it’s pretty important to make those 1,000 words be the right ones.
It’s like choosing the right outfit---ha!---haven’t thought of that for a long
time. But, it’s true…you want to send the right message; convey the right mood.
How do you decide what your website is supposed to look like, knowing that a
complete stranger may look at it for a fleeting moment and will decide if your product
is “good enough”---STRESS!!
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| Scottish Thistle Shortbread |
I’ll be leaving the colors of the
current website behind and will be choosing colors similar to the blog; at
least, that’s my plan!
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| Celtic Knot Shortbread |
In the meantime, I am continuing to
receive food orders. I don’t know who is
happier with that: me; the customer; or, the recipient!? I love knowing that my customer chose my
creation to give as a gift. But, I also know that they are giving a quality
product that they should feel pleased and confident to give. And, of course,
the recipient is receiving something that is both delicious and beautiful at
the same time.
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| Twice dipped Strawberries |
And, that my friend, is what HeartFelt
is all about!
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| HeartFelt |
These photos are making me hungry!
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